Quartet of Crusaders Named to All-America Scholar Team

May 21, 2007

		Stephanie Day was one of four Crusaders softball players named to the 2007 NAIA All-America scholar athlete team.

OLATHE, Kan. -- A quartet of Madonna softball players were named to the 2007 Daktronics All-America Scholar Athlete team by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in a statement released today.

Juniors Liz Ballinger, Christina Finch and Stephanie Day as well as senior Shannon Noder were all honored for their achievements off the field of play after carrying a 3.5 cumulative grade point average or higher during the 2007 season.

Ballinger, a Mathematics/Education major from St. John's, Michigan and Noder, a Criminal Justice major from Lincoln Park, Michigan were the mainstays in the circle for the Crusaders this season.

Day and Finch were key members of the MU offense that helped propel the Crusaders to their first ever WHAC tournament championships and berth in the NAIA Region VIII championship game for the second straight season.

Day is a Fire Science and Mathematics major from Livonia while Finch is studying Psychology and hails from Adrian, Michigan.

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