NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. - Rhode Island College senior first baseman Christie Lotti (Waterford, Conn.) was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) New England Division III Softball Player of the Year and a First Team All-Star. Lotti headlines nine Little East Conference selections, including three first team nominees.

Eastern Connecticut State University sophomore outfielder Ashley Sullivan (Trumbull, Conn.) and Western Connecticut State University senior pitcher Shelby Slie (Seymour, Conn.) join Lotti on the 11-person first team.

Lotti has already been named a Second Team All-American, First Team All-New England, garnered her third consecutive Little East Conference Player of the Year award and fourth straight First Team All-LEC selection. She played in 45 games, starting all of them, batting .440 (66-for-150) with 56 runs scored (a new RIC record), 10 doubles, three triples, two home runs, 30 RBI and 23 stolen bases. Lotti walked a team-leading 27 times. She owned a .587 slugging percentage, a .525 on-base percentage and a .982 fielding percentage. She leaves Rhode Island College as the program's all-time leader in batting (.423), at-bats (593), runs scored (182), hits (251), doubles (43), triples (31), home runs (14), RBI (103), total bases (398), slugging percentage (.671), walks (70), stolen bases (61) and putouts (910). Lotti also holds eight Anchorwomen single-season marks. She received the Helen M. Murphy Award, signifying her as RIC's top female, senior student-athlete.

2008 ECAC New England All-Star teams

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