{"id":84356,"date":"2017-09-06T13:26:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T17:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84356"},"modified":"2017-09-05T16:48:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T20:48:43","slug":"five-newcomers-to-join-softball-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84356","title":{"rendered":"Five newcomers to join softball in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>New Raiders come from<\/em> four states across the Country<\/em><\/p>\n

Five incoming first-years are set to join the Colgate Softball team for the upcoming 2018 season. The five new Raiders hail from four different states across all regions of the country and carry with them accomplished athletic and academic pedigrees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to welcome these five student athletes to our squad and look forward to the great impact they will have on Colgate Softball,\u201d said first-year head coach Marissa Lamison-Myers.<\/p>\n

Christiana Cottrell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Redding, Conn.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Academy Of Our Lady Of Mercy<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Before Colgate<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two-time All-State and Connecticut All-Star selection out of Academy of Our Lady of Mercy\u2026 Hit .444 with a .500 on-base percentage and .642 slugging percentage during her senior season en route to All-State, All-Area and first team All-Conference honors\u2026Two-time team captain and Academic All-State Selection in 2017\u2026President of her school\u2019s chapter of National Honor Society.<\/p>\n

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Personal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born:<\/strong>\u00a0Christiana Louise Cottrell in Redding, Conn.<\/p>\n

Family:<\/strong>\u00a0Daughter of Richard and Georgia Cottrell \u2026 Father played collegiate soccer \u2026 Has one brother.<\/p>\n

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Bella Crow<\/strong><\/p>\n

Urbandale, Iowa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Urbandale<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Before Colgate<\/strong><\/p>\n

Talented two-way player who hit .344 as a senior in addition to collecting seven wins in the circle\u2026Tallied a 1.55 ERA in 149.3 innings and hurled one no-hitter \u2026 Earned second-team All-State honors and first team All-Conference accolades \u2026 Was a member of the National Honor Society.<\/p>\n

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Personal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born:<\/strong>\u00a0Annabella Crow in Urbandale, Iowa.<\/p>\n

Family:<\/strong>\u00a0Daughter of Nick and Michelle Crow \u2026 Has one brother.<\/p>\n

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Mia Guevarra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lake Forest, Calif.<\/strong><\/p>\n

El Toro<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Before Colgate<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three-time first team All-League pick \u2026 Hit .459 with a .649 slugging percentage, 20 runs scored and 12 RBI as a senior to earn Sea View League MVP honors \u2026 Also hurled 119.2 innings in the circle \u2026 Was named team MVP as both a junior and a senior \u2026 Member of the National Honor Society.<\/p>\n

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Personal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born:<\/strong>\u00a0Mia Guevarra in Mission Viejo, Calif.<\/p>\n

Family:<\/strong>\u00a0Daughter of Archie and Michele Guevarra \u2026 Has one brother.<\/p>\n

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Olivia LaQua<\/strong><\/p>\n

San Diego, Calif.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cathedral Catholic<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Before Colgate<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two-time All-State honoree out of Cathedral Catholic High School, which was ranked No. 35 in the nation by MaxPreps \u2026 Led her team to a California CIF Open Division title and Western League championship as a senior captain while hitting a team-best .406 with 34 runs and 25 RBI \u2026 High school team finished her senior season with a 27-5-1 overall record and its fourth-straight league championship \u2026 Earned the 2016-17 Wendy\u2019s Heisman High School Athlete Award \u2026 Also was the three-year starting shortstop on the nationally-ranked So Cal Breakers, a team that recorded three-straight PGF Nationals finishes \u2026 Two-time country varsity individual champion in equestrian \u2026 Member of the National Honor Society.<\/p>\n

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Personal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born:<\/strong>\u00a0Olivia LaQua in San Diego, Calif.<\/p>\n

Family:<\/strong>\u00a0Daughter of Scott and Stephanie LaQua \u2026 Has one brother and one sister.<\/p>\n

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Julia McQueen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seminole, Fla.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seminole<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Before Colgate<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senior co-captain of Seminole High School team \u2026 Member of the National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Key Club, Rho Kappa and Mu Alpha Theta.<\/p>\n

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Personal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born:<\/strong>\u00a0Julia McQueen in Seminole, Fla.<\/p>\n

Family:<\/strong>\u00a0Daughter of Bill and Gina McQueen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Raiders come from four states across the Country Five incoming first-years are set to join the Colgate Softball team for the upcoming 2018 season. The five new Raiders hail from four different states across all regions of the country and carry with them accomplished athletic and academic pedigrees. \u201cWe are excited to welcome these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}