Houston Softball Named NFCA All-Academic Team
10/14/2015 12:00:00 AM | Softball
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Houston Softball has been recognized by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) as one of the 2014-15 Division I All-Academic Teams.
The Cougars were one of 107 Division I teams selected including American Athletic Conference opponents UCF, USF and Tulsa. Houston Softball posted a 3.290 GPA during the 2014-15 academic year.
Last week, ten student-athletes earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors for the 2014-15 academic year.
Sydney Gerbracht, Jaime Edwards, Courtney Klingler, Courtney Mica, Megan Noel, Katie St. Pierre, Shelby Miller, Jordan Rains, Kaylin Crumpton and De'Zha Scott were among the 5,493 student-athletes named to the 2014-15 list.
NCAA Division I, with 1,554 honorees, had the most student-athletes with a 3.5 grade-point average or higher, while 1,018 in Division III earned recognition, followed by 833 Division II student-athletes. High School weighted and High School posted 691 and 627 honorees apiece. NAIA amassed 410 recipients and Junior College totaled 360.
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