COUGARS SOFTBALL

JACKSON, D'AMICO NAMED TO ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT THIRD TEAM

5-16-06
CALDWELL, N.J. - Caldwell College softball players Katie Jackson (Pennsville, NJ/Pennsville) and Gina D'Amico (Turnersville, NJ/Washington Twp.) were selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 2 third team in voting by the College Sports Information Directors of America, the organization announced. 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.

Jackson, left, who will graduate this Sunday with a degree in accounting, received Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference all-Academic honors last spring for maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 of higher. A four-time all-CACC and all-Northeast Region first-team selection, Jackson was named the 2006 CACC Player of the Year after leading the Cougars in batting (.386), hits (54), doubles (17), home runs (nine) and runs batted in (28). She finished her career with 189 hits, 19 homers and 108 RBIs while posting a career batting average of .377.

D'Amico, right, is majoring in both education and social studies at Caldwell College. The senior shortstop ranked second on the team behind Jackson in batting (.314), hits (42), doubles (12) and RBIs (26). For her career, D'Amico collected 138 hits and 71 RBIs while playing in 188 games for the Cougars. Selected to the CACC all-Tournament team three times, D'Amico also earned CACC all-Academic accolades in 2005.

Jackson and D'Amico are a part of a senior class that captured three CACC crowns, won a Northeast Region championship in 2004 and compiled a record of 151-54 over four seasons. In 2006, the Cougars, coached by Dean Johnson, advanced to the Northeast Region Tournament for the third straight season and finished the year with a record of 36-17.

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