NORFOLK, Va. - The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference recently announced the 2012 Softball All-Academic selections and Delaware State University recorded a school-best 11 honorees who achieved academic success during the 2011-12 academic school year.
"Our players fully understand that they are here to get an education," commented DSU head coach Jeff Savage. "They are students first and athletes second and they know they must take care of things in the classroom before they can step on the field. It takes a great deal of commitment to have success in the classroom and on the field at the Division I level."
MEAC sophomore, junior and senior student-athletes with a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average as well as transfer student-athletes who have been in residence at the institution for at least one year are eligible for All-Academic accolades.
"I commend our softball student-athletes who have maintained this high level of academic achievement during this academic school year," said Commissioner Dennis E. Thomas. "I would further like to applaud the coaches and support staffs for their contributions to the academic success of these student-athletes."
Listed below are the DSU 2012 MEAC Softball All-Academic honorees with their year, hometown and major:
- Casey Beighley - Senior - Los Angeles, Calif. - Mass Communications
- Skye Boris - Junior - Magnolia, Del. - Pre-Education/Physical Education
- Ashlyn Campbell - Sophomore - Trabuco Canyon, Calif. - Criminal Justice
- Samantha Gross - Sophomore - Glasgow, Del. - Math Education
- Kelsey Lewis - Junior - Mt. Sinai, N.Y. - Pre-Education/Early Childhood Education
- Stephanie Martello - Sophomore - Oxnard, Calif. - Psychology
- Breanne Parr - Senior - Camarillo, Calif. - Movement Sciences
- Leslie Pleasanton - Senior - Smyrna, Del. - Elementary Education
- Tawny Reeger - Senior - Simi Valley, Calif. - Biology
- Jordan Reid - Senior - Accokeek, Md. - Sociology/Criminal Justice
- Stephanie Sarris - Sophomore - Rohnert Park, Calif. - English
A total of 71 student-athletes from the conference's 13 institutions were honored while Hampton University had the next highest amount of student-athletes behind Delaware State on the list with eight.
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