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Our View: Independent Party of Oregon faces obstacles ... Mercy Flights competition creates confusion over dispatch protocols ... Get Up & Go: Tuesday, Feb. 17 ... Our View: Independent Party of Oregon faces obstacles ... Mercy Flights competition creates confusion over dispatch protocols ... COLLEGE SOFTBALL Sutherland earns POY in GNAC Swine flu scare at Western Oregon derailed her chance at records Tyler Sutherland had reason to have ill feelings because of the swine flu. Comment By Tim Trower MailTribune.com By Tim Trower Posted May. 8, 2009 @ 12:01 am By Tim Trower Posted May. 8, 2009 @ 12:01 am TYLER SUTHERLAND --> WHO: Former Crater High softball player who recently completed her junior year at Western Oregon University. WHAT: Was chosen Great Northwest Athletic Conference and WOU player of the y... » Read more X TYLER SUTHERLAND WHO: Former Crater High softball player who recently completed her junior year at Western Oregon University. WHAT: Was chosen Great Northwest Athletic Conference and WOU player of the year. OF NOTE: She batted .420 and set school records for runs (47), doubles (22), on-base percentage (.503) and slugging percentage (.760). » Social News Tyler Sutherland had reason to have ill feelings because of the swine flu. Not because the star softball player contracted the disease but because concerns over it may have prevented her from making deeper inroads into the Western Oregon University record book. The former Crater High standout, who this week was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference player of the year, was within striking distance of a couple of school hitting records entering the final two doubleheaders last weekend at Western Washington University. But those games were cancelled — and the school closed — for fear a Western Oregon student had swine flu. The case was later confirmed to indeed be the H1N1 virus. Sutherland wasn't concerned about personal records, as it turns out. She wanted to play because her team's play, which had been inconsistent through the season, was on an uptick, and the possibility of ending the season on a high note in nice weather was appealing. "Honestly," said Sutherland, "I didn't even know about those records prior to the games. I'm not all into that kind of stuff. I didn't know what I had to do." Sutherland, a junior in athletic standing, needed to go 7-for-12 in the two games to break the single-season batting average and hits records. She ended the year with a .420 average and 63 hits. The records are a .431 average by Angel Namhie in 1995 and 69 hits by Sutherland (last year) and Dacia Hawkins. As it was, Sutherland, who will play her senior year next spring while working toward her master's, shattered the school on-base percentage and slugging marks. Her on-base percentage of .503 topped Lydia Foster's mark of .468 in 2005. Her .760 slugging percentage bettered the .669 set by Foster in 2006. Sutherland also set the Wolves' season records with 47 runs and 22 doubles, passing the previous standards of 40 and 15, respectively. On Thursday, she was named the outstanding softball player at WOU and is in the running to be the named the school's female athlete for the year. The swine flu incident wasn't the first time Sutherland was at the heart of a unique softball moment at Western Oregon. Last season, it was her roommate, Sara Tucholsky, who injured her knee moments after hitting a game-winning home run and was carried around the bases by opposing players, touching each base with the foot of her uninjured leg. That story gained national attention and is part of the reason Sutherland is not surprised by the unexpected. "You just take each day," the shortstop said of the cancelled games, "and whatever's thrown at you, it's thrown at you. I was just looking forward to playing." Sutherland was proud of her season. She'd set a broad goal of maintaining her consistency as a hitter and a specific one of batting at least .400. "You don't go into each game thinking, 'I want to hit .400,'" she said. "You go into each one wanting to have a good at-bat and a good approach. The way you approach each at-bat will let you have success." It helped her to win the GNAC batting title by 21 points over Central Washington catcher Holly Rossman. In addition to her school records in runs and doubles, which led the league, Sutherland topped the GNAC in stolen bases (17). She also hit nine home runs and drove in 30 from the leadoff spot. Defensively, she had only five errors in 151 chances for a fielding percentage of .967. "I was really surprised," Sutherland said of the top-player award. "Holly was having a really great year as well. I think it came down to the wire. There were quite a few really great hitters and players in our conference this year, and I was really excited to win. She might have had the upper hand because her team had a slightly better year, but I'm glad it didn't play out that way." Western Oregon placed third behind Montana State Billings and Central Washington. The Wolves were 20-15 in league and 23-23 overall. Sutherland is eager to return for her senior season, even with diploma in hand. "I think I would have looked back on my life and thought, 'What if?' I don't like what-ifs," she said. "I'll continue doing what I love, and I'm in good shape, so why not?" 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