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2017-18 Academic All-America® Teams and Honorees
Florida's Kelly Barnhill Headlines Google Cloud Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Softball Teams
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Kelly Barnhill
AUSTIN, Texas – University of Florida junior pitcher
Kelly Barnhill headlines the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America
® Division I Softball Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Barnhill has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the Academic All-America
® of the Year award for Division I softball.
A public relations major with a 3.92 GPA, Barnhill was one of four finalists for the 2018 USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Year award, which she earned last year. She also was named Southeastern Conference (SEC) Pitcher of the Year for the second consecutive season and received National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) all-region honors for the third year in a row. She has thrown seven no-hitters this season (five solo, two combined), including her first career perfect game on Feb. 25 against Georgia Southern.
A two-time Google Cloud first-team Academic All-America
® selection, Barnhill was the 2017 Honda Sport Award recipient in softball and the espnW Player of the Year. The Marietta, Georgia, native also was a 2018 and 2017 NFCA first-team All-America honoree and is currently a member of the USA Softball Women’s National Team.
No less than 29 of the 33 members of the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America
® Division I Softball Team have at least a 3.90 G.P.A., with 19 student-athletes maintaining a 4.00 GPA (or better) as either undergraduate or graduate students. The 11 members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.97.
Along with Barnhill, the Google Cloud Academic All-America
® Division I Softball Team has six other repeat performers from last year’s CoSIDA Academic All-America
® teams –
Lea Foerster (Michigan State University),
Meghan Gregg (University of Tennessee),
Haley Pace (Charlotte),
Paige Parker (University of Oklahoma),
Vanessa Shippy (Oklahoma State University) and
Kristina Zalewski (Michigan State University) – with Pace, Parker and Shippy earning Academic All-America
® honors for the third consecutive season.
2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Softball Team – NCAA Division I
| FIRST TEAM |
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| P |
Kelly Barnhill (1) |
University of Florida |
Jr. |
3.92 |
Public Relations |
| P |
Kristina Zalewski (3) |
Michigan State University |
Sr. |
4 |
Nutritional Science / Psychology |
| C |
Ivie Drake |
Georgia State University |
Sr. |
3.91 |
Early Childhood Education |
| IF |
Kate Myers |
University of Central Arkansas |
Sr. |
4 |
Biology |
| IF |
Haley Pace (1) (#) |
Charlotte |
Sr. |
4 |
Accounting |
| IF |
Katie Reed |
University of Kentucky |
Jr. |
4 |
Human Health Sciences |
| IF |
Vanessa Shippy (1) (#) |
Oklahoma State University |
Sr. |
3.91 |
Finance / Marketing |
| OF |
Sam Crowley |
Creighton University |
Sr. |
3.94 |
Neuroscience |
| OF |
Taylor Nadler |
University of North Dakota |
Sr. |
4 |
Kinesiology |
| OF |
Bailey Vick |
University of Kentucky |
So. |
4 |
Accounting |
| DP |
Lauren Paige |
University of Northern Colorado |
Sr. |
4 |
Sport & Exercise Science |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| SECOND TEAM |
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| P |
Megan Landry |
Nicholls State University |
Jr. |
4 |
Secondary Education / English |
| P |
Paige Parker (1) (*) |
University of Oklahoma |
Sr. |
3.85 |
Arts & Sciences Planned Program |
| C |
Jenna Jordan |
University of Louisville |
Sr. |
4 |
Exercise Science |
| IF |
Brianna Barnhill |
Abilene Christian University |
Sr. |
4 |
Kinesiology |
| IF |
Meghan Gregg (3) |
University of Tennessee |
Sr. |
3.53 |
Kinesiology |
| IF |
Bailey Hemphill |
University of Alabama |
So. |
4 |
Human Development |
| IF |
Seana Moriarty |
Norfolk State University |
Sr. |
4 |
Applied Mathematics |
| OF |
Bailee Baldwin |
The University of Texas at San Antonio |
Jr. |
3.95 |
Criminal Justice |
| OF |
Laynee Gomez |
Grand Canyon University |
Sr. |
4 |
Secondary Education |
| OF |
Brenna Skalski |
Georgia State University |
Sr. |
4.12 |
English |
| DP |
Bailey Rhoney |
Charlotte |
Sr. |
3.97 |
Accounting |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| THIRD TEAM |
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| P |
Lindsey McLeod |
Sam Houston State University |
Jr. |
4 |
Public Health |
| P |
Emily Orosco |
Sacred Heart University |
Jr. |
3.98 |
Biology |
| C |
Kendyl Lindaman |
University of Minnesota |
Jr. |
3.95 |
Undeclared |
| IF |
Mackenzie Boesel |
University of South Carolina |
So. |
4 |
Sport & Entertainment Management |
| IF |
Taylor Cairns |
UIC |
Sr. |
3.95 |
Biological Sciences |
| IF |
Demi Janak |
Houston Baptist University |
Sr. |
4 |
Accounting |
| IF |
Sami Williams |
Iowa State University |
So. |
4 |
Software Engineering |
| OF |
Hayley Baker |
Belmont University |
Jr. |
3.95 |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| OF |
Lea Foerster (2) |
Michigan State University |
Sr. |
3.77 |
Kinesiology |
| OF |
Celene Funke |
University of Louisville |
So. |
4 |
Finance |
| DP |
Morgan Greenwood |
DePaul University |
Jr. |
3.78 |
Health Sciences |
Google Cloud Academic All-America® of the Year: Kelly Barnhill, University of Florida
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team selection in 2017
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team selection in 2017
(3) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® third team selection in 2017
(*) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team selection in 2016
(#) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® third team selection in 2016
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, North Dakota State University | Google Cloud Academic All-America
® Co-Director for Publicity
Jeff.Schwartz@ndsu.edu | (701) 231-8332
Chris Masters, Big Ten Conference | Google Cloud Academic All-America
® Coordinator of Publicity
cmasters@bigten.org | (847) 696-1010, ext. 146