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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - - Seventy-six (76) student-athletes on Tuesday were named to the 2024 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Softball All-Academic Team, as announced by Commissioner Dan Mara. All 12 CACC schools that compete in the sport were represented on the All-Academic Team.
To be eligible for CACC All-Academic status, a student-athlete must: a) Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 at the end of immediate preceding term (may include summer for fall sport participants); b) Minimum of two semesters enrolled as full-time student at member institution; c) Student-athlete must be second year student-athlete at member institution (both academically and athletically).
The Wilmington University softball team boasts nine student-athletes that earned CACC All-Academic status, third best in the conference. The Wildcats were led by three-time honorees Haley Downin, Arianna Millan, and Sara Miller, while Downin was one of five student-athletes across the CACC to have a perfect 4.0 GPA in her second year of graduate school. Kylee Gunkel and Emma Zimmerman make an appearance on the team for the second year in a row while Brooke Koehler, Rylee Maloney, and Lexi Moore join for the first time in their careers.
Post University led all schools with 12 honorees to make the All-Academic Team. Goldey-Beacom College had 10 named to the unit.
NOTES ON ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
- Five student-athletes -- University of Bridgeport's Emily Chase, GBC's Gabriella Monzo, Post's Alyssa Hughes, Brianna Hynds and Wilmington University's Haley Downin -- posted perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point averages.
- Fifteen (15) student-athletes posted GPAs of 3.90 or higher.
- Post's Samantha Riccardulli and Juliana Rigano were named to the unit for the fourth time in their respective careers.
- Eighteen (18) were named to the unit for the third time in their respective careers.
- Eighteen (18) were named to the team for the second time in their respective careers.
- The eight teams to qualify for the CACC playoffs combined to have 51 student-athletes earn All-Academic status.