Three Maine Softball Players Honored as NFCA Academic All-Americans

Three Maine Softball Players Honored as NFCA Academic All-Americans

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Courtesy of Maine Sports Information 

ORONO, Maine ? Three members of the University of Maine softball team, including sophomore Christine McGivney, junior Ashley Waters, and recent graduate Marguerite Soule, were honored this week as 2007 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Academic All-Americans. To be given the honor, student-athletes in the sport of softball must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or above during the spring season. In addition to those three individual honors, the Black Bears finished in the top third of over 400 collegiate teams nationally for overall team GPA.

“Placing three on the NFCA Academic All-America team is a great honor for our program,” Maine head coach Stacey Sullivan said. “As a team, we strive to be just as successful in the classroom as we strive to be on the field. Having three players named to the academic all-america team demonstrates the hard work our kids put in the classroom.”

As a true freshman pitcher last spring, McGivney led the team in ERA (3.68) and complete games pitched (8). Waters led the team in doubles (10), runs batted in (29) and slugging percentage (.478). Soule was the team’s primary starting catcher, as she drove in six runs on the season.

Overall last spring, 12 members of the team earned GPAs of 3.0 or better and were named to the America East Academic Honor Roll.

This year’s academic accomplishments follow 2006’s accomplishment of the Black Bear softball team finished 17th nationally in overall team GPA.