Three Softball Players Named Academic All-District II

May 18, 2005

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - The Shippensburg University softball team placed three student-athletes on the 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II College Division Softball Team, announced on May 12. Seniors Liz Corr (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West), Anna Corr (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) and Jaime Dacey (Langhorne, Pa./Archbishop Wood) were all named to the First-Team.

Shippensburg was the only school to have three athletes named to the First-Team. As First-Team selections, the three will now be placed on the national ballot Academic All-America honors.

The Corr sisters and Dacey were each named All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division First-Team and to National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Mid-Atlantic Region First-Team this season.

Liz Corr graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics this Spring with a 3.637 grade point average. This year, she was ranked nationally with a .452 batting average, totaling 70 hits with 41 runs scored and seven stolen bases. Liz holds Shippensburg career records for at-bats (701), runs (164) and hits (279). She finished her career with batting average of .398, the second-best in school history.

Liz was named All-PSAC Eastern Division Player of the Year in 2003 and was also an NFCA All-American. She was also named as an Academic All-District II selection a year ago.

Anna Corr graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology this Spring with a 3.637 grade point average. She batted .338 with 42 RBI. Her eight triples this year were the third-highest in a single-season in school history. Anna was named PSAC Player of the Week on April 18.

Dacey graduated with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education the Spring with a 3.737 grade point average. She led the nation in batting average for most of the year and ended the season with a .549 average, setting a new Shippensburg single-season record. In addition, Dacey broke school single-season records for hits (78), triples (11), RBI (58) and slugging percentage (.852).

Dacey also holds the school career records for batting average (.420), triples (23) and RBI (156). She was chosen as an Academic All-District selection in 2004.

To be eligible for ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.20 grade-point average, be a sophomore, junior or senior and be a starter or significant reserve. The College Division is made up of all non-NCAA Division I schools across the nation. District II is made up of schools from Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

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