STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford is one of six NCAA Division I softball programs to have three players earn academic all-district honors, as announced Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Stanford is represented by its senior class with Lauren Bertoy (biomechanical engineering, 3.88 GPA), Bessie Noll (mechanical engineering, 3.75) and Kylie Sorenson (psychology, 3.69) earning recognition.
It's the second CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 selection for Noll after earning recognition in 2015, and the first honors for Bertoy and Sorenson.
The Cardinal tied for the most honorees from a single program with Fordham, Murray State, Georgia State, Illinois and Louisiana also claiming three honors apiece.
It is the second time in the past three seasons Stanford has had three members receive academic all-district honors – the only two times in program history the feat has been accomplished.
Along with excelling in the classroom, the trio has been excellent on the softball field. Sorenson leads the team in nearly every major offensive category, including a team-high .367 batting average. Noll is third on the team with a .314 average and leads the squad in on-base percentage (.523) – aided by a team-best 39 walks.
Bertoy is enjoying a career year and boasts career highs in batting average (.305), hits (36), runs (26), doubles (7), home runs (3), RBIs (21) and slugging percentage (.458).
The academic accolades come a day after Stanford received an NCAA DI Academic Progress Rate Public Recognition award. The Cardinal was the only Pac-12 softball program to earn recognition for the second consecutive year.