Division Queens

Kristin Erb is what you would call an impact freshman.

By COED Staff

Not only did she lead Lock Haven University to the NCAA Division II Softball National Championship this season, but she also was named Division II Athlete of the Year.

Not a bad first season.

The Reading, PA, native finished the regular season undefeated with a record of 24-0, including two no-hitters, 270 strikeouts and an ERA of 0.20. She posted a 12-1 record with a 0.30 ERA in the postseason and was named MVP of the NCAA Tournament, as well as at the Regional and Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Tournaments.

And when the accounting major is not on the mound, she's either at first or third base (she finished the season with a .360 batting average, with 32 RBI's and 39 runs scored).

Randolph-Macon College's Megan Silva may only be 5 feet 6 inches tall, but she stands well above her peers in Division III women’s basketball.
The senior point guard led the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) with 23 points, 6.1 assists and 3.5 steals per game this season and was named Player of the Year in the conference for the third time. She finished her college career with 2,371 career points, 700 assists and 446 steals, more than any female or male in ODAC history.

Silva led Randolph-Macon to three ODAC tournament championships, three NCAA Division III tournament appearances, four straight seasons with 20 or more wins and a 2004-2005 NCAA tournament second-place finish. She did all of that while holding a 3.69 GPA in economics, which earned her the ODAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award.

Erb and Silva will both be presented with the Honda Award, given to the overall top athletes in Division II and Division III, at a luncheon in June in New York City.