United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics - Softball - Sweeney Named to Academic All-district team

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(5/9/08)--Sophomore outfielder Carin Sweeney has been named to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine Softball Academic All-District I second team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Sweeney, who started 35 games this season, hit .275 and drove in 14 runs. She has a 3.43 GPA as a Civil Engineering major. She led the team with a .980 fielding percentage, making just one error in 51 chances.

A three-sport athlete at the Academy, Sweeney is also a member of both the volleyball and basketball teams. A member of the Dean’s List, she also tutors and counsels cadets that are struggling academically and will serve as a cadre and train the incoming freshman this summer.

District I consists of New England, New York, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.