Union juniors Julie Gawronski (Dunkirk, NY/Dunkirk) and Erika Eisenhut (Mohawk, NY/Mohawk) have been selected to the 2005 ESPN the Magazine Academic District 1 College Division Softball Teams. The teams are selected by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America. Both players are competing in the NCAA Division III Regionals this weekend at Ithaca College.
Gawronski, a Psychology major, was named to the First Team, and the outfielder will join 10 other players from the First Team on the National Academic All-America Ballot. She is a two-time Liberty League Performer of the Week and is hitting .468 with 13 doubles and 42 RBIs. She has a .697 slugging percentage.
Eisenhut, also a Psychology major, was selected to the All-District 1 Second Team in the infield. She received this week's Liberty League Performer of the Week, and enters the tournament with a .318 average with 21 RBIs. She is tied for the team lead with 11 stolen bases.
Union, the top seed in the NCAA's Ithaca Regionals, opens up play Friday at 2 p.m. against either Ithaca or Misericordia. The tournament is scheduled through May 16.
