PLANTE NAMED CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® DIVISION II SOFTBALL TEAM

May 22, 2013

PLANTE NAMED CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® DIVISION II SOFTBALL TEAM

Orangeburg, N.Y. (5/22/13) Dominican College softball player, Julie Plante*, has been named to the Capital One Academic All-America Division II Softball First Team as was selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and announced today.

Orangeburg, N.Y. (5/22/13) Dominican College softball player, Julie Plante*, has been named to the Capital One Academic All-America Division II Softball First Team as was selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and announced today.

Plante, a senior outfielder from Swansea, Mass., makes her second appearance on the All-America Teams as she earned Third Team inors in 2012.

This is her fourth post season accolade this year. Recently, Plante earned her second consecutive Capital One Academic All-District Softball First Team for District I in NCAA Division II honors, named to the All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) First Team for the third time in her career and made her second straight appearance on the NFCA All-East Region Second Team.

Plante played in every game this season and broke the school's all-time hit record this year. She ranked third in the conference in hits and RBIs, fourth in doubles, fifth in runs scored and seventh in batting average and home runs.

Click here to view the complete list of the Capital One Academic All-America Division II Softball Teams.

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.