THREE EARN 2007 CAPITAL ONE SOFTBALL ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS
6/20/2007 12:00:00 AM | Softball
June 20, 2007
FRISCO, Texas - UT Arlington senior first baseman Dee Jay Nelson and juniors Katie Jones and Laura Jones were named to the 2007 Capital One Softball All-Academic team on Wednesday.
Nelson, a 2007 SLC first-team selection, was the league's female recipient of the Steve McCarty Citizenship Award, earns her second career All-Academic team selection. Nelson became UTA career home run leader this season after hitting .380 with 14 home runs and 43 RBI on the season, also posting a 3.488 GPA in economics.
Katie Jones was the 2007 SLC Player and Hitter of the Year, after hitting .417, with 70 hits and 34 RBI, to go along with a 3.089 GPA in criminal justice.
Laura Jones earns her second-straight All-Academic selection, posting a 3.68 GPA in architecture, after owning a 15-4 record and 2.81 ERA in the circle.
Joining the Mavericks on the 12-member squad is softball student-athlete of the year Jessica Rogers from Texas San Antonio, Brooke Lockhart and Rachel Ray from Southeastern Louisiana, McNeese State's Brooke Broadhead and Jana Jones. From the conference tournament winner Sam Houston State, Stephanie Mosley and Mandy Collier, Kari Hugie from Stephen F. Austin and Lyndsey Gorski from Northwestern State round out the 2007 all-academic squad.
