Twelve KSU Players Earn Scholar Athlete Honors
10/3/2009 12:00:00 AM | Softball
KENT, Ohio - Kent State's 2009 softball team recently had a school record 12 players named National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar Athletes for having a grade point average above 3.5 during the 2008-09 academic year.
Leading the way for the Flashes was Katie Wheeler, who not only recorded a 4.0 for the year, but graduated in May with a perfect 4.0. Wheeler was joined on the list by teammates Lauren Brocklehurst, Sara Chance, Kalie Germaine, Amy Hair, Ashlee Hein, Mary Holt, Chelsey Jones, Shannon Laughlin, Lauren Mokler, Kylie Reynolds and Sarah Starr.
Wheeler claimed the academic honor for the fourth consecutive season, while Hein and Brocklehurst earned NFCA accolades for the second straight year.
The NFCA also recently released its Top Ten All-Academic Teams based on grade point averages from the 2008-09 school year. Among all Division I teams in the nation, Kent State finished seventh with a 3.43 GPA.
The Golden Flashes had the highest finish among all Mid-American Conference teams. Additionally, 23 of the 24 softball student-athletes finished with a GPA above 3.0. Robert Morris had the highest GPA among all Division I teams with a 3.610.
With a long history of academic success, KSU has ranked in the nation's top 10 GPAs on six different occasions since 1992.
