CALDWELL'S KYRIE TIMBROOK NAMED ECAC ROBBINS SCHOLAR-ATHLETE
9-15-09
CALDWELL,
N.J. - Caldwell College senior softball player Kyrie Timbrook (Los
Gatos, CA/Los Gatos) is one of six recipients of the Eastern College
Athletics Conference Robbins Scholar-Athlete Awards, ECAC Commissioner Rudy
Keeling announced today. 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.
“This is such a great honor for Kyrie and I congratulate her,” said Linda
Cimino, Assistant Director of Athletics and the coordinator of the
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee at Caldwell. “Kyrie represents everything
a Division II student-athlete should be: an excellent student, a standout on
the softball diamond and an active participant on campus and in our
community engagement activities. She certainly deserves to be recognized
with a prestigious honor such as the Robbins Scholar-Athlete Award.”
The Robbins Scholar-Athlete Award honors the outstanding academic and
athletic achievements of student-athletes representing ECAC schools in
Divisions I, II and III. One male and one female student-athlete from each
division are selected based on extraordinary achievements in academics,
athletics and community service. Among the six Robbins Award recipients,
Timbrook is the only Scholar-Athlete who received the award after her junior
year, as the other five graduated this past spring.
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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