University of Illinois Springfield softball players Angie Augspols, Tina Buck, Brooke Carroll, Lauren Hollinshead and Shannon Mitchell have been named National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Scholar Athletes.
Sixty-seven Great Lakes Valley Conference softball players made the list. Student-athletes achieved a 3.5 grade point average or higher during the 2011-12 academic year.
UIS also received team academic honors from the NFCA.
The Stars earned 55th place on the organization’s all-academic team with a 3.15 grade point average. UIS was among eight Great Lakes Valley Conference programs who received the honor.
The awards were featured by the State Journal-Register on December 10, 2012.
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