SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. – Junior third baseman Nicole Purtell (Centreville, Va./Centreville) of the Shepherd University softball team has been selected to the 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District® Softball Team. The teams were selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. 

Purtell boasts a 3.9 grade point average as a double major in business administration and sociology. A second team NFCA Division II All-American in 2021, Purtell led the Rams in batting average (.433), hits (55), runs (50), walks (25), stolen bases (24), doubles (13), and triples (4). Her .529 on base percentage paced the team, while her .669 slugging percentage and 1.198 OPS ranked her second on the team. She was PSAC East Athlete of the Week for April 19.  

First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in late July.  

The CoSIDA Academic All-District® teams include the student-athletes listed on the following pages and are divided into geographic districts across the United States and Canada.  

The Division II and III CoSIDA Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2020-21 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs.  

NCAA DIVISION II – DISTRICT 2 (Central Intercollegiate, Mountain East, Pennsylvania State)  

FIRST TEAM Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major  

P Makenzie Amend West Liberty University 3.61/4.00 Gr. Criminology (G) 

P Marah Range East Stroudsburg University 3.88 Sr. Sociology  

C Kat Donzella West Liberty University 3.72/4.00 Gr. Criminology (G) 

IF Kaitlyn Beers Indiana University of Pennsylvania 3.80/3.66 Gr Criminology (G)  

IF Bri Garber West Chester University 3.88 Sr. Accounting / Finance  

IF Hannah Marsteller Shippensburg University 3.67 Jr. Biology 

IF Nicole Purtell Shepherd University 3.90 Jr. Business Administration / Sociology  

OF Sarah Koscho Mercyhurst University 3.70 Sr. Accounting / Human Resource Management  

OF Jenna Osikowicz Seton Hill University 3.54 Sr. Business Admin. / Marketing & Human Resources  

OF Laura Thompson Concord University 3.86 Jr. Biology  

DP Kaity Stocker Gannon University 3.84 Sr. Criminal Justice