Oct. 11, 2011

IRVING, Texas -

Eight Conference USA softball teams – UTEP, Houston, Marshall, East Carolina, Tulsa, UCF, UAB and Southern Miss -- have been recognized by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association as All-Academic Teams for the 2010-11 academic year.

The NFCA Academic Awards program honors both collegiate and high school teams for their submitted GPAs for the 2010-11 academic year. As a second component of the program, all submitted student-athletes who achieved a 3.50 GPA during the last academic year are named as a NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete.

Forty-five C-USA  student-athletes were honored as NFCA All-America Scholar Athletes.

East Carolina 

• Jillian Jelnick
• Britain Jimenez
• Cicely Lopez
• Taylor Megargel
• Antoinette Paisley
• Priscilla Velasquez

Houston

• Amanda Crabtree
• Jennifer Klinkert
• Katy Beth Sherman
• Haley Outon

Marshall 

• Jessica Ferrick
• Rebecca Gamby
• Alysia Hively
• Jessica Hughes
• Amanda Lara
• Melanie Stoehr
• Andrea Williamson

Southern Mississippi

• Britney Dinelt
• Leslie LeJune
• Mackenzie Sher
• Stephanie Shiflet
• Kelly Smith
• Chanell Thurman

Tulsa

• Jill Barrett
• Emma  Horton
• Keri  Leach
• Lauren  Menke
• Jessica  Stoelke

UAB

• Jessica  Stoelke
• Catherine Douglass
• Hailey Glynn
• Mandy Lowman
• Natalie Mitchell

UCF

• Mary Huff
• Natalie Land
• Abby McClain
• Diana Rojas

UTEP

• Kayla Black
• Crystal Carrion 
• Ashley Collazo
• Kelynn Frye
• Joanna Krienitz
• Arlene Moore
• Kayla Oranger
• Kayleigh Walts