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Softball Team Is Again Among Top Academic Squads

In 2002 for the second consecutive year, the Ferris State softball team placed among the top 10 National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s NCAA Division II All-Academic Teams. The Bulldogs finished fourth overall, compiling a 3.474 cumulative grade point average.
The selection of the NFCA All-Academic teams was based on cumulative grade point averages submitted by member head coaches for the 2001-02 academic year.
Ferris State joined the University of Findlay (Ohio) as the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference representatives to place among the top 10.
“This recognition speaks well to our athletics department’s philosophy of academics first and winning second,” said head coach Keri Becker. “We take great pride in trying to beat the rest of the country not only on the field, but most importantly in the classroom.”
Individually, nine team members were honored as 2002 NFCA Scholar-Athletes, based upon registering a 3.5 grade point average for the academic year. The group includes senior pitcher Jennifer Colvin, freshman outfielder Sadie Deurloo, freshman second baseman-outfielder Navreet Gill, sophomore outfielder Jessica Laidlaw, sophomore shortstop Nicki Merchant, sophomore third baseman Dana Peuler, freshman second baseman Carrie Shine, freshman catcher Melissa Worsley and freshman outfielder Jessie Wright.

Marc Sheehan
 sheehanm@ferris.edu
News and Communications Coordinator