European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 40 stars and stripes july Patch Lalau chosen As top female athlete for 07 f perennial volleyball Star added third Al Europe sport to resume this year by Rusty Bryan stars and stripes b egg second est might have carried the Day for one of Europe perennial a panel of coaches chaired by Dodd Europe athletic director Karen Seadore voted Patch graduate Kasye Lalau its 2007 female athlete of the year in during the school the Patch Star for the first time in her standout athletic Ca an Al Europe second team selection in basketball to her Rou Tine firs team slots on the Allee rope volleyball and softball Lalaus expansion into Basket Ball achievement might Well have made All the i think Lalau said by Tele phone on monday when asked whether she believed her break through basketball Success contributed to her selection As ath Lete of the it pushed me not that a fou time Al Europe first Teamer in soft Ball and a three time Al Europe firs team Choice in needed All that much of a her senior softball typical of her fou year career at included eight 156 strikeouts in 83 innings and an earned run average of at the whose Allee rope nomination lists her position As batted and stole 42 in the powerful outside hitter averaged nearly four kills per also in line with the numbers posted throughout her but Lalau closed her Case for athlete of the year with her big step in she averaged 10 three blocked three steals and an Eye popping 17 rebounds per game to earn her first plaque in that even Lalau said she was overwhelmed when she heard she had i was jumping up and she i was i Lalaus reactions were hardly those of someone who assumed shed for Good i want expecting she said of being picked for the school sys tems biggest individual there Are lots of athletes who play multiple play them As Well and for As Long As Lalau did at i was glad to be at Patch All four said who spent much of her free time in High school helping with the com munits youth sports i like this in a smaller Community theres More involve ment with kids and next Stop for who is working with a local Day care Cen Ter this is a Community College in till be she said about leaving the scene of her High school its pretty but in an adult i have to plan rest assured that athletics will remain part of the i love the prospective sport Medicine major but in More experienced in soft and in finding places to stash All the athletic hardware Shes were packing to she joked about collecting her latest Dodd Europe i guess Well need More email Rusty Bryan at  Courtesy of Lalau Patch Kasye Lalau made the Al Europe first team four times in soft Ball and three times in this school she was voted to the second team in her first Al Europe selection in that Lalau makes first team for fourth straight year by Rusty Bryan stars and stripes fou time firs team selection Kasye Lalau of Patch tops the 2007 Al Europe softball described on her Nomina Tion Sheet As went 115 this tossing eight striking out 156 Bat r ters in 83 innings and compiling a Lalau also batted and stole 42 those stats attracted the Atten Tion of a panel of coaches John Gilmore of i Champion Laken Kent Grosshuesch of ram Stein and Dan Vasquez of Pitburg chaired by Dodd Europe athletic director Karen the Only player selected from was one of two hold overs from 2006 on the first the other was Sophomore Catcher and infielder Lisa of Junior second baseman Kayla Haven of Ramstein made the first team after earning a second team Selec Tion in Mcbride hit and capped the season with a three run Homer in Lakenheath 54 title game Victory Over Ramstein that ended the lady royals fou year reign atop big schools she was voted tournament Lisa is one of the finest Power hitters i have Ever worked Gilmore said of his who he Patch finishes her senior season in familiar position 14 of 20 on roster Are chosen for Al Europe softball for the first time the second Are firs time choir two Are freshmen from ram Kristan Burns Rebecca Grote Kayla Haven believes would have been one of the Best shortstops in division i if he haunt needed her to who batted led the potent Ramstein lineup in batting for the second straight senior shortstop Sharena Cabrera of a firs team or in made the second team this along with repeat Sec on dreamers Elisa a senior from wies Baden and senior first baseman Amber Zgonina of the other 14 players chosen nine on the first team and five on Stop Lindsey Burns 73 pitched most of her teams big games and batted Lakenheath and Ramstein landed the most players on the 20player with four Only two both Sopho who participated in the fou team Small schools tournament first Caitlin Cloum of Alconbury and third baseman Nicole Edwards from Champion Rota made the both were selected for the email Rusty Bryan at  Lisa Mcbride Jessica Serd 2007 Al Europe softball Courtney Buchwald Kristan Burns Sandra Davidson Kayla Haven Kasye Lalau 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