Zaccheo Named 3rd Team Academic All-American
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| Kelly Zaccheo |
Kelly Zaccheo (Scranton, Pa./West
Scranton), a senior infielder on The University of
Scranton softball team, knocked it out of the park today.
For her efforts in the classroom and on the softball diamond,
Zaccheo was named third-team Academic all-American by the College
Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) in a program
sponsored by Capital One.
She becomes the 26th student-athlete from The University of
Scranton to be named CoSIDA Academic all-American and the third
from the Royal softball program, joining Kelly Guiton (2nd team,
1987) and Cheryl Zekas (3rd team, 1990).
On the diamond, Zaccheo was a four-year starter who finished her
career with a .277 batting average, including 105 hits, 21 doubles,
three home runs, and 37 RBI. She also posted a career
slugging percentage of .356 and an on-base percentage of .354. In
addition, she is fourth in at-bats (379) and tied for eighth in
doubles (21) in Royals’ history.
This past season was Zaccheo’s most productive, earning
second-team all-Landmark Conference honors as the Royals finished
with a 26-10 record and advanced to the Landmark Conference
tournament under first-year head coach Mia Collarini. She
started 34 games and batted a career-high .395, with 14 doubles,
three home runs, and 20 RBI.
In the classroom, Zaccheo maintained a 3.8 cumulative grade point
average on a 4.0 scale while earning degrees in biomathematics and
philosophy. A member of the university’s Special Jesuit
Liberal Arts Honors Program, she has been inducted into the
following academic honor societies: Alpha Sigma Nu (National
Jesuit Honor Society), Pi Mu Epsilon (mathematics), and Phi Sigma
Tau (philosophy). She will also receive the department award
in biomathematics at university’s 2012 commencement exercises
this Sunday, May 27.
Zaccheo, who received the Carlesimo Award for academic and athletic
excellence at the university’s Senior Student-Athlete Banquet
on Saturday, May 12, served as president of the Student-Athlete
Advisory Committee, treasurer of the Health Professions
Organization, and was a member of the Math Club, Colleges Against
Cancer, President’s Student Cabinet, and Scranton Emerging
Leaders. This fall, she has accepted a position to do
mathematical research at Smith College in Northampton,
Massachusetts.
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