Tech’s Lacie Coquerille named second-team Academic All-District
Tennessee Tech’s Lacie Coquerille has been named to the 2009 CoSIDA Academic All-District IV second team, one of four players from the Ohio Valley Conference recognized. The CoSIDA Academic All-America program is sponsored by ESPN The Magazine.
Softball team's 12th Academic All-District honor
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech’s Lacie Coquerille
has been named to the 2009 CoSIDA Academic All-District IV second
team, one of four players from the Ohio Valley Conference
recognized. The CoSIDA Academic All-America program is sponsored by
ESPN The Magazine.
A sophomore infielder from Rocky Face, Ga., Coquerille is
Tech’s leading hitter with a .317 batting average. One of
three players to have started every game this year for coach Tory
Acheson’s squad, she also leads Tech in runs scored, hits and
on-base percentage. She is second on the team in doubles and home
runs, and has struck out only 10 times in 186 trips into the
batter’s box.
Named first-team all-OVC, Coquerille has split her time between
second base and shortstop this season. She also started every game
last year as a freshman, and was named to the OVC
Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
The daughter of Don and Robin Coquerille, Lacie owns a 3.80 GPA
while majoring in biology.
Coquerille becomes the 94th Golden Eagle named to CoSIDA Academic
All-District IV teams since 1985. She is the 12th member of the
softball team to earn the honor.
Previous Tech softball players named Academic All-District include
Tuesday Frase (1990), Lisa Johnson (1990), Andrea Roark (1991,
1992, 1993), Mary Beth Coombs (1994), Stacy Hughes (1996, 1997),
Amy Ayers (1998), Brandy Henry (2000), LeeAnne Mongar (2002, 2003),
Beth Boden (2006, 2007, 2008), Stephanie Fischer (2008) and Kristyn
Castanzo (2008).
Of those players, seven -- Johnson (1990), Roark (1993), Hughes
(1996), Henry (2000), Mongar (2002, 2003), Boden (2007, 2008) and
Fischer (2008) -- have made the Academic All-America team.
The CoSIDA Academic All-America and Academic All-District is
organized and voted on by the College Sports Information Directors
of America. District IV consists of schools in Michigan, Kentucky,
Ohio, Tennessee and Alabama.
Joining Coquerille from the OVC on the second-team were cacher
Bianca Cardenas of Morehead State, infielder Bridget Metzger of
Tennessee State, and Laura Roberts of UT Martin.
2009 Academic All-District Softball Team
District 4 University Division
FIRST TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. Hometown
P Kimberly Reeder OHIO STATE Sr. Salinas, Calif.
P Hayley Wiemer BOWLING GREEN STATE Sr. Sylvania, Ohio
C Jen Lapicki TENNESSEE So. Oldwick, N.J.
IF Sarah Earley AKRON So. Venetia, Pa.
IF Kylie Harmon SAMFORD Sr. Matthews, Ala.
IF Tiffany Huff TENNESSEE Jr. Saugus, Calif.
IF Kellie Sirus LIPSCOMB Jr. Sarasota, Fla.
OF Kristi Cunningham LOUISVILLE Sr. Gallatin, Tenn.
OF Angela Findlay MICHIGAN Jr. Lockport, Ill.
OF Lillian Hammond TENNESSEE Sr. Chattanooga, Tenn.
DP Charlotte Morgan ALABAMA Jr. Moreno Valley, Calif.
SECOND TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. Hometown
P Anna Thompson AUBURN Sr. Huntsville, Ala.
P Kristen Wadwell LOUISVILLE Jr. Sydney, Australia
C Bianca Cardenas MOREHEAD STATE Jr. Santa Ana, Calif.
IF Lacie Coquerille TENNESSEE TECH So. Rocky Face,
Ga.
IF Victoria Haddad OHIO STATE Jr. Valparaiso, Fla.
IF Bridget Metzger TENNESSEE STATE Jr. Rochelle, Ill.
IF Kala Moore TROY Jr. Verbena, Ala.
OF Lauren Dortwegt LIPSCOMB Jr. Downers Grove, Ill.
OF Laura Roberts TENNESSEE-MARTIN Jr. Johnston City, Ill.
OF Brittany Rogers ALABAMA Sr. Dacula, Ga.
DP Melissa Bott BOWLING GREEN STATE So. Dover, Ohio
