Unless you really know where to look, it can be difficult to find information about how/what the Sycamore softball team is doing academically or in the community – so I thought I’d share some of that news.
The Sycamores finished the 2008-2009 academic year 3rd in overall team grade point average for all NCAA Division 1 softball squads. Their overall team GPA of 3.523 was behind only those of Robert Morris and Drexel (where former Sycamore Elle Fracker is an Assistant Coach, and 2009 Sycamore graduate Darcy Wood has now joined the staff). ISU was the only MVC member to make the Top 15, but the Valley was represented by six teams in the top 45 nationally.
The Sycamores finished the 2008-2009 academic year 3rd in overall team grade point average for all NCAA Division 1 softball squads. Their overall team GPA of 3.523 was behind only those of Robert Morris and Drexel (where former Sycamore Elle Fracker is an Assistant Coach, and 2009 Sycamore graduate Darcy Wood has now joined the staff). ISU was the only MVC member to make the Top 15, but the Valley was represented by six teams in the top 45 nationally.
This past fall (Fall 2009), 14 of the 18 softball players on the roster finished with a term GPA of at least 3.0 or higher, with 10 of those finishing above a 3.5. The softball team finished with a mean GPA of 3.42, which placed them 3rd among all ISU athletic teams for the semester.
On the community engagement front, the softball team continues to be involved in numerous community services opportunities throughout the Wabash Valley. During the Fall 2009 semester, the softball team was involved with: playing games with residents of a local retirement home; assisting with the set-up the Habitat for Humanity/Women’s Build structure for Christmas in the Park; distributing clothes and coats for the local Clothe-A-Child Day; helping run Halloween parties at the Wabash Valley Family YMCA and the Ryves Hall Community Center; participating in the Council on Domestic Abuse fundraiser; assisting with the set-up for the Community Alliance and Services for Young Children fundraiser and the Christmas at the Bank fundraiser for the same organization; collecting hoodies and sweatshirts at ISU basketball games for the Hoodie Drive to benefit West Terre Haute Community Center; raising money to purchase supplies for the Exotic Feline Rescue Center; donating time and money for Thanksgiving dinner at the Lighthouse Mission; leading a fundraiser and toy drive for families at the Lighthouse Mission that they “adopted” for Christmas. A busy semester.
GO SYCAMORES!
On the community engagement front, the softball team continues to be involved in numerous community services opportunities throughout the Wabash Valley. During the Fall 2009 semester, the softball team was involved with: playing games with residents of a local retirement home; assisting with the set-up the Habitat for Humanity/Women’s Build structure for Christmas in the Park; distributing clothes and coats for the local Clothe-A-Child Day; helping run Halloween parties at the Wabash Valley Family YMCA and the Ryves Hall Community Center; participating in the Council on Domestic Abuse fundraiser; assisting with the set-up for the Community Alliance and Services for Young Children fundraiser and the Christmas at the Bank fundraiser for the same organization; collecting hoodies and sweatshirts at ISU basketball games for the Hoodie Drive to benefit West Terre Haute Community Center; raising money to purchase supplies for the Exotic Feline Rescue Center; donating time and money for Thanksgiving dinner at the Lighthouse Mission; leading a fundraiser and toy drive for families at the Lighthouse Mission that they “adopted” for Christmas. A busy semester.
GO SYCAMORES!
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