STARKVILLE, Miss. (Blugolds.com) – The UW-Eau Claire softball team was recently honored by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) as an All-Academic Team for the 2010-11 school year while nine individuals were named All-American Scholar Athletes.
Last season, the Blugolds achieved a 3.317 grade point average, ranking 50th out of 109 schools that finished with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
The following players also received All-American Scholar Athlete status, an honor given to any player submitted by a member coach who achieved a 3.50 grade point average or higher during the 2010-11 academic year.
Sara Baumgartner (Arcadia, Wis.)
Jess Freagon (Chippewa Falls, Wis./McDonell)
Emily Haluska (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH)
Aleisha Harper (Mondovi, Wis./Eau Claire North)
Jess Hegseth (Zumbrota, Minn./Zumbrota-Mazeppa)
Jenny Hess (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis./Lincoln)
Amanda Houle (Chisago City, Minn./Chisago Lakes)
Emily Muller (Lancaster, Wis.)
Samantha Weix (Elk Mound, Wis.)
Over 4,000 student-athletes representing 707 different academic institutions were named as a 2011 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete, the Association announced recently. This year's total of 4,331 honorees bested last year's total by over 30 student-athletes. The membership category with the most participating institutions this year was Division III with 168, while high school led the way in total honorees with 1,160.
Forty-four student-athletes from five Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) schools were named to the Scholar Athlete team. Four of the five WIAC schools finished ranked in the top 50 schools.
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