Sage's Softball Players Recognized for Academic Excellence by NFCA
October 28, 2009

Sage's Softball Players Recognized for Academic Excellence by NFCA

Sage placed five players on the 2009 NFCA girls got game-NFCA Scholar All-America Team for their excellent contributions in the classroom.

SAGE'S SOFTBALL PLAYERS HONORED BY NFCA FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE 

Troy, NY----Members of The Sage Colleges softball team were recognized by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) girls got game/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete Team. Sage placed five student-athletes on the 2009 team after they excelled in the classroom, achieving a 3.5 of higher grade-point-average.

Headlining the team for the Gators were 2009 class valedictorian, senior Rebecca Gregory (Hudson, NY/Hudson), junior co-captain Kellie Jones (Troy, NY/Troy), sophomore co-captain Allison Bishop (Troy NY/Lansingburgh), sophomore Jaime Handford (Berlin, NY/Berlin), and freshman Ashley Eberle (Delmar, NY/Bethlehem Central).

In addition to earning recognition from the NFCA, each earned a spot on the 2009 Skyline Conference Scholar-Athlete Team last spring.

Gregory, who returns this season as a graduate student, majored in mathematics at Sage as an undergraduate. She earned acclaim for her excellence in the classroom as a Dean's List student and is also a former softball representative to Sage's Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).

Bishop, who is a member of Sage's Student Athlete Advisory Committee, is a business and communications major at Sage. She batted .291 a year ago with 13 extra-base hits and started all 34 games for the Gators.  Eberle is a math education major at Sage and batted .250 last spring with 26 starts. Jones, who is a two-sport student-athlete for the Gators where she also serves as a tri-captain on Sage's 2009 women's volleyball team. She is majoring in physical therapy and also honored by the Skyline Conference with a spot on the 2009 Softball All-Star Second Team after batting .410 with a .695 slugging percentage with 23 RBI.

Handford is a pre-med major at Sage and batted .233 last year with 17 appearances and 16 starts in the Gators' outfield.