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PLANTE AND BERZAK NAMED TO CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT
May 4, 2013

PLANTE AND BERZAK NAMED TO CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT

Orangeburg, N.Y. (5/4/13) Dominican College softball players, Julie Plante* and Paige Berzak, have been voted to the Capital One Academic All-District Softball First Team for District I in NCAA Division II, as coordinated and selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Orangeburg, N.Y. (5/4/13)  Dominican College softball players, Julie Plante* and Paige Berzak, have been voted to the Capital One Academic All-District Softball First Team for District I in NCAA Division II, as coordinated and selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Both, as First Team selections, will move on to represent Dominican on the Division II Capital One Academic All-America® ballot.

Plante, a senior outfielder, makes her second straight appearance on the First Team and earns her second post season accolades of 2013 as she was recently named to the All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC).  She has played in all 52 games this season and broke the school's all-time hit record this year.  She ranked third in the CACC in hits and RBIs, fourth in doubles, fifth in runs scored and seventh in batting average and home runs.

Berzak, a junior designated player and infieder from Cypress, Calif., also earns her second post-season recognition as she made her first appearance on the All-CACC First Team after being named to the Second Team in 2012.  She ranked 13th in the CACC in RBIs, 10th in on-base percentage and 16th in batting average. 

CoSIDA's District I for NCAA Division II is comprised of all members of the CACC, East Coast Conference, and Northeast-10 Conference. The entire set of 2013 Capital One Academic All-District Softball Teams can be viewed at http://cosida.com/media/documents/2013/5/2013_CO_Softball_Acad_AllDistrict.pdf.

 
 
2013 CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT SOFTBALL
District 1, NCAA Division II
Megan Butterworth, P, Molloy
Katie Warrington, P, Wilmington
Alyssa Calderon, C, Caldwell
Nicole Hagenah, IF, LIU Post
Kristen Knorr, IF, Caldwell
Taylor Parker, IF, Felician
Nicolette Singara, IF, Molloy
Brittany Bucko, OF, Southern Connecticut State
Julie Plante, OF, Dominican
Tanya Robidoux, OF, Assumption
Paige Berzak, DP, Dominican

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.