DOMINICAN'S BECK NAMED TO 2009 DAKTRONICS ALL-AMERICAN SOFTBALL SECOND TEAM

May 21, 2009

DOMINICAN'S BECK NAMED TO 2009 DAKTRONICS ALL-AMERICAN SOFTBALL SECOND TEAM

Orangeburg, NY (5/21/09) Dominican College softball player, Sarah Beck, has been named to the 2009 Daktronics All-American Softball Second Team as was announced today.

Orangeburg, NY (5/21/09) Dominican College softball player, Sarah Beck, has been named to the 2009 Daktronics All-American Softball Second Team as was announced today.

Beck, a senior outfielder from Milton, NY, led the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) with a .407 batting average, runs scored (49), hits (77), total bases (123), RBIs 959), is fifth in the CACC with 17 doubles and is second with nine home runs. Shewas named the CACC Player of the Year, named to the All-CACC First Team, the 2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II All-Region First Team and the 2009 Daktronics NCAA Division II East All-Region First Team. She was also named the Dominican College Most Valuable Player for the third time in her career.

In 2008 she was also named to the All-CACC First Team, the 2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II All-Region First Team and was the Dominican College Co-Most Valuable Player Award winner. In her rookie year (2006), Beck was named the CACC Rookie of the Year, All-CACC First Team, CACC All-Tournament Team and the Dominican College Most Valuable Player. Beck has also been a team captain for the last two years.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.