University of Kentucky centerfielder Megan Miller has been named to the 2006 All-Southeastern Conference Freshman Team, it was announced today. Miller is the second softball player in school history to earn All-Freshman team accolades and the first since Amber Janneck in 2004.

Miller is the lone Kentucky player to earn All-SEC honors after starting all 57 games for the Wildcats in centerfield this season. Miller led the team with nine sacrifice bunts and was third on the team with 21 runs scored. The Vancouver, Wash., native batted .273 with three doubles and was fourth on the team with 16 RBI.

In SEC play, Miller had a team-high six multiple-hit games and two multiple-RBI games. She had two hits in four straight SEC games against Arkansas and Florida and batted .455 (5-for-11) with two doubles and three RBI in the Arkansas series. Miller went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and a career-high three RBI in the win over Arkansas. Miller also had two hits in each of the three games against No. 24 Florida. Miller was 2-for-4 in all three games against the Gators and scored a run every game of the series.

?We are extremely proud of Megan Miller,? said second-year head coach Eileen Schmidt. ?This conference is so tough and to be considered one of the top freshman is very exciting.?

2006 SEC SOFTBALL AWARDS
Freshman All-SEC

Kelley Montalvo, Alabama
Brittany Rogers, Alabama
Tatiana Fernandez, Auburn
Brooke Johnson, Florida
Stacey Nelson, Florida
Kim Waleszonia, Florida
Chelsea Cantillo, Georgia
Megan Miller, Kentucky
Dani Hofer, LSU
Lisa Conchos, Ole Miss
Christie Hamilton, South Carolina
Liane Horiuchi, Tennessee

First Team All-SEC

P – Stephanie VanBrakle, Alabama
P – Emily Turner, LSU
C – Kristen Butler, Florida
IF – Lindsay Schutzler, Tennessee
IF – Megan McAllister, Georgia
IF – Tonya Callahan, Tennessee
IF – Staci Ramsey, Alabama
OF – Brittany Rogers, Alabama
OF – Sarah Fekete, Tennessee
OF – Leslie Klein, LSU
OF – Kellie Middleton, Georgia
DH/UT – Jordan Praytor, Alabama

Second Team All-SEC

P – Monica Abbott, Tennessee
P – Kasi Carroll, Georgia
C – Ashley Holcombe, Alabama
IF – Dani Woods, Alabama
IF – Kristina McCain, Auburn
IF – Chelsea Cantillo, Georgia
IF – Melissa Zick, Florida
OF – Courtney Knight, Georgia
OF – Kim Waleszonia, Florida
OF – Sara Ghezzi, Auburn
OF – Lindsey Cameron, Florida
DH/UT – Jessica Doucette, Georgia

Player of the Year: Kristen Butler, Florida
Pitcher of the Year: Stephanie VanBrakle, Alabama
Co-Coach of the Year: Patrick Murphy, Alabama; Yvette Girouard, LSU
Freshman of the Year: Brittany Rogers, Alabama
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Ashley Smith, South Carolina