May 12, 2010
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The 19th-ranked Texas A&M softball team placed three members on the Academic All-Big 12 team as announced by the conference office on Wednesday.
Senior Alex Reynolds was named to the first team and senior Bailey Schroeder and sophomore Kelsea Orsak were selected to the second team. Each Aggie received the league honor based on academic excellence and athletic involvement.
Reynolds, a university studies major with a concentration in business, is from Tomball, Texas. Orsak is a native of Pearland, Texas who is majoring in business marketing. Both A&M softball players earned the Academic All-Big 12 accolade for the first time. Schroeder, an allied health major from College Station is now a three-time honoree.
Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services and the media relations director, the softball academic all-league squad consisted of 49 first team members combined with 12 on the second team. First team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA, and the second team are those who have a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.
To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters. All position players nominated must have participated in 60 percent of their team's scheduled contests, while pitchers are required to have at least one inning pitched per game played by the team or have appeared in 20 percent of their team's total games. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.
The third-seeded Aggies travel to the Big 12 Championship in Oklahoma City, Okla., this weekend and take on No. 6-seed Nebraska Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium.