Setterlund Named to National Collegiate Player of the Year Watch List
She is the first in program history to be named to the prestigious watch list
#2 April Setterlund

#2 April Setterlund
Feb. 3, 2011

BOSTON - Senior centerfielder April Setterlund has been named to the prestigious USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year Watch List, the Amateur Softball Association has announced.

Setterlund had a big year in 2010 garnering award after award for her play at the plate. A three-time America East All-Conference First Team honoree, she capped off a historic campaign by earning Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America First Team honors - the program's first-ever first-team honoree. The only Northeast batter on any of the All-American teams, Setterlund was one of just 12 student-athletes from non-BCS schools on any of the three teams.

The 2010 America East Player of the Year, she ranked fifth in the nation in batting average (.482), fifth in on-base percentage (.579), eighth in slugging percentage (.861) and ninth in runs per game (1.11). Setterlund shattered the single-season record for batting average by nearly 70 percentage points and finished with five additional single-season school records: hits (80) doubles (19), runs (63), RBI (52) and slugging percentage (.861).

The 2011 Pre-Season Watch List is comprised of 50 players representing 36 schools and 15 different NCAA Division I Conferences with the Pac-10 Conference leading the way with seven schools represented. The list includes 23 seniors, 12 juniors and 15 sophomores.

The ASA will announce the 25 finalists on April 13. A player does not have to appear on this initial watch list to be considered as a top 25 finalist. However, once the top 25 finalists are named the winner of the award will come from that list. *Freshmen qualify for the top 25 list once they have competed at the collegiate level.

Just days before the start of post-season play, a list of 10 finalists will be named and released on May 11. The final three finalists will be announced May 25 while the winner of the 2011 USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year Award will be announced prior to the start of the 2011 NCAA Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.


 

 

About ASA
The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the nation's largest sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 76 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 210,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit http://www.asasoftball.com/.

About USA Softball
USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men's, Women's, Junior Boys' and Junior Girls' National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women's National Team is one of the only two women's sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won nine World Championship titles including the last seven consecutive as well as claimed four World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about USA Softball, please visit http://www.usasoftball.com/.