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CLEVELAND, OH - University at Buffalo sophomore Breanne Nasti (Baldwin, NY/Baldwin) has been named to the All-Mid-American Conference First Team and freshman Ann Magur (Endicott, NY/Union-Endicott) has been named to the All-MAC Second Team, as announced by the conference office tonight prior to the start of the 2002 MAC Softball Championship in Akron, OH. Nasti was also named to the 2002 Verizon Academic All-District I Softball Second Team, as selected by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America).

Breanne Nasti

Nasti was named to the All-MAC First Team after a stellar 2002 season during which she set the UB and MAC single-season records with a .451 batting average (51-for-113). She finished the year with 26 runs scored, nine doubles, four triples, seven home runs, a .788 slugging percentage and 25 runs batted in. She had a team-high 18 multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI games during the year, and she ended the year hitting safely in 16 of her last 17 games, hitting .500 during that stretch (29-for-58) and stringing together a 14-game hitting streak from April 14 to May 1. Nasti was named MAC East Player of the Week twice during the year, including on the last week of the season when she hit .579 in six games, including going 5-for-7 with an RBI and three runs scored in a doubleheader at MAC East Division champion Akron on April 30. She was a perfect 5-for-5 in the doubleheader and 6-for-8 in the three-game series against Western Michigan on April 6 and 7, including two doubles, two home runs and three RBIs. She was also 4-for-8 with six RBIs and three runs scored in a doubleheader at Bowling Green on April 27, including a seventh-inning grand slam in the opener. Nasti already holds UB single-season and career records for hits, doubles, home runs and RBIs. Her current .406 career batting average also ranks No. 1 on the MAC's career list. Nasti was UB's Most Valuable Player in 2002.

Nasti's athletic performance and 3.659 grade point average earned her a spot on the Verizon Academic All-District I Second Team. To be nominated for the Verizon Academic All-America team, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore starter or significant reserve on his or her team with a 3.20 cumulative grade point average. The District I team is compiled from NCAA Division I teams from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. Nasti is a psychology major with a minor in women's studies.

Ann Magur

Magur was named UB's Most Improved Player in 2002 after ending the year hitting .450 (18-for-40) in her last 12 games to raise her season average to .342. She also drove in 17 runs in the final 12 games of the season to tie for the team lead with 25 RBIs on the year. Magur had 10 multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI games during the season. In MAC games only, she hit .370 with 27 hits, 14 RBIs, nine doubles, one triple and two home runs. She went 7-for-8 with two doubles, a triple, four RBIs and one run scored in a doubleheader at Bowling Green on April 27, including a 4-for-4 performance with four RBIs in game two. She also went 4-for-9 in a doubleheader against Western Michigan on April 7 and was 3-for-4 with two doubles, a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored in a 9-0 win at MAC East Division champion Akron on April 30. Magur also provided solid defensive play all year long in the outfield, finishing the year with a .966 fielding percentage.