KYRIE TIMBROOK RECEIVES ECAC ROBBINS SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD AT ECAC HONORS LUNCHEON
10-20-09
CALDWELL,
N.J. - Caldwell College senior softball player Kyrie Timbrook (Los
Gatos, CA/Los Gatos) was honored as a Robbins Scholar-Athlete at the Eastern
College Athletics Conference Honors Luncheon on Oct. 6. Timbrook is one of six recipients of the Robbins Scholar-Athlete Awards,
which honors one male and one female student-athlete from each division
based on extraordinary achievements in academics, athletics and community
service.
The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference was well-represented at the
luncheon, as Bloomfield College's Rocco Constantino received the ECAC
Softball Coach of the Year award, and CACC Commissioner Dan Mara
served as the Master of Ceremony. Caldwell Assistant Director of Athletics
Linda Cimino attended the event along with Timbrook. Additionally,
Dominican College baseball coach Rick Giannetti was chosen the ECAC Baseball
Coach of the Year.
"Kyrie exemplifies the best of the CACC
in regard to academic and athletic success," said Mara, who also is the
President of the ECAC. "She is an outstanding student, and I have seen
first-hand her skills on the softball field. The conference congratulates
Kyrie for earning this impressive award."
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Timbrook, an all-Central Atlantic Collegiate
Conference and all-Region first baseman, was selected as the female Division
II student-athlete to receive the award. A
Communication Arts major at Caldwell, Timbrook is a two-time member of the
CACC All-Academic Team, which requires a cumulative grade-point average of
3.5 or higher. She also has received the Division II Athletics Directors
Association Academic Achievement Award the past two years. An active member
of Caldwell’s SAAC, Timbrook has volunteered in the community for events
such as Halloween on Bloomfield Avenue, Taste of the Caldwells and free
softball clinics for area youth softball players.
Last season for the Cougars, Timbrook made the all-CACC first team and the Daktronics All-Region second team after a standout season at the plate and
in the field. She led the Cougars in batting average (.364), hits (63),
doubles (19), homers (four), total bases (94), and slugging percentage
(.543). Also an excellent defensive player, Timbrook committed just two
errors in 498 chances at first base and catcher for a .996 fielding
percentage. Her performance helped the Cougars reach the NCAA Division II
East Region Tournament for the fifth time in six years.
The ECAC's membership includes approximately 300 colleges and universities
from Maine to North Carolina and westerly to Illinois. Caldwell
student-athletes have received weekly and year-end honors from the ECAC
since joining the organization in 2004, and the men's and women's soccer
teams and men's and women's basketball teams have competed in ECAC
championship tournaments.
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for the ECAC's Robbins Award release