University of Minnesota Athletics
Record Number Named to All-Academic Team
6/15/2009 12:00:00 AM | Softball
The University of Minnesota softball team had a record number of athletes named to the Academic All-Big Ten team, when it was announced this spring.
Ten total players represented the Golden Gophers among the softball honorees on the spring Academic All-Big Ten team. The 10 members set a new Minnesota softball record, surpassing the mark of nine, set just last season. Before the last two seasons, the previous best was eight, achieved in both the 1997 and 1999 seasons.
The 10 honorees also makes Minnesota the team with the most members, bettering Ohio State, Penn State and Purdue who each garnered nine All-Academic laurels.
The 10 Golden Gopher softball players were among the 131 Minnesota student-athletes honored in the spring, second only to Ohio State.
Minnesota’s honorees included:
Colleen Conway, Sr., Business & Marketing Education, Woodbury, Minn.
Katie Dalen, Sr., Communication Studies / Business & Marke­ting Education, Roseville, Minn.
Briana Hassett, Sr., Business, Eagan, Minn.
Mallory Mitchell, So., Pre-Med/Nursing Forney, Texas
Alison Murphy, So., Kinesiology, Rapid City, S.D.
Natalie Neal, So., Finance, Frisco, Texas
Lauren Pockl, Sr., Political Science / Global Studies, Green Bay, Wis.
Shannon Stemper, Sr., Finance / Insurance Risk Management, Burnsville, Minn.
Christine Watts, Jr., Psychology, Minneapolis, Minn.
Bethany Wolvington, Sr., Architecture, Winona, Minn.
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