Thirty-Four Student-Athletes Earn NFCA Academic Accolades
Student-Athletes From Rollins, Barry, Florida Tech, and Eckerd are Honored
LOUISVILLE – On Tuesday, October 6th the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) announced its 2014-15 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes. The Sunshine State Conference was represented by 34 All-America Scholar-Athlete award winners from four institutions.
The NFCA Academic Awards program honors both collegiate and high school teams for their submitted grade-point averages from the 2014-15 academic year.
Rollins College leads the way in the SSC with 11 receipients. Barry University and Florida Institute of Technology both had eight athletes receive the award, while Eckerd College had seven.
Over 5,000 student-athletes from across seven different divisions were tabbed NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes. Division II was represented by 833 scholar-athletes, which ranks third among all divisions. For a complete list of Division II honorees, click here.
NOTE: Palm Beach Atlantic, a Sunshine State Conference provisional member, had nine athletes receive NFCA academic accolades.
2014-2015 NFCA D-II All-America Scholar-Athletes from the SSC
Barry University
Samantha Busekrus
Megan Copeland
Dee Espinosa
Alayna Gallaher
Cheyanne Head
Alexis Kent
Kristina Osorio
Haley Wiseman
Eckerd
Kiana Sladicki
Brittany Mitchell
Kiley King
Erin Dixson
Chelsea Armstrong
Grace Willeck
Sydney Dinelli
Florida Tech
Audrey Gangloff
Brigit Godfrey
Sarah Hayes
Amanda Kahn
Ashley Montion
Makayla Palmer
Rachel Pence
Taylor Peterson
Rollins
Courtney Durbin
Niki Fogle
Hannah Horwath
Brittany Johnson
Hali Marshall
Cassidy Masso
Bailey Miller
Kelsey Oonk
Sierra Sarver
Alexis Satterwhite
Rose Stevens
Palm Beach Atlantic (SSC Provisional Member)
Amber Johnson
Theresa Butler
Kayti Lundin
Lindsey Johnson
Shelby Wood
Kayla Knight
Karina Langer
Josie Huddleston
Stephanie Garrels