University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Brooke Mitchell Selected for First-Team Academic All-American Honor
6/3/2005 12:00:00 AM | Softball
LAFAYETTE
– Senior righthanded pitcher Brooke Mitchell of
Louisiana-Lafayette was the recipient of many honors in her
illustrious career. On Thursday, the Pasadena, Texas, native
received one of the highest national honors when she was
named a first-team member of the 2005 ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-America Team.
The Academic All-America program is presented by the College Sports Information Directors of America and voted on by a national panel of over 125 representatives. Award winners are chosen on the basis of the most impressive combination of academic and athletic achievement during the 2004-05 year.
Mitchell is the program's 15th Academic All-American selection and second under co-head coaches Stefni and Michael Lotief. She picked up the second Academic All-American honor of her career after being named a member of the second team as a junior in 2004.
Mitchell joins former Ragin' Cajuns Joni Podhorez, Stephanie DeFeo, Lynn Britton, Alyson Habetz and Melody Mohar as the only players in program history to be named Academic All-America twice in a career.
Mitchell,
who received her bachelor's degree in business finance on
May 14 and finished her playing career during the 2005
season, carries a 3.481 cumulative grade point average. On
May 12, Mitchell was named a member of ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-District VI First Team – her third all-district
honor.
Mitchell finished off her career in style in 2005 by collecting the 1,000th strikeout of her career and 100th career victory. She posted a 28-7 overall record with a 0.92 ERA and 342 strikeouts during the 2005 season to finish off her career with a record of 119-27 and 1,309 career strikeouts.
The 2005 Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year, she leaves Louisiana-Lafayette as a member of the Top 10 in NCAA Division I history for career strikeouts and victories.
A
Top 40 finalist for the 2005 USA Softball Player of the Year
and five-time Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week in 2005, Mitchell
reached double digit strikeouts in 19 of her 23 complete
game performances and tossed the 5th no-hitter in NFCA
Leadoff Classic history when she no-hit 2005 NCAA College
World Series participant DePaul.
Her achievements are not limited to the field. She has been a fixture on the Sun Belt's Honor Roll (3.0-3.49 GPA) as well as being named an NFCA Scholar Athlete in each of the previous three seasons.
Created in 1952 by CoSIDA, the Academic All-America Teams program is the premier nationwide college scholar-athlete awards program, honoring 816 athletes in NCAA Division I, II and III and NAIA covering all NCAA Championship sports.
2005 ESPN
The Magazine
Academic All-America® Softball Team
(University Division) as selected by CoSIDA
First Team
P Megan Meyer Seton Hall Sr. Vermillion, Ohio 3.98 Biochemistry
P Brooke Mitchell Louisiana-Lafayette Sr. Houston, Texas 3.48 Business Finance
C Christine Fukumoto Creighton Sr. Flagstaff, Ariz. 3.56 Mathematics
IF Charity Butler Southern Mississippi Jr. Pensacola, Fla. 4.00 Business Administration
IF Stephanie Hill Louisiana State Jr. Harahan, La. 3.85 Finance & Political Science
IF Jessica Rogers Texas-San Antonio Jr. Grand Prairie, Texas 3.82 Kinesiology
IF Kim Wilmoth Baylor Sr. Garland, Texas 3.91 Accounting
OF Ashley Kalina South Dakota State Sr. Elkhorn, Neb. 4.00 Psychology
OF Nicole Martin Northwestern State Sr. Keller, Texas 3.70 Business Administration
OF Caitlin White Seton Hall Jr. Lincoln University, Pa. 3.98 Biology
DP Cameron Astiazaran Ill.-Chicago Sr. Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. 3.37 Criminal Justice
Second Team
P Kelly Flinn Troy Sr. Fenton, Mo. 3.84 Journalism
P Jamie Southern Fresno State Sr. Clovis, Calif. 3.52 Liberal Studies
C Erin Myers Cal Poly Sr. Redding, Calif. 3.78 Journalism
IF Cara Deldeo St. Joseph's Sr. Dagsboro, Del. 3.96 Interdisciplinary Health Services
IF Katie Lewis Georgia Sr. Marietta, Ga. 3.52 Biology
IF Lauren Redfern Jacksonville Sr. Jacksonville, Fla. 3.80 Sociology
IF Lindsay Schutzler Tennessee So.. Monterey, Calif. 3.92 Psychology
IF Lauren Wible Bucknell Jr. Dover, Pa. 3.75 English
OF Natasha Jacob Florida State Jr. Coppell, Texas 3.93 Exercise Science
OF Anna Ollgaard Detroit Mercy Sr. Portage, Mich. 3.95 Math Education
OF Tiffany Stewart South Florida Jr. Odessa, Fla. 3.93 Psychology
DP Laurie Stone St. Bonaventure Gr. Jamesville, N.Y. 3.88/4.00 Management & Marketing
Third Team
P Amy Harre Southern Illinois Sr. Nashville, Ill. 3.65 Physiology
P Brittani Houghton Stetson Sr. Fort Myers, Fla. 3.83 Health Science
C Ashley Smith South Carolina Jr. Portage, Mich. 4.00 Civil Engineering
IF Kim Dodson St. Bonaventure Sr. Tonawanda, N.Y. 3.78 Management Science
IF Paige Jones Auburn Sr. Alabaster, Ala. 3.22 Secondary Ed. & General Science
IF Kate Stake Illinois State Sr. Buffalo Grove, Ill. 3.70 English
OF Brandi Gordon Pacific Sr. Redmond, Wash. 3.83 Sport Science
OF Rachael Riopel Gardner-Webb Gr. Rhinelander, Wis. 3.91/3.58 Biology
OF Mary Elizabeth Ryan Holy Cross Sr. Holden, Mass. 3.83 History
DP Heather Gelbard North Carolina State So. Miami, Fla. 3.95 Psychology
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