Rachel Smith named Capital One Academic All-American; A Sage First!
RACHEL SMITH BECOMES SAGE'S FIRST COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN
Troy, NY---- The Sage Colleges' junior outfielder and pitcher Rachel Smith (Valatie, NY/Ichabod Crane), a member of the softball team was named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America ® Softball Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. She becomes to the first Sage student-athlete to earn this distinction.
The Capital One Division III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2011-12 Division III Academic All-America® teams program.
Smith's accomplishments at Sage this season have been widespread. She was named the recipient of the 2012 Gator of the Year Award as the team Most Valuable Player in softball this season, while also garnering a selection as the Female Athlete of the Year at Sage for her efforts during the 2011-2012 academic year. She was also named to the 2012 Skyline Conference All-Star First Team in softball, another first-time feat for Sage.
On her 2012 season, she penned her name to Sage single-season records for home runs (9), at-bats (169), and runs scored (43). She is also a record holder as this year's team has played in more games than any other Sage squad with 46 appearances to her credit. For the year, Smith batted .363 with 58 hits, including 12 doubles, one triple and nine home runs. She drove in 39 RBI's with a. 619 slugging percentage. She also turned a strong performance as a Sage pitcher in 2012. She went 13-8 with a team-best 2.52 ERA in 111 innings of work with a personal-best 78 strikeouts. She hit successfully in all but five games this season and had 11 games with multiple RBIs, including a personal-best five RBIs in the Gators' 16-2 win over Skidmore. She was named to the 2012 Skyline Conference All-Star First Team and is also a candidate for the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) All-Star Team.
Sage's 2012 softball team achieved a number of program firsts as well this season. Among the highlights the Gators garnered the No. 2 seed in both the Skyline Conference Softball Tournament and the ECAC Metro NY-NJ Championships and by tournament's end had captured the runner-up trophy in both tournaments, both program firsts for the softball program which just wrapped its 40th season with a distinguished list of records and accomplishments, while under the direction of their new head coach, Jamie Brown after posting an impressive 29-17 record.
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About Academic All-America® Program
To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.
Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.
For more information about the Academic All-America® Teams program, please visit www.cosida.com.
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Capital One 2012 Academic All-America ® Softball Team NCAA Division III |
Academic All-American of the Year: Kelsey Kittleson, Luther
FIRST TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
P Stacey Hagensen Pacific Lutheran Sr. Bellevue, Wash. 3.91 Mathematics &
Economics
P Rose Tusa Wisconsin-River Falls Sr. Roseville, Minn. 3.88 Geography
C Kelsey Kittleson (1) Luther Sr. St. Ansgar, Iowa 4.0 Biology
IF Sarah Budz (2) Dominican (Ill.) Sr. Orland Park, Ill. 3.79 Nutrition & Dietetics
IF Caitlin Cromley Misericordia Jr. Jersey Shore, Pa. 3.97 Biology & Physical
Therapy
IF Ashley Goettl Wisconsin-River Falls Jr. North Mankato, Minn. 3.83 Journalism,
Pol. Science, Comm. Studies
IF Marianne Specker (1) Brandeis Sr. South Windsor, Conn. 3.92 Psychology
OF Jaydee Baxter Linfield Sr. Damascus, Ore. 3.83 Exercise science
OF Casey Clarridge (2) Otterbein Sr. Marysville, Ohio 3.86 History/Secondary
Education
OF Meghin Palmer Marywood Jr. Greencastle, Pa. 3.9 CSD Speech
Language Pathology
DP Kaaren Hatlen Pacific Lutheran Jr. Woodinville, Wash. 3.95 Mathematics
SECOND TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
P Ashton Brey East Texas Baptist Sr. Lindale, Texas 4.00 Mass
Communication
P Bridget Holloway Emory Sr. Sparta, Ill. 3.63 Women's
Studies/History
C Adrienne Rahs Gettysburg Sr. Bethlehem, Pa. 4.02 Mathematics
IF Claire Bailey Emory So. Henrico, Va. 3.97 Biology
IF Lesley Guenard Wheaton (Ill.) Sr. Hanover, Mass. 3.77 Business & Economics
IF Abby Martin SUNY Cortland Sr. Oswego, N.Y. 3.61 Kinesiology
IF Gillian McCarthy Rensselaer Polytechnic Jr. Worthington, Ohio 3.92 Business &
Management
IF Kayla Rutkoski King's (Pa.) Jr. Shickshinny, Pa. 3.89 Biology
OF Joey Cronin Texas-Tyler Jr. Celina, Texas 3.87 Kinesiology
OF Alison Gray Wisconsin-Stout Jr. St. Cloud, Minn. 4.00 Packaging
OF Rachel MacBeth (1) DePauw Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. 3.95 Biochemistry
DP Lauren Goldfarb Wellesley Jr. Albuquerque, N.M. 3.50 Geoscience
THIRD TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
P Brittany Danilov John Carroll Sr. Canfield, Ohio 3.48 Accounting
P Alexandria (Alex) Hill Montclair State So. Parsippany, N.J. 3.46 Psychology
C Nicolina Veneziano (3) Rowan Sr. Bloomfield, N.J. 3.75 Health
& Exercise Science
IF Lisa Klass Gustavus Adolphus Sr. Richfield, Minn. 3.63 Management
IF Caitlin Lovend Frostburg State So. Laurel, Md. 3.82 Athletic training
IF Karleigh Prestianni Linfield Jr. Grants Pass, Ore. 3.50 Finance
IF Kelly Zaccheo Scranton Sr. Scranton, Pa. 3.80 Biomathematics
& Philosophy
OF Shari Huber Luther Jr. Eldridge, Iowa 3.92 Physical Education
OF Rachel Smith The Sage Colleges Jr. Valatie, N.Y. 3.80 Health Sciences
OF Laura Tjepkema Hope Jr. Dorr, Mich. 4.0 Education,
Special Education Emph.
DP Kelsey Neal Washington (Mo.) So. Miami, Okla. 3.86 Economics
(1) 2011 Capital One Academic All-America® College Division first team selection
(2) 2011 Capital One Academic All-America® College Division second team selection
(3) 2011 Capital One Academic All-America® College Division third team selection
