Erin Brockert

LIVONIA, Mich. -- All season long the Madonna softball team relied on the right arm and solid stroke of Erin Brockert, who today was named a Academic All-American by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) and ESPN The Magazine, the title sponsor of the awards.

Brockert, who was a 2005 CoSIDA Academic All-American as well, was selected to the College Division third team after hitting .396 with 35 RBI's, 18 doubles, seven home runs and 110 total bases this season.

She was also stellar in the circle, hurling 23 complete games which included a 21-10 record and 1.95 ERA with 182 strikeouts in 183-and-one-third innings of action.

The CoSIDA award is the latest in a long line of accolades for Brockert who was also named WHAC Player of the Year this past season.

The Academic All-America Teams program honors 816 male and female student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing field and in the classroom. Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA (the College Sports Information Directors of America), a 2,000 member organization consisting of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.

To be eligible, a student-athletes must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 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.

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Contact:
Matt Fancett, Sports Information Director
(734) 432-5610
mfancett@madonna.edu