June 19, 2008
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - St. Bonaventure senior Brianna Bricker has been named the Atlantic 10 Softball Student-Athlete of the Year in a vote of the Conference's sports information directors.
Bricker garnered the honor for the second straight year after leading the Bonnies in batting average (.346), runs (30), hits (47) and home runs (six). A second-team All-Conference team selection, she sits atop the all-time SBU home run list with 23 homers and ranks in the top ten of nearly every school career batting category. Bricker, who hails from Albion, Pa., sports a 3.92 grade point average as a management sciences major.
Along with Bricker, the softball Academic All-Conference team consists of Lorena Floccari of Saint Louis; Dayton's Erin LaFayette and Laura Matthews; Carrie Higdon of George Washington; Charlotte's Sarah Malene; Kelsey Moir of Saint Joseph's; Temple's Courtney Norene; Lauren Proctor of Massachusetts; and Fordham's Allison Twarowski.
2008 ATLANTIC 10 SOFTBALL ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
| Name | School | Pos. | Cl. | Hometown | Major |
| Brianna Bricker | St. Bonaventure | 3B/P | Sr. | Albion, Pa. | Management Sciences |
| Lorena Floccari | Saint Louis | P | Sr. | Tallmadge, Ohio | Investigative Medical Sciences
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| Carrie Higdon | George Washington | UT | Jr. | Newburg, Md. | Accounting |
| Erin LaFayette | Dayton | P | Sr. | Zionsville, Ind. | Finance |
| Sarah Malene | Charlotte | 2B | Jr. | Woodbridge, Va. | Business |
| Laura Matthews | Dayton | C | Sr. | Nashville, Tenn. | Sports Management |
| Kelsey Moir | Saint Joseph's | OF | Sr. | Mount Laurel, N.J. | Medical Bioethics |
| Courtney Norene | Temple | 1B | Jr. | Wheatland, Calif. | Kinesiology |
| Lauren Proctor | Massachusetts | OF | Sr. | La Jolla, Calif. | Journalism & English |
| Allison Twarowski | Fordham | 3B/P | Sr. | Marlton, N.J. | Mathematics |
Student-Athlete of the Year - Brianna Bricker, St. Bonaventure