COUGARS SOFTBALL

SAUNDERS NAMED TO ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM

5-12-05
CALDWELL, N.J. - Junior Jessica Saunders (Glen Burnie, MD/Archbishop Spaulding) was chosen to the 2005 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District II Softball Second Team in the College Division, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced today. Nominees for the Academic All-District teams, which are selected by CoSIDA members,  must be at least a sophomore with a grade-point average of 3.2 or better and be a starter or significant reserve. 

Saunders has a 3.802 GPA while majoring in computer science at Caldwell College. A first-team all-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference selection as a pitcher, Saunders is 16-5 with an earned run average of 0.95 heading into this weekend's NCAA Division II Northeast Region Tournament. Last weekend, Saunders helped the Cougars win the CACC Tournament for the second year in a row by pitching 16 2/3 innings in two wins on Saturday, May 7 to earn the tourney's MVP award. She also picked up her second CACC Pitcher of the Week honor this season on May 9.

Saunders and the Cougars, ranked 11th in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association Top 25 Poll, are the second seed at the Northeast Region Tournament, held May 12-15 at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, N.Y.

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