Williamson Earns CoSIDA All-District Honors
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – After excelling in the classroom as well as on the diamond this spring, junior first baseman Alyssa Williamson (Scarborough, Maine) of the Merrimack College softball team has been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team, as announced Thursday.
The CoSIDA Academic All-District program recognizes student-athletes from across the country to have excelled on the field of play and in the classroom. To be eligible for recognition, student-athletes must be of sophomore status or higher at their respective institutions and own cumulative grade-point averages (GPA) of 3.30 or higher.
Williamson cleared that academic requirement by a longshot, owning a near-perfect 3.95 cumulative GPA heading into the spring semester as a Psychology major at Merrimack. While dominating in the classroom, she still maintained the ability to put up incredible numbers on the diamond to earn a spot among the nation's most-talented and academically proficient student-athletes.
Williamson represents Merrimack's first CoSIDA Academic All-District selection since Jessica Fugazzotto '14 earned similar accolades in May of 2014. She will be placed on the ballot for the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team voting, which Merrimack has placed seven former student-athletes on but has not had an honoree since 1995.
Williamson was one of Merrimack's three Northeast-10 All-Conference First Team selections, which were announced on Wednesday. The Scarborough, Maine, native led the team with a .380 batting average through the regular season to go along with 28 RBIs and a team-leading 57 hits, with 15 of them going for extra bases (13 doubles, 2 triples).
She slashed .380 / .420 / .493 on the regular season and is one of the toughest players to strike out in the country with only one strikeout every 30 at-bats (35th/NCAA). Her defense has also been spotless with only five errors in 254 chances (.980) and a team-most 235 putouts.
Williamson and the rest of the Warriors will go for their first conference tournament title when they take on either Adelphi or Le Moyne in the NE10 Championship Final later this week.
--
For continuing coverage of Merrimack College Athletics, visit MerrimackAthletics.com and follow the Warriors on Twitter and on Facebook.
