May 24, 2012
NFCA.org on Hillary Bach, here
Fox Sports Arizona on Katelyn Boyd, here
ESPNU Campus Connection on Annie Lockwood, here
Get to know Bailey Wigness, here
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TEMPE, Ariz. - Arizona State softball team excels not only on the field but off as well, with four being named to the 2012 Academic All-America Softball Team as released Thursday.
Capital One Academic All-America First Team
Hillary Bach, P, Graduate Student, 3.71 GPA, MBA
Katelyn Boyd, INF, Sr., 3.72 GPA, Family and human development
Bailey Wigness, DP, So., 4.00 GPA, Political science/communication
Capital One Academic All-America Second Team
Annie Lockwood, OF, Sr., 3.76 GPA, Special education/sociology
Since 1964, the Sun Devil softball program has had 14 Academic All-Americans. Boyd is just one of three softball student-athletes to be a repeat honoree on the team - Kara Brun 2002, 2003; Kaitlin Cochran 2008, 2009.
Bach, a graduate student in business management from Tulsa, Okla., has a 3.71 GPA. In 2012, she was named first team NFCA All-West Region, second team All-Pac-12, was a three-time Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week and pitched the seventh-ever perfect game in ASU history. The President of the ASU Student-Athlete Advisory Council, she is 20-1 on the year and ranks 16th nationally in shutouts (10) and 38th in ERA (1.62).
DYK @SparkyArizonaSt had the most softball players named to the AAA First Team with three! Bach, Boyd and Wigness. Lockwood on 2nd team
-- ASU Softball (@ASUSoftball) May 24, 2012
Boyd, a senior family and human development major with a 3.72 GPA, is a repeat Academic All-America® selection, having been named to the third team last season. The Phoenix, Ariz., native is a two-time first team All-American and currently ranks in the top 20 nationally in eight statistical categories. Boyd is one of 10 finalists for both the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year and the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.
Lockwood, a senior special education and sociology major, has a 3.76 GPA. Sporting a .319 batting average, Phoenix, Ariz., native is second on the team in hits (52), RBI (51) and walks (37). So far in 2012, she has tied a career best single-game high in six different categories.
Wigness, a sophomore political science and communication major, boasts a 4.0 GPA. The Casa Grande, Ariz., native has a .404 batting average with 38 hits and 41 runs, and has rewritten her career bests in six single-game categories this season.
To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.
This is Boyds second time as an Academic All-American, 3rd team 2011. She is one of three to be repeater on the AAA teams in @asu sb history
-- ASU Softball (@ASUSoftball) May 24, 2012