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Sam Crowley Earns Google Cloud Academic All-America First Team Honors
6/4/2018 2:00:00 PM | Softball
Crowley claimed a 3.94 GPA and hit .400 for the Bluejays
OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton softball's Sam Crowley earned a spot on the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America First Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Crowley recently completed her undergraduate studies in neuroscience with a 3.94 GPA. The Green Bay, Wisconsin native, claimed a spot on the NFCA All-Great Lakes Region Third Team and the All-BIG EAST First Team after pacing the Bluejays with a .633 slugging percentage and ranking third in the BIG EAST with a .400 batting average.
The outfielder did not commit an error while playing 41 games in center field and owned 17 sacrifice hits to lead Division I with 0.41 sacrifice hits per game. She also scored 29 times, drove in 33 runs and hit a Bluejay-best seven home runs while helping Creighton finish the 2018 season with a 28-15 record, including a 12-3 mark during BIG EAST play (second place). The Bluejays also advanced to the title game at the 2018 BIG EAST Championship presented by Jeep in Rosemont, Illinois before falling to DePaul.
She is the first Creighton softball player to earn First Team Academic All-America laurels since Christine Fukumoto in 2005, and fifth overall. Crowley joins Jean Tierney (1983), Christy Lunceford (1997), Heidi Geier (1999), and Fukumoto as the five Bluejay softball players to earn First Team honors.Â
Additionlly, Crowley, Tierney, Lunceford, Geier and Fukumoto are the only female student-athletes in Creighton history to claim first-team academic honors from CoSIDA. Rick Apke (men's basketball, 1978) and Tyler Clement (men's basketball, 2018) are the Bluejays' lone male student-athletes to garner First Team Academic All-America honors.Â
Of the 33 members on the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division I Softball Team, 29 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.
2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Softball Team Division I
FIRST TEAM
Pos.   Name                              School       Yr.    GPA           Major
P      Kelly Barnhill (1)         Florida            Jr.    3.92        Public Relations
P      Kristina Zalewski (3)    Michigan State    Sr.   4.00        Nutritional Science / Psychology
C      Ivie Drake           Georgia State       Sr.   3.91        Early Childhood Education
IF      Kate Myers       Central Arkansas    Sr.   4.00        Biology
IF      Haley Pace (1) (#)    Charlotte        Sr.   4.00        Accounting
IF      Katie Reed          Kentucky       Jr.    4.00        Human Health Sciences
IF      Vanessa Shippy (1) (#) Oklahoma State   Sr.   3.91        Finance / Marketing
OF    Sam Crowley             Creighton             Sr.   3.94        Neuroscience
OF    Taylor Nadler       North Dakota      Sr.   4.00        Kinesiology
OF    Bailey Vick          Kentucky              So.  4.00        Accounting
DP    Lauren Paige      Northern Colorado  Sr.   4.00        Sport & Exercise Science
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SECOND TEAM
Pos.   Name                              School       Yr.      GPA  Major
P      Megan Landry           Nicholls State      Jr.     4.00    Secondary Education / English
P      Paige Parker (1) (*)   Oklahoma       Sr.     3.85    Arts & Sciences Planned Program
C      Jenna Jordan        Louisville        Sr.     4.00    Exercise Science
IF      Brianna Barnhill          Abilene Christian Sr.     4.00    Kinesiology
IF      Meghan Gregg (3)    Tennessee      Sr.     3.53    Kinesiology
IF      Bailey Hemphill      Alabama        So.    4.00    Human Development
IF      Seana Moriarty          Norfolk State      Sr.     4.00    Applied Mathematics
OF    Bailee Baldwin      Texas-San Antonio Jr.     3.95    Criminal Justice
OF    Laynee Gomez          Grand Canyon     Sr.     4.00    Secondary Education
OF    Brenna Skalski           Georgia State     Sr.     4.12    English
DP    Bailey Rhoney           Charlotte         Sr.     3.97     Accounting
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THIRD TEAM
Pos.   Name                              School       Yr.   GPA     Major
P      Lindsey McLeod     Sam Houston State  Jr.   4.00     Public Health
P      Emily Orosco             Sacred Heart       Sr.   3.98     Biology
C      Kendyl Lindaman      Minnesota          Jr.   3.95     Undeclared
IF      Mackenzie Boesel     South Carolina      So.    4.00    Sport & Entertainment Management
IF      Taylor Cairns       UIC               Sr.     3.95    Biological Sciences
IF      Demi Janak        Houston Baptist     Sr.     4.00    Accounting
IF      Sami Williams      Iowa State         So.    4.00    Software Engineering
OF    Hayley Baker       Belmont           Jr.    3.95    Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
OF    Lea Foerster (2)     Michigan State     Sr.     3.77     Kinesiology
OF    Celene Funke      Louisville          So.    4.00     Finance
DP    Morgan Greenwood  DePaul           Jr.     3.78     Health Sciences
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Google Cloud Academic All-America® of the Year: Kelly Barnhill, Florida
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(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
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Crowley recently completed her undergraduate studies in neuroscience with a 3.94 GPA. The Green Bay, Wisconsin native, claimed a spot on the NFCA All-Great Lakes Region Third Team and the All-BIG EAST First Team after pacing the Bluejays with a .633 slugging percentage and ranking third in the BIG EAST with a .400 batting average.
The outfielder did not commit an error while playing 41 games in center field and owned 17 sacrifice hits to lead Division I with 0.41 sacrifice hits per game. She also scored 29 times, drove in 33 runs and hit a Bluejay-best seven home runs while helping Creighton finish the 2018 season with a 28-15 record, including a 12-3 mark during BIG EAST play (second place). The Bluejays also advanced to the title game at the 2018 BIG EAST Championship presented by Jeep in Rosemont, Illinois before falling to DePaul.
She is the first Creighton softball player to earn First Team Academic All-America laurels since Christine Fukumoto in 2005, and fifth overall. Crowley joins Jean Tierney (1983), Christy Lunceford (1997), Heidi Geier (1999), and Fukumoto as the five Bluejay softball players to earn First Team honors.Â
Additionlly, Crowley, Tierney, Lunceford, Geier and Fukumoto are the only female student-athletes in Creighton history to claim first-team academic honors from CoSIDA. Rick Apke (men's basketball, 1978) and Tyler Clement (men's basketball, 2018) are the Bluejays' lone male student-athletes to garner First Team Academic All-America honors.Â
Of the 33 members on the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division I Softball Team, 29 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.
2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Softball Team Division I
FIRST TEAM
Pos.   Name                              School       Yr.    GPA           Major
P      Kelly Barnhill (1)         Florida            Jr.    3.92        Public Relations
P      Kristina Zalewski (3)    Michigan State    Sr.   4.00        Nutritional Science / Psychology
C      Ivie Drake           Georgia State       Sr.   3.91        Early Childhood Education
IF      Kate Myers       Central Arkansas    Sr.   4.00        Biology
IF      Haley Pace (1) (#)    Charlotte        Sr.   4.00        Accounting
IF      Katie Reed          Kentucky       Jr.    4.00        Human Health Sciences
IF      Vanessa Shippy (1) (#) Oklahoma State   Sr.   3.91        Finance / Marketing
OF    Sam Crowley             Creighton             Sr.   3.94        Neuroscience
OF    Taylor Nadler       North Dakota      Sr.   4.00        Kinesiology
OF    Bailey Vick          Kentucky              So.  4.00        Accounting
DP    Lauren Paige      Northern Colorado  Sr.   4.00        Sport & Exercise Science
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SECOND TEAM
Pos.   Name                              School       Yr.      GPA  Major
P      Megan Landry           Nicholls State      Jr.     4.00    Secondary Education / English
P      Paige Parker (1) (*)   Oklahoma       Sr.     3.85    Arts & Sciences Planned Program
C      Jenna Jordan        Louisville        Sr.     4.00    Exercise Science
IF      Brianna Barnhill          Abilene Christian Sr.     4.00    Kinesiology
IF      Meghan Gregg (3)    Tennessee      Sr.     3.53    Kinesiology
IF      Bailey Hemphill      Alabama        So.    4.00    Human Development
IF      Seana Moriarty          Norfolk State      Sr.     4.00    Applied Mathematics
OF    Bailee Baldwin      Texas-San Antonio Jr.     3.95    Criminal Justice
OF    Laynee Gomez          Grand Canyon     Sr.     4.00    Secondary Education
OF    Brenna Skalski           Georgia State     Sr.     4.12    English
DP    Bailey Rhoney           Charlotte         Sr.     3.97     Accounting
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THIRD TEAM
Pos.   Name                              School       Yr.   GPA     Major
P      Lindsey McLeod     Sam Houston State  Jr.   4.00     Public Health
P      Emily Orosco             Sacred Heart       Sr.   3.98     Biology
C      Kendyl Lindaman      Minnesota          Jr.   3.95     Undeclared
IF      Mackenzie Boesel     South Carolina      So.    4.00    Sport & Entertainment Management
IF      Taylor Cairns       UIC               Sr.     3.95    Biological Sciences
IF      Demi Janak        Houston Baptist     Sr.     4.00    Accounting
IF      Sami Williams      Iowa State         So.    4.00    Software Engineering
OF    Hayley Baker       Belmont           Jr.    3.95    Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
OF    Lea Foerster (2)     Michigan State     Sr.     3.77     Kinesiology
OF    Celene Funke      Louisville          So.    4.00     Finance
DP    Morgan Greenwood  DePaul           Jr.     3.78     Health Sciences
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Google Cloud Academic All-America® of the Year: Kelly Barnhill, Florida
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(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
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