May 29, 2007

Grand Valley State had three student-athletes were named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District IV Softball Team. Junior pitcher Stephanie Cole, senior first baseman Crista Buresh, and junior designated player Elizabeth Smith all earned the honor.

Cole is a biomedical sciences major from Ada, Mich., Buresh is an English Language & Literature major who hails from Stanwood, Mich., and Smith is majoring in psychology and is from Chicago, Ill.

To be nominated, the student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) for his/her career. No athlete is eligible until he/she has reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his/her current institution (thus, true freshmen, red-shirt freshmen and ineligible transfers are not eligible). In the cases of transfers, graduate students and junior college graduates, the athlete must have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution to be eligible.