Vol. 17, No. 35June 25, 1998

Two scholar-athletes recognized

 

Liza Shoemaker    Krysta Pidstawski

Two UD scholar-athletes received national recognition recently. Junior pitcher Krysta Pidstawski was named to the GTE/College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) National Academic All-American third team for softball, and, for the second straight year, UD women's lacrosse standout Liza Shoemaker has been selected to the U.S. Women's Lacrosse Association National Team.

A junior right-hander from Allentown, Pa., Pidstawski is the 21st UD student-athlete to earn national CoSIDA Academic All-American honors. She also is the first softball player in UD history and the first UD female student athlete since swimmer Karen Dunlap in 1987 to be named a national Academic All-American.

Pidstawski led the Blue Hens to a school record 27-20 season and a berth in the America East championship game before falling to Hofstra.

A two-time CoSIDA first team District II Academic All-American selection, she holds a 3.75 grade point index as a finance and economics major.

Shoemaker, a Baltimore native, is one of 12 returning members of the 1997 World Cup championship team that defeated Australia in Japan last summer to claim its third straight world title.

A first team USWLA All-American and second team Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association All-American this spring, Shoemaker led the 12th-ranked Blue Hens to their second straight America East title in 1998.

Shoemaker has earned All-American honors five times in her career, was a two-time America East Tournament Most Valuable Player and was named UD's 1998 Outstanding Senior Female Athlete.