Softball Leads SUNYAC Teams in NFCA Academic Award
STARKVILLE, Miss. (Oct. 19, 2010) --The SUNY Plattsburgh softball team led all State University of New York Athletic Conference programs with a 3.230 grade-point average during the 2009-10 academic year and three Cardinals earned girls got game/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete citations, according to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association web site.
Plattsburgh ranked 64th overall, or in the top-85 percent of 409 schools that compete
in NCAA Division III softball. Geneseo was the second SUNYAC school in the all-academic
team rankings, 65th overall.
"I am so proud of our players. We have always been a team that is strong academically,
and I am happy that we have been able to keep that tradition going," Plattsburgh coach
Stephanie Zweig said. "They are student-athletes with "student" coming first, and
it is important that we always remember that."
First baseman Ashley Napear (Burke, Va./Robinson High School) led the Cardinals with
a career-high .347 batting average during her senior year. Her best offensive season
also included team highs of 42 hits, 11 doubles, three home runs, 24 runs batted in,
a .529 slugging percentage and a .436 on-base clip. In the field, Napear committed
just four errors on 283 chances for a .986 fielding percentage. She was named to the
All-SUNYAC Team, received the SUNYAC Spring Chancellor’s Scholar-Athlete Award in
the sport and is both a three-time academic all-conference and NFCA Scholar All-America
honoree.
A junior-to-be catcher from Warwick, N.Y. (Warwick Valley HS), Erin Florkiewicz improved
her batting average 100 points from her freshman year of .199. Florkiewicz had a career
year offensively that included eight doubles, two home runs and 19 RBI. She started
in all 41 of the Cardinals' games after serving as a back-up in 2009. The two-time
NFCA Scholar All-American is also a two-time academic all-conference and Commissioner's
List choice. She posted a stellar .990 fielding percentage, making just three errors
in 306 chances.
Tanya Fedyshyn was named Academic All-SUNYAC/Commissioner's List and NFCA Scholar
All-America as a sophomore right-handed pitcher in 2010. The Waterloo (N.Y.) High
product made 18 relief appearances and had a SUNYAC-leading four saves.
All told, the Cardinals have produced 33 NFCA Scholar All-America recipients since
2000.
For the complete NFCA release, click on the following link: http://www.nfca.org/pagebank/?id=1695.
News

Game On for Giving Supports SUNY Plattsburgh Athletics
SUNY Plattsburgh Recreation Offerings Benefit Campus Community

Full Slate of Events Planned for Black Solidarity Day on SUNY Plattsburgh Campus
Alzheimer’s Caregivers Enjoy Food, Friendship with SUNY Plattsburgh Chartwells Staff
