The Little Hawkeye Conference has released its 2012 All-Conference team, on which four Newton players received honors following a 21-12 season that ended on Tuesday in a Class 4A Regional Final.

As expected, senior Courtney Meyer led the way for the Cardinals by earning a unanimous first-team selection at pitcher. Meyer started 26 of Newton’s 33 games this season, posting a 16-10 record while throwing 173 1⁄3 innings.

Entering Tuesday, she had a season ERA of 1.56 and her opponents’ batting average was .184, totaling 156 strikeouts. In conference games only, she was 8-3 this season and had the LHC’s second-best ERA at 1.27. She also swung Newton’s biggest bat. As of Tuesday, she led the team in hits (44), doubles (12), RBIs (23), walks (19) and has blasted 10 home runs. Her season-long batting average was .512 and her on-base percentage was a staggering .600. In conference games only, she had the LHC’s second-best batting average (.483) and led the league in on-base percentage (.605).