Tera Burr is an all-American

UW-Platteville's Tera Burr earned first team preseason all-American honors by the new Division III Softball - The Newsletter.

Burr, a senior second baseman from Shawano, is a three-time all-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and two-time all-Great Lakes Region player. She already holds Pioneer career marks for batting average (.441), home runs (21) and doubles (32) and is closing in on most every other UWP all-time record.

A civil engineering major, Burr is also an academic all-region selection.

"It's very exciting for her," Pioneer Coach Heather Townsend said. "It shows what hard work can do. You have to want it. In Division III, you're playing for pride and for the love of the game. And Tera has those things."

The Pioneers begin their season this Friday (Feb. 6) facing Mount Mercy in an 8 p.m. doubleheader at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Division III Softball - The Newsletter

2009 Preseason All-America team

C Amy Pearce Sr. Geneva

1B Jen Goslin Jr. Neumann

2B Tera Burr Sr. UW-Platteville

SS Kelly Waskewicz Jr. Salisbury

3B Katie Allensen Sr. Keene State

OF Lauren Cruz Jr. UW-Whitewater

OF Amy Gahl Sr. UW-Whitewater

OF Tina Mangola Sr. Ohio Northern

DP Tanya Davis So. Baldwin-Wallace

UT Megan Richardson Sr. Texas-Tyler

P McCaslin Carson Sr. Louisiana College

P Megan Soultz Jr. DePauw

AL Jenny Ross (P) So. UW-Eau Claire

AL Monica Urban (OF) Sr. Illinois Wesleyan