Courtesy of UAlbany Athletic Media Relations
ALBANY, N.Y. ? University at Albany’s
Amber Maisonet has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic
All-America University Division Softball Team, as announced on
Wednesday by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America).
Maisonet, a senior left fielder, is just the fifth UAlbany
student-athlete to earn national first-team honors, and is the first
female athlete chosen to a national first team at the Division I level.
Maisonet, a native of Newburgh, N.Y., earned All-America East Conference first-team recognition for the fourth straight season after finishing second
in the league with a .379 batting average and first in stolen bases
(27). Maisonet, who is nominee for the America East Woman of the Year
award, also received an ECAC Merit Medal as the school’s top senior
female student-athlete during the current academic year. She was named
to the NFCA All-Region second team and finished as the UAlbany career
leader with 233 hits and 151 runs. Maisonet is also ranked second in
career stolen bases with 96 and is fourth with a .360 batting average.
Maisonet
posted a 3.85 grade point average while majoring in psychology. To be
eligible, a student-athlete must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.20
while performing as a varsity starter or key reserve. Since the
program’s inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed more that 14,000
Academic All-America honors.
2008 Academic All-America Softball University Division First Team
Angela Tincher, Sr., P, Virginia Tech
Stacey Nelson, Jr., P, Florida
Chelsea Bramlett, So., C, Mississippi State
Jessica Chrabaszcz, Sr., IF, Delaware State
Jessica Toocheck, Sr., IF, Kent State
Colleen McGlaughlin, Jr., IF, Iowa
Sara Dyer, Sr., IF, Tulsa
Lisa Kinsmore, Jr., OF, Winthrop
Lillian Hammond, Jr., OF, Tennessee
Amber Maisonet, Sr., OF, UAlbany
Mary Beth Puccio, Jr., DP, Fordham