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May 28, 2008

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. - Following her final season with the St. Bonaventure softball team, Brianna Bricker has collected numerous postseason accolades in 2008 and added a fifth to her assortment by being named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America ® second team, in voting conducted by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced Wednesday afternoon.

Bricker becomes the fifth player in program history to earn Academic All-America honors and the first since Joelle Brunetto and Lauren Krieger were both selected to the third squad in 2006. She is also just the third player in school record books to be named to the second team as Kim Dodson and Laurie Stone both garnered second team attention. All five Bona softball Academic All-Americans have been picked during the Mike Threehouse coaching era.

During her career in the Brown and White, Bricker developed into one of the best players in program history both in and out of the classroom. The management sciences major graduated from St. Bonaventure earlier this May with a 3.92 cumulative grade point average over four years.

The Albion, Pa. product's award-winning senior campaign began with a trio of accolades bestowed upon her following the conclusion of Atlantic 10 regular season play. Bricker became the second Bonnie ever to be named the A-10's Student-Athlete of the Year, while she also earned a spot on the All-Conference second team and Academic All-Conference unit for the second straight season.

She was eligible for All-America honors after being chosen to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District I first team earlier this year. Bricker is a two-time All-District team member thanks to back-to-back selections in 2007 and 2008.

In her final foray with the Bonnies, Bricker enjoyed one of her best seasons on the diamond as the club's most consistent threat at the plate. She led the Brown and White in nearly every offensive category this season by matching a career-best .324 clip at the plate, while pacing the team in runs (30), hits (47), home runs (6) stolen bases (5), slugging percentage (.510) and on-base percentage (.361). She also finished third on the club with 18 runs batted in.

During her four years with the Bonnies, Bricker etched her name throughout the Bona batting record books. Thanks to mashing six homers this past year, Bricker vaulted into the number one spot on the all-time home run chart with 23 career yard balls. She also holds top 10 program marks in hits (133/4th), doubles (19/10th), RBI (60/t-6th), runs scored (80/4th) and games played (144/10th).

Along with fellow 2008 graduates Patricia McKeon and Kirstin Strong, Bricker was a vital part of the program's winningest class in school history with 75 career victories. Bricker helped guide the Bonnies to a pair of 20 win campaigns and all three of the school's Atlantic 10 Championship appearances during her career.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at her current institution and be nominated by her sports information director. Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.