Johns & Crouthamel Named to CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District II Team

by Sports Information
5/12/06

LANCASTER, PA – The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has announced the selection of Franklin & Marshall College outfielder Dana Johns (Sr., York, PA/Eastern York) and designated player Bonnie Crouthamel (So., Chatham, NJ/Chatham) have been named to the 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division All-District II Softball Team.

A first team selection, Crouthamel earned a second team nod as a designated player as she hit .284 (25-for-88) with three doubles, 12 RBI, 17 runs scored, two walks and a .318 slugging percentage.

A pitcher, she recorded a 3-13 mark this year in 24 appearances, including 17 starts, with 121.2 innings pitched, 11 complete games and 98 strikeouts as she broke the single season strikeout mark of 97 set by Valerie Koegler ’89 during the 1989 season.

For her career, she is hitting .273 (47-for-172) with eight doubles, 19 RBI, 32 runs scored, nine walks and 10 stolen bases and has recorded a 6-28 record in 41 appearances, including 31 starts, with 176 innings pitched, a save and 140 strikeouts as she ranks fifth in the College’s history in strikeouts.

A second team selection, Johns accolade marks the fourth time in her career she was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine second team as he previously honored honors in softball in 2005 and women’s basketball in 2005 and 2006.

The award caps off a stellar senior season for Johns who earned a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Postgraduate Scholarship and was named the 2006 Michael Karvasales '35 Woman Senior Athlete of the Year.

A 2006 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Women’s Basketball South Region All-Star honorable mention selection, a D3hoops.com All-Mid-Atlantic Region women’s basketball second team selection and one of 10 finalists for the Jostens Award, Division III basketball's top honor, Johns excelled on the court, in the field and in the classroom.

A three-time All-Centennial Conference women’s basketball honoree following an honorable mention nod in 2004, first team honors in 2005 and second team honors in 2006, Johns was named the 2005 Centennial Conference Player of the Year.

A 2005 and 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division All-District II second team selection, Johns concluded the 2006 season with 380 points, 91 rebounds, 59 assists, one block and 60 steals in 25 starts. A .364 shooter from beyond the arc as she connected on 67-of-184, she set a new school record for three pointers in a season eclipsing the mark of 59-for-147 set by Carol Flinchbaugh in 1991.

A 2004, 2005 and 2006 All-Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll recipient, she ranks among the Centennial Conference leaders in scoring (third, 15.2 ppg), assists (15th, 2.36 apg), free throw percentage (second, .847), steals (sixth, 2.40 spg), three-point field goal percentage (second, .364), three-point field goals (first, 2.68 tpg) and minutes played (second, 35.48 mpg) per game.

A 2006 D3hoops.com Preseason All-America selection, she was named an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Southern Women’s Basketball first team all-star, an All-CC first team selection, a D3hoops.com Women’s Basketball All-Mid-Atlantic Region second team honoree and a fifth team All-America selection by DIII News last season.

She concludes her career with 1,131 points, 307 rebounds, 251 steals, 289 assists and 178 three-pointers as she ranks 11th in scoring, second in three point field goal percentage (37.24%, 178-of-478), third in assists and steals and first in three-pointers in school history.

A 2005 All-Centennial Conference first team selection in softball as she hit .284 (31-for-109) with 17 runs scored, three doubles, five RBI and 26 stolen bases on 32 attempts to rank 10th in the nation in stolen bases as a junior, she continued her pace as a senior hitting .259 (28-for-108) with 20 runs scored, a double, a triple, 11 RBI, 12 walks and 12 stolen bases on 15 attempts in 33 games.

For her career, she finishes with a .274 (106-for-387) batting average with 57 runs scored, eight doubles, two triples, 38 RBI, 27 walks and 59 stolen bases on 76 attempts. Historically, she ranks 10th in runs, ninth in hits, 13th in RBI and second in stolen bases in Franklin & Marshall history.

A Presidential Scholar and a 2003-06 Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll recipient, she will continue her studies at Thomas Jefferson Medical School next year to become a pediatrician.

Franklin & Marshall concluded the season 5-32, 1-15 in the Centennial Conference.

Overall, Crouthamel was the only Centennial Conference player named to the first team, while Johns joined Muhlenberg College pitcher Nicole Washburn and Haverford College designated player Nora Spriggs on the second team.

The District II region includes Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Athletes named to the district first team qualify for the national ballot and stand for Academic All-America honors.

To be nominated for the Academic All-America® program, a student-athlete must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his/her current institution with a 3.2 or higher cumulative grade point average and be a starter or significant reserve.