Fairfield ranked ninth in NFCA Easton Academic Top-10; 50 MAAC student-athletes earn Easton Scholar-Athlete honors

Fairfield ranked ninth in NFCA Easton Academic Top-10; 50 MAAC student-athletes earn Easton Scholar-Athlete honors

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EDISON, NJ – The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) announced their 2015-16 Easton Top-10 academic team honors and Easton Scholar-Athlete honors. Fairfield ranked ninth in the NFCA’s Academic Top-10 for the 2015-16 school year with a 3.589 cumulative grade point average.

A total of 50 MAAC student-athletes from six different schools earned Easton Scholar-Athlete honors for their excellence in the classroom. See below for the official Academic Top-10 rankings, as well as the listing of MAAC student-athletes who received honors.

The rankings and honors recognize the academic prowess of softball teams across seven membership divisions. NCAA Division I, with 1,240 honorees, had the most student-athletes with a 3.5 grade-point average or higher, while 1,124 in Division III earned recognition, followed by 963 Division II student-athletes. High School weighted and High School unweighted posted 618 and 512 honorees apiece. NAIA amassed 384 recipients and Junior College totaled 311.

NCAA Division I 
1. Grand Canyon – 3.670; 2. Nebraska Omaha – 3.643; Saint Louis – 3.641; 4. Southern Illinois – 3.627; 5. Western Carolina – 3.607; 6. Georgia State – 3.595; 7. DePaul – 3.591; 8. Harvard – 3.590; 9. Fairfield – 3.589; 10. Missouri State – 3.569.

Fairfield                                
Kristen Ball                                          
Shelby Butwell                                                    
Nicole Capra                                       
Makenna DiGuilio                              
Lauren Filicia                                      
Gianna Kinhofer                                
Angelina McGuire                              
Lauren Petersen                                  
Tori Reed
Rachel Sieber
Courtney Hankins
Karisa Hughen
Alisha Marshall
Cynthia Meringer

Iona                                       
Sarah Schultz                                      
Christine Costello                                
Courtney Miller                                   
Samantha Mello                                 
Kathryn Newton                                 
Kelsey Long                                         
Jessica Herkness                                                 
Victoria Daner

Manhattan
Kelsey Brennan
Madison Bailey  
Alexa Dawid
Emily Cutler
Meredith Bryant
Erin Hamm
Victoria Ross

Marist                                    
Megan Beiermeister                           
Brittany Colombo                              
Brandi Coon                                        
Gabrielle Kelliher                
Casey Page                                          
Kourtney Paul                     
Jessica Van Alphen                                                                                            
Kyrsten Van Natta

Monmouth                            
Rachel Simodejka                              
Nicole Wieczorek                
Jasmine Higa                                       
Sydney Underhill                                
Chloe Howerth                                    
Kaelyn Buskey                                   

Quinnipiac
Maria Ascher
Emily Czaja
Casey Herzog
Abigail Johnson
Erin Larsen
Katherine Strong
Kathryn Vitale