Montclair,
NJ (5/29/08) –
Senior Jackie
Ferranti (Bergenfield,
NJ / Bergenfield) collected yet
another honor in her outstanding campaign of 20080 as she added another
All-America accolade to her resume. Ferranti was named to ESPN The Magazine's
Academic All-America Team earning a spot on the College Division Third Team. The
announcement was made by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Ferranti, College Division District
2 First Team selection, becomes just the fifth Montclair State
athlete and the first female to earn Academic All-America honors from the
organization.
Ferranti,
a First-Team NFCA All-America, completed of one the best all-round seasons for
a Montclair State player in recent memory as she helped the Red Hawks to the
2008 NJAC regular-season and tournament championships while setting a school
record for win as MSU posted a 43-6 mark.
Named
the NJAC Co-Player of the Year and First-Team All-Conference pick (her fourth),
she batted .431 this season with 66 hits, 60 runs scored (single-season
record), 16 doubles, four triples, eight home runs and 38 RBI while drawing a season-record
38 walks and posting slugging and on-base percentages of .745 and .542,
respectively. In addition she stole 11 bases and successfully handled 126 of
128 chances in the field.
In
addition, Ferranti, the 2007 Scholar-Athlete Award winner at MSU, is a
four-time Dean's List Student and played the 2008 campaign as a graduate
student after earning her Physical Education and Health degree in January. She
completed the five-year program in 3 1/2 years and is also a member of the
National Student-Athlete Honor Society. While Ferranti was with the Red Hawks,
the softball team earned the Athletic Department's Team Academic Achievement
Award for the highest team cumulative grade-point average three times.
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