NORMAL, Ill. - Three former Wichita State players have been named to the Missouri Valley Conference Softball All-Centennial Team, league officials announced today.

Tina Lewis, Patti Oleson and Patty Bautista each appear on the elite list that contains 47 former players and Illinois State head coach Melinda Fischer.

Lewis, named MVC Player of the Year in 2003, was a two-time all-MVC first team performer at shortstop. Her hitting streak that spanned more than 20 games in 2003 helped lead the Shockers back to the MVC Tournament and began the rebuilding process that turned the Shockers into a postseason threat once again.

Oleson was recently surpassed as the school's all-time and single-season home run record holder, and was a two-time all-MVC first team performer in 2000 and 2001.

Bautista is among the winningest pitchers in both MVC and Wichita State history. She was the 1989 Most Valuable Player in the Valley, and was a two-time first team all-Valley performer.

Team composition for each sport has been determined through an on-line fan vote (www.mvc100.org) and by a centennial committee.  Nearly 1,000 votes were cast for softball.  Fans also designated an all-time coach as part of the on-line voting process.  Twenty-two Valley softball players have earned All-American honors in the league's 24 completed seasons with teams competing in the Gateway Conference from 1983-92 before beginning play under the Valley umbrella in 1993.  MVC softball has ascended among the nation's premier softball leagues, having earned multiple-bids into the NCAA Tournament in each of the past four seasons with three teams capturing berths in the past two years.