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CITY (NewsDakota.com) – Cassie Pautz, who helped lead her team to a state championship last spring, has signed a letter of intent to play softball at Valley City State starting in the fall of 2013.
Enderlin-Maple Valley Falcons softball’s Cassie Pautz has chosen to continue her softball career at Valley City State University.
Pautz, a senior at Maple Valley High School, will play her fourth year of varsity softball this spring and helped lead the Falcons in the spring of 2012 to the first ever North Dakota Class B Fastpitch Softball Championship.
In the championship run, Pautz hit for a .408 batting average including hitting six doubles, two triples and a home run. Pautz also collected 19 RBI’s and scored 22 runs while stealing eleven bases in twelve attempts. For her season, Pautz was tabbed to the 2012 All Region Team.
An all-around athlete, Pautz has also excelled on the basketball and volleyball teams at Maple Valley. She has been a Maple River All Conference Team selection in basketball as a sophomore and junior and was tabbed to the volleyball All Conference Team in her last three seasons. Pautz has also been a captain in both sports as a junior and a senior.
‘I’m extremely happy that Cassie is joining our Viking Softball family next season,’ commented head coach Chad Slyter. ‘Cassie has been coming to our spring clinics for a number of years and I’m familiar with her and her high school team. She’s an outstanding student-athlete and has a great family. I believe Cassie is going to do very well at Valley City State and in our softball program.’
Pautz said of her signing, ‘I plan on earning a degree in Secondary Education-Mathematics and possibly a Coaching degree. I’m looking forward to going to college and playing Fastpitch at Valley City State University.’
As accomplished on the field as Pautz is, she is also an active member of organizations in other areas. She has been a four year member of Students Against Destructive Decisions, Girls State and was chosen as the 2012 Maple Valley Homecoming Queen.
Cassie is the daughter of Heather and Dennis Pautz
Valley City State University Viking Softball has signed Lindsey White, Menahga, MN to a letter of intent to play softball at VCSU starting in the fall of 2013.
White is in her second year at Itasca Community College (ICC), where last year she pitched to a 17-7 record, helping the ICC Vikings reach an overall record of 39-13 on their way to a berth in the NJCAA Division III National Softball Tournament.
At ICC in the spring of 2012, White struck out 156 batters in 148 innings pitched and gave up only 26 walks while sporting a 1.23 earned run average. Overall, she was the number sixth rated pitcher in NJCAA Division III softball in the nation. White also hit for a .358 batting average with 19 RBI and a .469 on base percentage. For her efforts, White was named to the Region 13B All-Tournament Team.
White attended Menahga High School where she excelled in softball, basketball and volleyball. She was a three time All-Conference selection in softball and was selected to the 2010 All State Tournament Team as well as being an All-State Player selection in 2011. White was selected as Menahga High School’s Most Valuable Player in each of her last three seasons and was also the Conference Most Valuable Player in her senior season.
In 2009 and 2010, White was an All-Conference selection in both volleyball and basketball and added an All-Conference selection in basketball in 2011.
White graduated from Menahga High School with Honors and was also active in the National Honor Society and the Menahga Leadership Team. At Itasca Community College, she has also been a member of the volleyball team.
‘Lindsey is going to have an immediate impact on our pitching staff when she comes to Valley City State,’ said Slyter. ‘She pitched against us last year in a junior varsity game and our coaching staff came away impressed with her ability. She throws hard, locates very well and will have pitched in possibly two national tournaments. That experience will be valuable for her in her next Viking uniform. I expect great things from her in the circle beginning next year.’