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 Indian Hills Community College has three players on the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference All-Region softball team

.  And IHCC coach Jim Overturf was named the Region XI Coach of the Year.
Sophomore first baseman Lizzy Tucker was the lone Indian Hills player named to the All-Region first team.

  Tucker led the Warriors in hits, RBIs, total bases, walks and on-base percentage while tying for the team lead in doubles, homers and sacrifice bunts.

Selected for the All-Region second team were outfielders Kris Penick, a sophomore, and freshman Tory Beaver.  Penick led IHCC in hitting with a .336 batting average and in stolen bases with nine.  Beaver ended the season with a .306 average, 27 runs scored and 29 RBIs. 
It was the second straight All-Region selection

for Penick who was also named to the second team last year. 
Overturf led the Warriors to their first national tournament appearance in five years in his third season at IHCC.  Indian Hills entered the postseason as the No. 4 seed in the region tournament and promptly won all three games they played in the tourney to seize the title. 

The Warriors then won both games from Crowder College, the Missouri champ, in the district tournament to qualify for nationals.  Indian Hills ended the year with a 33-24 record.  Their two losses in the national tourney were against Yavapai College and Wallace State CC, teams that finished third and second in the nation, respectively. 

Overturf picked up his 600th win as a head softball coach during the 2010 season and has 617 wins in a coaching career that also includes stints at William Penn and Kirkwood. 

Courtesy IHCC