Kendra Spivey earns Academic All-SLC
6/5/2008 1:00:00 AM | Softball
Kendra Spivey, junior outfielder from Colleyville for the Sam Houston State Bearkats, has been named as a first team selection on the 2008 Academic All-Southland Conference softball team.
Four other Bearkats were named as honorable mention Academic All-SLC. Each member of the Academic All-Southland squad must have a 3.00 cumulative or higher overall grade point average and participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games.
Spivey holds a 3.86 overall grade point average majoring in biology. She is a Sam Houston Student Athlete Advisory Committee Officer and is a nominee for SLC representative to National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. She also has served as a Bearkat Mentor for HISD elementary school students and is the chair of SAAC Safe House Goods Drive.
Spivey was the fourth-leading hitter for Sam Houston State softball team in 2008. She played in 56 games, starting 36 contests.
Recognized as Academic All-Southland honorable mention were first baseman Amy Brown, outfielder Lauren Burns, pitcher Brandi Crnkovic, and outfielder Amanda Lindsey.
Brown, a sophomore from Cypress, holds a 3.02 grade point average majoring in mass communications. She has been a two-year starter at first base. She hit .296 for the 2008 Berakats. Her total of 468 put outs this season ranks as the second highest Bearkat single season total in softball history.
Burns, a sophomore from College Station, has posted a 3.27 grade point average majoring in kinesiology. She started 40 games for the Bearkats in 2008.
Crnkovic, a junior from Caldwell, holds a 3.02 grade point average majoring in kinesiology. The right handed pitcher compiled a 2.82 earned run average, struck out 190 batters in 201 innings of action and totaled 15 victories and five saves in the circle. She was an All-Southland Conference honorable mention selection in 2008.
Lindsey, a sophomore from Richmond, has compiled a 3.65 grade point average with a major in academic studies. In 37 games in 2008, she posted a .257 batting average.
The complete listing of the Academic All-Southland Conference softball first and second teams:
First Team
Cary Bruno ? Northwestern State ?? 3.57 ? Business Administration
Brooke Lockhart ? Southeastern La. ?? 4.0 ? Mathematics
Kari Hugie ? Stephen F. Austin ? 3.95 ? Biology
Cara Hulme ? UT Arlington ?3.62 ? Kinesiology
Amanda Jameson ? Northwestern State ?? 3.67 ? Exercise Science
Laura Jones $ ? UT Arlington ? So. ? Rouge River, Oregon ? 3.70 ? Architecture
Rachel King ? McNeese State ? 3.50 ? Mathematics
Kendra Spivey ? Sam Houston State ? 3.86 ? Biology
Andrea Simancas ? A&M-Corpus Christi? 3.848 ? History
Jetta Weinheimer ? Texas St.-San Marcos ? 3.70 ? Recreational Administration
Jenny Clay ? McNeese State ? 3.08 ? Health Performance
Second Team
Brittany Card ? Northwestern State? 3.59 ? Biology
Leah Boatright ? Texas St.-San Marcos ? 3.53 ? Marketing
Rachel Ray $ ? Southeastern La. - 3.30 ? Nursing
Briana Bishop ? Stephen F. Austin ? 3.41 ? Psychology
Kelsey Cammarata ? Texas St.-San Marcos ? 3.94 ? Psychology
Jill Kloesel ? Texas St.-San Marcos ? 4.0 ? Athletic Training
Janae Owens ? Central Arkansas ? 3.55 ? Health Education
Amanda Swofford ? UT Arlington ? 3.34 ? Interdisciplinary Studies
Kristina Tello ? Texas St.-San Marcos ? 3.44 ? Management
Audrey Wood ? Nicholls St. ? 4.0 ? Nursing
Katie Jones $ ? UT Arlington ? 3.09 ? Criminal Justice
