ANGOLA, Ind. – The Trine University softball team picked up a pair of members named to the 2020 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District Team. Both Makenna Hartline (Niles, Mich. / Brandywine) and Michaela Hartline (Niles, Mich. / Brandywine) were named first-team members of the All-District team.
Michaela will graduate from Trine with a degree in Exercise Science and a 3.55 GPA. On the field she was a standout player for the Thunder, anchoring centerfield for her career. In the ten games of this year's shortened season, she had already accumulated a .345 on-base percentage and a.423 slugging percentage.
All told for her career she finishes with a .295 batting average, a .436 on-base percentage and a .543 slugging percentage. She finishes with 20 home runs and 102 hits. She finishes fourth in Thunder softball history with 75 walks.
Makenna will graduate from Trine with a degree in Exercise Science and a 3.64 GPA. On the field, she anchored the interior of the infield playing shortstop the last three season was set to return to the position following spring break this season. Earlier this month she was named the recipient of this year's Cheryl L. Coons Award, given to Trine University's outstanding female senior athlete.
Despite missing out on her senior season, Makenna boasts multiple top-ten career statistics at Trine. She finishes with 152 runs scored, third overall at Trine. She is fourth with a .456 career on-base percentage and 33 home runs and fifth with a .678 slugging percentage and 72 walks. She also sits in first having been hit-by-pitch 24 times.
With their selection to the All-District team, the two student-athletes are now eligible for consideration for the CoSIDA Academic All-American® team.
A student-athlete's performances both in the classroom and in the competitive arena are taken into account for consideration for the honor. To be eligible for Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.30 (on 4.00 scale), have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.
CoSIDA began the distinguished Academic All-America program in 1952, and since then, has honored thousands of deserving student-athletes from numerous sports across all divisions with these elite Academic All-America scholar-athlete honors.