C-N’s Mitchell Named to Verizon Softball Academic All-American Team
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman senior pitcher Marci Mitchell (Lithonia, Ga.) has been selected to the Verizon Academic All-American team.
Mitchell has a perfect 4.0 grade point average in Mathematics. She has been selected the SAC Scholar Athlete of the Year for the past three seasons and won the SAC President's Award last year. Mitchell is a four-time member of the SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll and has been on the Carson-Newman and national Dean's List every semester. She is the winner of the Alpha Chi Scholastic Award, is a member of the Blue Key National Honor Fraternity, Alpha Chi National College Honor Scholarship Society, Kappa Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honor Society and is an All-American National Scholar. Mitchell is a member of Who's Who Among American College Students and received the NFCA All-American Scholar Award in 2002.
Mitchell completed her brilliant career this season by going 16-6 with a 1.65 earned run average. She had 129 strikeouts in 148 innings and was among the South Atlantic Conference leaders in wins, ERA, strikeouts and strikeout-to-walk ratio. Mitchell holds the school record for strikeouts and no-hitters and won 98 games during her Lady Eagle career while helping to lead C-N to four SAC regular season titles and one appearance in the NCAA National tournament. She is the two-time defending SAC Player of the Year and was named the MVP of the 2002 Food Lion SAC Tournament. Mitchell was named the SAC Freshman of the Year in 2000 and is a four-time All-SAC selection as well as the recipient of the SAC Pitcher of the Week numerous times during her career.
The Verizon Academic All-American team is selected by members of
the College Sports Information Directors of America from
institutions throughout the United States and Canada.