PEORIA, Ill. ? Throughout the 2006-07 athletic year, the Missouri Valley Conference will be celebrating a century of excellence as the nation's second-oldest NCAA Division I conference begins its second centennial as a leader in collegiate athletics. As part of the Centennial Celebration, the Valley is naming all-centennial teams for each of the league's sponsored sports. Friday The Valley released its 47-member MVC softball All-Centennial team which included former Bradley standouts Beth Hawkins-Bonifas and Amy Pera.

A two-time Gateway Conference MVP, Hawkins-Bonifas (1984-87) holds nearly every pitching mark at Bradley and was a three-time first-team all-conference selection. As a freshman she posted a 15-8 record in the circle with a 0.87 ERA, while striking out 113 and walking 27. She tossed three no hitters as a freshman, in addition to hitting a team-best .348 at the plate as she earned first-team All-Gateway Conference recognition.

Hawkins-Bonifas took home the first of two Gateway Conference MVP awards as a sophomore. She finished the 1985 season with a 21-7 record and 0.64 ERA in 207.1 innings as she struck out 275 batters while walking just 19. Hawkins-Bonifas threw a total of four no hitters that spring, including three perfect games.

She followed that up with one of the most dominating seasons in league history as a junior. Hawkins-Bonifas won a school record 28 games, en route to a 28-8 record and struck out a school record 281 batters in the process. She added five more no hitters to her total that spring, including one perfect game, and sported a 0.42 ERA for the season as she earned the second of her two Conference MVP honors.

Hawkins-Bonifas holds the top two seasons marks at Bradley for victories (28 & 21) and is one of two Braves pitchers to post a 20-win season. She also has the top two season strikeouts totals (281 & 275) and her 13 shutouts in 1985 is tops among BU season marks. Hawkins-Bonifas finished her career with a 71-30 record and 0.82 ERA and is the school's all-time leader in wins (71), innings pitched (684), strikeouts (702), ERA (0.82), shutouts (36), complete games (79) and no hitters (13).

Pera (1992-95) was named the Gateway Conference Rookie of the Year in 1992 and went on to earn first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference honors as a junior (1994) and senior (1995). One of two players in program history to earn Academic All-American honors (1995), she was a two-time MVC All-Tournament selection at shortstop and is one of three two-time first-team MVC scholar-athletes at Bradley.

She earned Gateway Conference Rookie of the Year honors in 1992 after hitting .331 and stealing a then school record 21 bases to go along with her team-best 24 runs scored. She followed that with a .281 batting average as a sophomore, leading the team in runs (28) and stolen bases (8), while tying for the team lead with four home runs.

Her junior season, Pera hit .386 with 38 runs, 15 RBI and stolen bases, helping Bradley to a 33-8 overall record and second place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference. A first-team All-MVC pick, she also earned MVC All-Tournament honors in 1994. A first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference pick as a senior, she hit .365 and had a then school-record 66 hits to go along with a school season-best 49 runs as she helped Bradley to a 35-20-1 record.

A third-team Academic All-American in 1995, she ranks fourth at Bradley with 194 career hits and her .343 career batting average is third all time. The Braves career leader with 139 runs scored and 423 assists, she also ranks among Bradley's career top 10 in triples (5th - 13), home runs (T6th - 12), stolen bases (2nd - 68), walks (8th - 41), slugging percentage (4th - .491) and on base percentage (4th - .380).