Collier and Thompson Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District Teams

Simmons Softball seniors Courteney Collier (Bolton, Mass.) and Annie Thompson (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) were named Great Northeast Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week and Player of the Week, respectively, for the week ending on April 10, 2011. This is Collier?s second nod of the season, while Thompson collects the honor for the third week in a row. Collier went 3-0 on the week with a 0.44 ERA, pitching 16 innings and giving up only 7 hits and 1 earned run while striking out 27 batters. She held opponents to a 0.127 batting average as her team went an undefeated 6-0. The highlight of the weekend was shutting out previously undefeated conference opponent Emerson College in a 2-0 win, where Collier also had a solo home run. In addition, Collier batted .500 with a 0.714 slugging percentage. Thompson also helped her team to a 6-0 week. She batted .700 with a 1.200 slugging percentage, and had two home runs, a triple, a double and 8 RBIs. As starting shortstop in all 6 games, she only committed one error. Simmons College Softball seniors Courteney Collier (Bolton, Mass.) and Annie Thompson (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) have been named to the College Sports Information Directors (CoSIDA) Capital One Academic All-District softball teams. Thompson was named to the First Team, and Collier received a spot on the Second Team.
Posted: May 18, 2011

Simmons College Softball seniors Courteney Collier (Bolton, Mass.) and Annie Thompson (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) have been named to the College Sports Information Directors (CoSIDA) Capital One Academic All-District softball teams. Thompson was named to the First Team, and Collier received a spot on the Second Team.

Thompson closed out her career at Simmons with a 3.6 cumulative GPA in the International Relations major and outstanding athletic achievements in 2011. At the time of her nomination, she had played and started in all 30 games for the Sharks, and tallied a .636 on-base percentage, .896 slugging percentage and .928 fielding percentage. She led the nation in NCAA Division III batting average on April 11, and received Great Northeast Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors for three consecutive weeks.

Collier will also graduate in the spring with a 3.8 cumulative GPA in the Nursing major, with a strong 2011 season. At the time of her nomination, she accumulated a 9-2 pitching record and a 3.80 ERA. Collier tallied 80 strikeouts and allowed 24 walks and 55 runs. At bat, she achieved a .688 slugging percentage and .948 fielding percentage. She received Great Northeast Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week honors twice, and was also named ECAC Pitcher of the Week once.

Scoreboard
  • Sun, 05/05 Softball at No. 1S Lasell W, 5-4 (Final) BX | V
  • Sat, 05/04 Softball vs. #1S Lasell W, 6-0 (Final) RC | BX | PH | V
  • Thu, 05/02 Softball vs. No. 2 Emmanuel W, 2-1 (Final - 11 innings) RC | BX | V
  • Sat, 04/27 Softball at Johnson & Wales (RI) W, 7-4 (Final) RC | BX | V
  • Sat, 04/27 Softball at Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 6-0 (Final) BX | V