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Virginia Wesleyan's Hanna Hull Leads the Academic All-America® NCAA Division III Softball Team for the Second Straight Year
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Hanna Hull
AUSTIN, Texas – Graduate pitcher
Hanna Hull of Virginia Wesleyan University headlines the 2021 Academic All-America® Division III softball teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
A mathematics major with a 3.65 cumulative GPA (a 3.85 GPA while pursuing a master of business administration degree), Hull has been selected as Division III softball’s Academic All-America® of the Year for the second consecutive season.
A first-team selection to the Academic All-America® Division III Team the past three years, Hull was named the 2021 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Pitcher of the Year after she led Virginia Wesleyan to its third national championship in four complete seasons.
She totaled a 23-3 record and three saves with 200 strikeouts, a 1.31 ERA and .134 opponent batting average in 154.2 innings pitched this spring. Hull broke Division III’s career record for pitching wins (132) and appearances (170), and finished fourth in strikeouts (1,353) and games started (138). She recorded 60 games of 10 or more strikeouts.
A native of Chesterfield, Virginia, Hull was a four-time NFCA first-team All-American, two-time NFCA Player of the Year, the 2017 NFCA Freshman of the Year and a seven-time NFCA Pitcher of the Week.
Fifteen of the 33 members of the 2021 Academic All-America® Division III softball teams have at least a 3.90 GPA, with the 11 first-team honorees averaging an undergraduate GPA of 3.82.
The 2021 Academic All-America® Division III softball teams include six repeat Academic All-America® performers, four of which are now three-time honorees. Hull was joined on the first team for the third consecutive year by
Megan Zinn (University of Scranton), while
Kelly Jurden (Texas Lutheran University) repeated her first-team honor from 2020 following a second-team distinction in 2019 and
Kiersten Anderson-Glass (University of St. Thomas) collected her second, second-team award following a third-team honor in 2019.
Lauren King (Rhodes College) repeated her second-team honor from a year ago and
Julie Graf (St. Olaf College) achieved second-team distinction following her third team honor in 2020.
The Division III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2020-21 Division III Academic All-America® teams program.
2020-21 Academic All-America® Softball Teams – NCAA Division III
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
GPA |
Yr. |
Major |
| P |
Cami Henry |
DePauw University |
3.74 |
Jr. |
Communication/Hispanic Studies |
| P |
Hanna Hull (3) |
Virginia Wesleyan University |
3.65/3.85 |
Gr. |
Mathematics (UG)/MBA (G) |
| C |
Brooke Wehr |
Moravian College |
3.36 |
Sr. |
Biology |
| IF |
Hannah Garcia |
East Texas Baptist University |
3.89 |
Sr. |
Criminal Justice |
| IF |
Brooke Matyasovsky |
Eastern Connecticut State University |
3.82 |
Jr. |
Communication |
| IF |
Sarah Miller |
Case Western Reserve University |
3.98 |
Sr. |
Biology & Environmental Studies |
| IF |
Sarah Reinert |
Alvernia University |
3.94 |
Sr. |
Athletic Training |
| OF |
Kelly Jurden (4) |
Texas Lutheran University |
3.97/4.00 |
Gr. |
Mathematics/Computer Science/Data Analytics |
| OF |
Kelly O'Gorman |
SUNY Cortland |
3.91/4.00 |
Gr. |
Inclusive Childhood Edu. (UG)/Literacy Edu. (G) |
| OF |
Samantha Schattin |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
3.95/3.97 |
Gr. |
Mechanical Engineering |
| DP |
Emily Trotman |
St. John Fisher College |
3.8 |
Sr. |
Marketing |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
GPA |
Yr. |
Major |
| P |
Kierstin Anderson-Glass (5) |
Univ. of St. Thomas |
3.54 |
Sr. |
Exercise Science |
| P |
Julie Graf (2) |
St. Olaf College |
3.57 |
Sr. |
Exercise Science/Psychology |
| C |
Ashley Tinsman |
University of Southern Maine |
3.78 |
Sr. |
Nursing |
| IF |
Kelsey Bollon |
Concordia University Wisconsin |
4 |
Sr. |
Secondary Education/Mathematics |
| IF |
Adrianna Favreau |
Endicott College |
3.83 |
Sr. |
Biology & Biotechnology |
| IF |
Kaleigh O'Brien |
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
3.63 |
Sr. |
Secondary Education (Mathematics) |
| IF |
Kaci Sherwood |
Wartburg College |
3.8 |
Sr. |
Business Administration |
| OF |
Grace Heath |
University of Mount Union |
3.94 |
So. |
Accounting & Finance |
| OF |
Abby Mace |
Salisbury University |
3.62 |
So. |
Psychology |
| OF |
Megan Zinn (3) |
The University of Scranton |
3.93/3.94 |
Gr. |
Special Education |
| DP |
Lauren King (1) |
Rhodes College |
3.93 |
Sr. |
International Studies & History |
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| THIRD TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
GPA |
Yr. |
Major |
| P |
Riley Shields |
Alvernia University |
3.67 |
Sr. |
Occupational Therapy |
| P |
Hannah Tomasko |
Aurora University |
3.74 |
Sr. |
Accounting & Finance |
| C |
Korie Hague |
Rowan University |
3.94 |
Jr. |
Health & Physical Education |
| IF |
Sadie Erickson |
UW-Eau Claire |
3.78 |
So. |
Rehabilitation Science |
| IF |
Alexis Pope |
University of Rochester |
3.79 |
Sr. |
Biochemistry |
| IF |
Aly Teixeira |
Aurora University |
3.97 |
Sr. |
Sport Management & Marketing |
| IF |
Katrina Wierzbicki |
Otterbein University |
3.97 |
Sr. |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| OF |
Abby Burroughs |
Webster University |
3.71/3.79 |
Gr. |
Biology (UG)/Biomedical Studies (G) |
| OF |
Lauren Misiaszek |
Endicott College |
3.95 |
Jr. |
Finance & Business Management |
| OF |
Cassie Woods |
Eastern Connecticut State University |
3.95/3.91 |
Gr. |
Accounting |
| DP |
Natalie Dillon |
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
3.99 |
Sr. |
Journalism & English |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Hanna Hull, Virginia Wesleyan University
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division III 2nd team selection in 2020
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division III 3rd team selection in 2020
(3) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division III 1st team selection in 2020 & 1st team selection in 2019
(4) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division III 1st team selection in 2020 & 2nd team selection in 2019
(5) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division III 2nd team selection in 2020 & 3rd team selection in 2019
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, Retired, North Dakota State University | CoSIDA Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
Schwartzy2@yahoo.com | (701) 793-0538
Ryan Klinkner, Saint John’s University (Minn.) | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
rklinkner@csbsju.edu | (320) 363-3127