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RELEASE DATE: 10/20/08
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mansfield
Softball Team earns Academic Honors – Mountaineer team post 25th
highest team grade point average of the 264 NCAA Division II softball programs –
Shana Markwis, Melissa Baer, Michelle Forsburg, Janelle Antes and Amanda Lewis
earn NFCA Scholar-Athlete honors
 MANSFIELD
-- The Mansfield University women’s softball team is one of 57 NCAA Division II
squads to earn National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Academic Team
recognition for the 2008 season, while five Mountaineer players, Shana
Markwis (Milford/Delaware Valley), Melissa Baer
(Williamsport/Williamsport), Michelle Forsburg (Vestal,NY/Vestal),
Janelle Antes (Elizabethville/Upper Dauphin) and Amanda
Lewis (Samford,CT/ West Hill) were named NFCA Scholar-Athletes.
The 2008 Mountaineers compiled a
3.26 cumulative grade-point average and were ranked 25th among Division II
programs. There are 264 Division II NCAA Softball programs.
The All-Academic Team listings are
based on cumulative team grade-point averages submitted by NFCA member head
coaches for the 2007-08 academic year.
“As a college head coach, you
strive for the true balance – success on the playing field and in the
classroom,” said Mansfield head coach Edith Gallagher. “Our team
achieved this feat and they are true examples of a ‘student-athlete.’ As in
winning games, this academic award is truly a team effort.”
The five players who earned
individual recognition were senior outfielder Shana Markwis,
senior pitcher Michelle Forsburg, senior first baseman
Amanda Lewis, freshman pitcher Melissa Baer and freshman
infielder Janelle Antes.
To be eligible for the team, players
must have compiled a 3.5 grade point average (or higher) for the past (2007-08)
academic year. Markwis and Forsburg are two-time honorees, while Baer, Antes and
Lewis are first time honorees.
Over the past four years, the MU
softball program has garnered 16 NFCA Scholar-Athlete awards.
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