June 8, 2000
AZZOLINO NAMED GTE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN
BETHLEHEM, PA --- Senior shortstop Zan Azzolino (Lodi, NJ/Immaculate Heart Academy) of
the Moravian College softball team has been named to the 2000 GTE Academic All-America® College
Division Softball Third Team selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
The College Division is made up of all the NCAA Division II and III schools in the nation
as well as all NAIA schools. Student-athletes from NCAA Division I schools are named to
the University Division Teams. To be eligible for GTE Academic All-America® accolades,
a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.20 grade-point average, be a sophomore, junior
or senior and be a starter or significant reserve.
Azzolino, who graduated in May with a 3.63 grade-point average in French and secondary
education, was also named to the Middle Atlantic Conference Academic Honor Roll for the
third time this spring. Azzolinos other honors at Moravian include being a Commonwealth
Conference First Team All-Star three times and a Second Team All-Star as a freshman, a
two-time NCAA Division III East Regional All-Tournament Team selection and a National Fastpitch
Coaches Association All-East Region Third Team honoree in 1999. Azzolino is also Moravians
2000 NCAA Women of the Year nominee.
Azzolino led Moravian to its third straight NCAA Division III Tournament appearance this
spring and she helped the team to a 26-12 record. Azzolino led the 2000 Greyhounds with
a .374 batting average, 24 runs scored and three triples. She added 40 hits, three doubles,
13 RBIs, 49 total bases, five walks and she struck out just once this season, her final
at-bat of the year.
In four years, Azzolino led Moravian to a 112-52 record, three NCAA Tournament bids, two
Commonwealth Conference Championships and two MAC Playoff appearances. Azzolino leaves
Moravian with three records most games played (162), most assists (320) and most
consecutive at-bats without a strikeout (141). Azzolino also ranks in the top five in the
Greyhound record books in at-bats (452), hits (158), runs (96), triples (11) and total
bases (193).
Azzolino is the 13th Moravian student-athlete and second softball player to be named to
the GTE Academic All-America® Teams. There have been a total of 17 Academic All-Americans
at Moravian including 12 over the past seven years.
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