Courtesy of the CACC

LIST OF HONOREES: 2020-21 CACC SOFTBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

New Haven, Conn. (7/15/21)  More than 100 student-athletes -- 104 in total -- on Thursday were named to the 2020-21 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Softball All-Academic Team, as announced by Commissioner Dan Mara. The 104 honorees represent all 14 CACC member institutions that have a varsity program in the sport.

Dominican College had seven student-athletes named to the All-Academic Team with two of them earning thir third All-Academic accolades and the other making her second appearance.  Shelby Smith (Valley Center, Calif.) earned her third All-Academic selection while sporting a cumulative grade point average of 3.98 in her major of Nursing and Shailei Kraft (Waverly, N.Y.) holds a cumulative grade point average of 3.76 in her major of Occupational Therapy.  Inking her second All-Academic honors was Madison Newman (Phelan, Calif.) who maintains a GPA of 3.50 in her major of Biology.

Joining them on the All-Academic Team for the first time were Alyssa Siess (Queens, N.Y.), Rajene Bowe (Ellendale, Del.), Andrea Hester (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Kristin Miscia (Basking Ridge, N.J.).  Siess has a GPA of 3.52 in her major of Nursing, while Bowe holds a grade point average of 3.51 in her major of Nursing.  Hester sports a GPA of 3.60 in her major of Education, while Miscia maintains a cumulative grade point average of 3.52 in her major of Physical Therapy.

Post University led the way with 16 honorees, including Bridget Betley's team-best 3.98 cumulative undergraduate grade point average in her major of accounting. University of the Sciences was next with 14 student-athletes being recognized, including Keiya Moncilovich, who had the top GPA on her squad with a 3.97 in physical therapy. Thomas Jefferson University was the other team with double-figure honorees, as 12 Rams made the academic team. The highest Jefferson GPA belonged to both Katelyn Stys and Julia Heine, as the duo each had 3.91 marks.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
♦ Nineteen (19) of the honorees earned GPAs of 3.90 or higher.

♦ Twenty-eight (28) of the honorees made the CACC Softball All-Academic Team for the second time.

♦ Fourteen (14) of the honorees made the All-Academic squad for at least the third time.