Prep softball: Eleven locals All-PCL

- Corona del Mar High sophomore Alissa Zoelle, a repeat first-team

selection, tops a list of 11 Newport-Mesa softball players named

All-Pacific Coast League by the circuit’s coaches.

Zoelle won 6 of 8 pitching decisions in league to help the Sea Kings

finish second and make the school’s first appearance in the CIF Southern

Section playoffs. She also hit .528 in the regular season.

Joining Zoelle on the first team is teammate Mijanou Pham, as well as

Costa Mesa standouts Jade Moss and Ann Marie Topps.

Pham, a senior shortstop who was a second-team honoree last spring,

hit .420 in the regular season.

Moss, a sophomore, hit .412 against PCL pitching to help the Mustangs

finish third and advance to the playoffs.

Topps, a sophomore, hit .417 in league.

CdM sophomores Meaghan Bunney, Lauren Loe and Amy Tyson, as well as

Costa Mesa seniors Sarah Watkins and Cara Molter, Mesa junior Tess

Lindsay and Estancia senior Stephanie Cachola, are on the second team.

Bunney and Loe were second-team choices as freshmen, while Tyson was

first-team all-league last spring.

Northwood sophomore Allison Lewis, who led the Timberwolves to the

league title, is the Most Valuable Player.

2001 Coaches’ All-PCL softball

Most Valuable Player

Allison Lewis, Northwood So.

First team

Alissa Zoelle, Corona del Mar So.

Mijanou Pham, Corona del Mar Sr.

Jade Moss, Costa Mesa So.

Ann Marie Topps, Costa Mesa So.

Marissa Morales, Laguna Beach Sr.

Autumn Pearce, Laguna Beach Sr.

Martina Speare, Laguna Beach Jr.

Amanda Smith, Northwood Fr.

Allyson Pizula, Northwood Jr.

Amanda Garza, Northwood So.

Teresa Leyden, Northwood So.

Second team

Meaghan Bunney, Corona del Mar So.

Lauren Loe, Corona del Mar So.

Amy Tyson, Corona del Mar So.

Sarah Watkins, Costa Mesa Sr.

Tess Lindsay, Costa Mesa Jr.

Cara Molter, Costa Mesa Sr.

Stephanie Cachola, Estancia Sr.

Jocelyn Turner, Laguna Beach Fr.

Shannon Robinson, Northwood Fr.

Kelly Watkins, University Sr.

Jenna Kageyama, University Jr.