Three MAAC Softball Players Named to Google Cloud Academic All-District First Team
Three MAAC Softball Players Named to Google Cloud Academic All-District First Team

Three MAAC Softball Players Named to Google Cloud Academic All-District First Team

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EDISON, NJ – Three MAAC softball student-athletes were named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District Softball Team, as selected by CoSIDA. The Google Cloud Academic All-District Team recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. Brandi Coon of Marist College, Adriana Gambino of Manhattan, and Amanda Dodson of Siena were named to the District I First Team.
 
A senior infielder, Marist’s Coon holds a 3.88 GPA as a software development major. The Valhalla, New York native is batting .337 over 52 games for the Red Foxes with 18 RBI on 55 hits with 33 runs. Gambino of Manhattan, a native of Stamford, Connecticut, holds a 3.99 GPA as a civil engineering major. The junior outfielder hit .291 for the Jaspers this season, collecting 44 hits in 50 games with 16 RBI and 19 runs. Finally, junior catcher Amanda Dodson of Siena cumulated a 3.69 GPA as an accounting/business major. A native of Camarillo, California, Dodson batted .269 for the Saints through 42 games, grabbing 28 hits, 13 RBI, and nine runs.
 
First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the Google Cloud Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team (when selected) Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in June.
 
For more information about CoSIDA’s Google Cloud Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com or the Academic All-America® home page on CoSIDA.com.
 
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 38th year of competition during the 2018-19 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.