Saddleback's Pantages and Santiago Canyon's Wade Get Top Honors at All-OEC

The 2014 Orange Empire Conference season wrapped up on Wednesday, April 23 and the coaches followed that by selecting the 2014 All-Orange Empire Conference teams. The selections were headlined by Christina Pantages of Saddleback College who was named the Player of the Year, Carly Wade of conference champion Santiago Canyon College who was named the Pitcher of the Year, and Lisa Camarco of Santiago Canyon College who was named Coach of the Year.

Saddleback's Pantages led all batters during OEC competition with a .515 batting average, representing the only player to eclipse .500 in conference play. She also led the way with 29 RBI and 11 doubles while finishing second in the conference with five home runs.

The conference champions Santiago Canyon were recognized as Wade was the unanimous winner for Pitcher of the Year. Wade finished conference play with a 1.40 ERA and a 13-3 record. In 18 OEC starts, Wade pitched 13 complete games while amassing a total of 105 innings pitched.

The Hawks also took home the Coach of the Year award with Camarco winning the award for the second straight year. Camarco led SCC to its first-ever Orange Empire Conference championship with a 17-4 record against conference opponents, in just the Hawks eighth year as a program.

2014 All-Orange Empire Conference

Player of the Year: Christina Pantages, Saddleback College
Pitcher of the Year: Carly Wade, Santiago Canyon College
Coach of the Year: Lisa Camarco, Santiago Canyon College

First Team