Softball Named Top Ten All-Academic Team by NFCA

 

STARVILLE, Mo. - The National Fastpitch Coaches Association has announced that the Seton Hall softball team has been named to the "Girls Got Game" Top Ten All-Academic Teams, based on GPAs submitted for the 2008-09 school year. The Pirates had a team GPA of 3.485, which ranked them sixth in the country.  

 
NJCAA Division I school Wallace State Community College/Hanceville led all colleges with a 3.733 grade-point average, while NCAA Division II's Ouachita Baptist University topped all four-year schools with a 3.663. NCAA Division I institution Robert Morris had a 3.610, while Emerson College was best in NCAA Division III with a 3.531 and NAIA's Bethel College led the way in that category with a 3.545.

In the high school ranks, there was a tie for first place in the non-weighted category between Hopkins High School (MN) and Madison County High School (GA), both with a 3.812 GPA. In the weighted category, Washburn Rural High School (KS) took top honors at 4.269.

This year's top academic performers in six membership categories (NCAA Divisions I, II, III; NAIA; junior college; and high school weighted and non-weighted) are:

NCAA Division I

1. Robert Morris University, 3.610

2. Drexel University, 3.527

3. Indiana State University, 3.523

4. Tennessee Tech University, 3.509

5. University of Florida, 3.490

6. Seton Hall University, 3.485

7. Kent State University, 3.463

8. Brown University, 3.462

9. Western Illinois University, 3.446

10. University of Alabama, 3.440.