Three GNAC Softball Players Named to ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-District Teams
Three Great Northeast Athletic Conference softball
student-athletes earned recognition for their performance in the
classroom as well as the athletic field this spring. Emerson junior
outfielder Bridget Farago (Oneonta, NY), Suffolk sophomore
infielder Monica Cioffi (Easton Boston, MA), and St. Joe’s
(ME) sophomore infielder Alyssa Dunn (Standish, ME) were both named
to ESPN the Magazine’s Academic All-District teams by the
College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Farago was a first-team selection for District 1. She currently
maintains a 3.37 cumulative grade point average as a Writing,
Literature & Publishing major. The outfielder was named as a
first team All-Conference selection by the Great Northeast Athletic
Conference as well as being named to the GNAC All-Tournament team
for her strong play in helping Emerson claim the 2009 conference
championship.
Cioffi was a third-team selection for District 1. Cioffi currently
maintains a 3.725 cumulative grade point average as a Criminology
& Law major in Suffolk's College of Arts and Sciences.
Earlier this spring Cioffi was named as a second team
All-Conference selection by the Great Northeast Athletic
Conference.
Dunn, also a District 1 third-team selection, has posted an
impressive 3.89 cumulative grade point average as a Pre-Med Major
at Saint Joseph’s. As one of the elite dual-sport athletes at
Saint Joseph’s, Dunn has been recognized with all-conference
accolades both in field hockey and softball as a sophomore. For her
performance in softball this spring, she was voted to the third
team GNAC All-Conference.
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSida)
selects Academic All America teams in 12 programs: football,
women's volleyball, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's basketball,
women's basketball, baseball, softball, men's track &
field/cross country, women's track & field/cross country, men's
at large and women's at large. A first team, second team and third
team are selected in both the University (Division I and I-AA) and
College (Division II, III and NAIA) Divisions.
