Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Softball Players Named to Verizon Academic All-America District 2 Teams
5/9/2002 8:00:00 AM | Softball
May 9, 2002
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Bucknell senior outfielder Lauren Titus (Hatboro, Pa./Upper Moreland), senior outfielder Jenna Demetriades (Nesquehoning, Pa./Tamaqua) and senior first baseman Kelly Dugan (Mt. Holly, N.J./Rancocas Valley) have been named to the 2002 Verizon Academic All-America District 2 Softball Team. Titus garnered her second career selection to the team, earning a spot on the first-team for the first time. Demetriades and Dugan landed on the second-team, marking Dugan's second-straight appearance on the squad. The team was announced on Thursday, May 9.
With her selection to the All-District first-team, Titus is now a finalist for national Verizon Academic All-America honors, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and announced on June 6.
To be eligible for the team, the student-athlete must be at least a sophomore, a starter or key reserve, and maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher.
Titus is back on the team after being named to the 2000 squad. The leftfielder batted a career-high .303 this season with a team-best five doubles. A Biology major with minors in Chemistry and Spanish, Titus has maintained a 3.95 grade-point-average through seven semesters at Bucknell. Earning a perfect 4.0 in four of those semesters, she is a seven-time Dean's List member and a constant on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. In addition, she is a recipient of The President's Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement, and a member of both the Alpha Lambda Delta Academic Honors Society and the Phi Beta Kappa National Honors Fraternity.
Demetriades finds herself on the all-district squad for the first time in her career. Demetriades made her fourth-straight appearance on the All-Patriot League Team, earning second-team honors this season. The starting centerfielder in all of Bucknell's 44 contests this season, she finished the year as the team-leader in triples with five. Her triple total this season brought her career number to 20, giving her the Bucknell record for three-bagger's in a career. She finished second on the squad with a .286 batting average, 36 hits and 20 runs batted in.
A two-year captain, Demetriades has started every one of the 173 games she has played in over the course of her four years at BU. She ends her career with a .324 batting average, having played in and started more games than any other player ever to wear a Bucknell uniform. In the classroom, Demetriades maintains a 3.44 GPA as a Business Administration/Marketing major. She is a member of the University's Dean's List and the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Dugan makes her second appearance on the all-academic team in her final season with the squad. A 3.56 Psychology major with a minor in Religion, Dugan has had an equally impressive career on the diamond for Bucknell. This season, she finished fifth on the team with a batting average of .231. Defensively, Dugan was again solid at first base, committing only seven errors in a team-high 303 chances for a .977 fielding percentage.
Off the field, the co-captain is a member of the Dean's List, a three-time member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, and has been inducted into the Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society.
The Bucknell softball team finished the season with a 12-32 overall record, and a mark of 5-15 in the Patriot League.
The 2002 Verizon Academic All-America District Two University Division Softball Teams follow:
First Team:
| Name | Year | Pos. | Institution | GPA | Major |
| Brandie Adams | Jr. | P | Saint Joseph's | 3.96 | Elementary Education |
| Angie Amedro | Sr. | P | UMBC | 3.556 | Pre-Physical Therapy |
| Teresa Andreani | Sr. | C | Saint Joseph's | 3.79 | Chemistry |
| Suzy Ernst | Jr. | INF | Saint Francis | 3.95 | English/Secondary Education |
| Jessica Graziano | So. | INF | UMBC | 3.651 | Pre-Physical Therapy |
| Missy Rhoades | Sr. | INF | Saint Joseph's | 3.41 | Information Systems |
| Jennifer Tripken | Sr. | INF | Penn State | 3.36 | Kinesiology |
| Danielle Carpenter | Sr. | OF | Maryland | 3.61 | Secondary Education/Mathematics |
| Caroline Kovach | So. | OF | Fairleigh Dickinson | 3.89 | Communications |
| Lauren Titus | Sr. | OF | Bucknell | 3.95 | Biology |
| Second Team: | |||||
| Name | Year | Pos. | Institution | GPA | Major |
| Andria Koehler | Jr. | P | Rutgers | 3.877 | Environmental Planning |
| Beth Wilcox | So. | P | Towson | 3.90 | International Businss/Spanish |
| Jamie Krusinsky | Sr. | C | Saint Francis | 3.49 | Mathematics/Secondary Education |
| Elissa Connell | Jr. | INF | Monmouth | 3.20 | Communications |
| Kelly Dugan | Sr. | INF | Bucknell | 3.56 | Psychology/Religion |
| Crista Farrell | Jr. | INF | Pennsylvania | 3.33 | Philosophy |
| Erin Norton | Jr. | INF | Penn State | 3.21 | Journalism |
| Mara Shainheit | Jr. | INF | Lafayette | 3.47 | Biology |
| Michelle Cappe | Jr. | OF | Towson | 3.36 | Mass Communications |
| Jenna Demetriades | Sr. | OF | Bucknell | 3.44 | Business Administration/Marketing |
| Megan Humphrey | Jr. | OF | Penn State | 3.37 | Kinesiology |
