June 17, 2008

Garden City, N.Y. - The National Ten Pin Coaches Association has announced its 2008 Academic All-America team on Tuesday, June 17. Adelphi University sophomore Dianna Molenko was named a third-team honoree, while senior LuAnna Lasso and freshmen Gina Lella and Cristina Reale were were honorable mention selections.

Heading the list is Division II Player of the Year Bryanna Caldwell of The University of Central Missouri and Division III Player of the Year Vicki Spratford from New Jersey City University. Division I "Rookie of the Year" from Maryland Eastern Shore, Kristina Frahm alongside fellow first year NCAA bowlers Katie Ann Sopp from Nebraska and Marissa Martinek from Arkansas State rounds out the first team.

The Panthers posted a record of 66-67 overall during the 2007-08 season, including a second place finish at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships and a first place finish at the St. Francis College New Year Knockdown Tournament.

The NTCA honored fifteen student-athletes with first, second and third team mention. Eighty-four student-athletes from nineteen schools were named Academic All-Americans. To be honored, student-athletes had to achieve a minimum of a 3.4 grade point average during the recent academic year.