By: Anthony Hernandez, Athletic Communications Assistant – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (October 9, 2013) – Nine members of the Rutgers softball were named National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division I All-America (NFCA) Scholar Athletes, the organization announced Monday. With a 3.464 team GPA, the squad also posted the No. 12 GPA nationally.
“I know that our team will be pleased with reaching such a lofty ranking in the national academic poll for softball teams,” said head coach Jay Nelson. “No.12 out of nearly 300 teams is very good, placing us in the top 4 percent of all Division I softball teams. Our athletes have made academics a priority of the program and with the help of our academic advisor Kathleen Shank, and executive director Scott Walker they have reached such a distinguished level of academic excellence.”
Below is the list of RU softball’s nine NFCA All-America Scholar Athletes:
ATHLETE GPA
- Abbey Houston* 3.900
- Senior Alexis Durando (Oakland, N.J.) 3.705
- Ashley Alden* 4.000
- Ashley Bragg* 3.563
- Freshman Dresden Maddox (Kennesaw, Ga.) 3.625
- Senior Emma Woo (Santa Monica, Calif.) 3.571
- Sophomore Jordan Whitley (Clayton Del.) 3.673
- Kaci Madden* 3.860
- Senior Loren Williams (Los Angeles, Calif.) 3.500
*denotes graduation or that the athlete is no longer with the team
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