May 8, 2008

Jones Earns ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Honors

     PITTSBURG -- Pittsburg State University sophomore designated player Jessica Jones was named to the first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII softball squad by the College Sports Information Directors of America today (May 8).
    Jones, who has a 3.96 GPA as an early childhood education major, now is eligible for ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors. The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® team for softball will be announced May 29.
    The Osawatomie, Kan., native earned first-team All-MIAA honors this spring, after earning honorable mention All-MIAA as a freshman in 2007. She saw action in all 52 games, including 42 starts, batting .276 with five home runs, 20 runs scored and 18 RBIs.
    Student-athletes must meet four criteria to earn ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors: 1) must have a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or better, 2) must have at least two terms of attendance at the institution, 3) must be at least a sophomore in athletic eligibility, 4) must be a starter or key reserve in their respective sport.
    The All-District selection is determined by voting of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). District VII is comprised of NCAA Division II and Division III and NAIA institutions from the states of Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
    Since January 2000, Pitt State has produced 42 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® student-athletes -- the second-highest total among all Division II institutions and the eighth-highest total among all colleges nationwide.