Dacey Named Spring Top Ten Award Winner by PSAC

June 15, 2005

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - Shippensburg University softball senior Jamie Dacey (Langhorne, Pa./Archbishop Spalding) was named as a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Spring Top Ten Award winner on Wednesday.

The Top Ten Awards, selected by the conference sports information directors, recognize student-athletes who distinguish themselves in the classroom, as well as in the arena of competition. The conference designates Top Ten Award winners after each of the sports seasons: fall, winter and spring.

To be a candidate for the Top Ten Awards, a student-athlete must have achieved a minimum of a 3.25 cumulative grade point average and must be a starter or key reserve with legitimate athletic credentials.

Dacey holds a 3.683 grade point average as an elementary education major and finished this season as the top hitter in NCAA Division II with an average of .549, the first player from the PSAC to hit over .500 since 1993. She led the conference in six major statistical categories and was also ranked third nationally in triples per game.

This year, Dacey broke the Shippensburg single-season records for triples, hits, RBI, batting average and slugging percentage and was named the 2005 PSAC Eastern Division Player of the Year. She was also a four-time All-PSAC East selection, a two-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-American, a two-time Academic All-District II selection and this year, a First-Team Academic All-America selection.

At the end of the academic year, the league announces the Scholar-Athlete Awards, which recognize student-athletes on all PSAC squads with 3.25 cumulative GPAs or better. Additionally, the PSAC names the top Male and Female Scholar-Athlete of Year.

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