LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Senior Kristin Erb (Reading, Pa./Exeter Township) of the National Champion Lock Haven University softball team has been named a 2009 Dakrtonics Division II First Team All-American and she was also tabbed as the Daktronics Pitcher of the Year after helping the Lady Eagles claim their second national title in four years.

Erb, the 2009 NCAA Championship’s Most Outstanding performer helped Lock Haven to another banner year. She went 50-5 in the circle and led the nation in ERA at the D-II level.

Her ERA was 0.47, as she only allowed 24 earned runs in 356 total innings.

Erb held the opposition to a dismal .152 batting average and struck out 399 on the way to her 50-win season.

Her 50 wins ties the D-II all-time mark for wins in a season. The 50 wins also helped run her remarkable career record to 168-18.

Those 168 wins stand along on the top of the D-II list for most ever in a career.

Erb was also a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) First Team All-American for the fourth straight time. She was the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Central Pitcher of the Year and a First Team All-Region selection.

Lock Haven capped off the 2009 season with a National Championship in Salem, Va. LHU was 51-6 overall and has been one of the NCAA’s most dominate teams ever during a four-year stretch.