COLCHESTER, Vt. - Three Saint Michael's College softball student-athletes qualified for College Sports Communicators (CSC) NCAA Division II Academic All-District honors on Tuesday.
 
Recent graduates CJ Davidson (Canyon Lake, Calif./Vista Murrieta) and Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood) and rising junior Maddy Eaton (Seabrook, N.H./Winnacunnet) were among 40 Northeast 10 Conference student-athletes recognized.
 
Davidson earned her second career CSC Academic All-District honor, adding to a postseason awards list that included being named to the NE10 All-Conference third team. The right fielder/pitcher reached career highs in batting average (.282), runs (23), hits (40), home runs (5), RBI (27), extra-base hits (15), slugging percentage (.479), walks (14), on-base percentage (.340), sacrifice flies (5) and stolen bases (6). The captain also registered six wins while completing 12 of her 22 starts, fanning 39 and logging 105.1 innings. Davidson graduates first in program history in career sac flies (9), second in at bats (485), third in runs (78), tied for third in games (157) and triples (8), tied for fourth in RBI (71), fifth in wins (18) and walks as a batter (44), sixth in pitching complete games (35), tied for sixth in doubles (22), and seventh in hits (124), innings pitched (307.2) and pitching strikeouts (112). She carried a 3.51 cumulative grade-point average into the spring as a digital media & communications major.
 
A third-time CSC Academic All-District honoree, Edgerly reached career highs in batting average (.333), runs (31), hits (52), extra-base hits (7), RBI (11), slugging percentage (.404), on-base percentage (.385), stolen bases (13) and walks, with 13 bases on balls to only 10 strikeouts, as the Purple Knights' starting center fielder and leadoff hitter. Edgerly, who also claimed a spot on the NE10 All-Conference third team and her second straight NE10 All-Defensive Team nod, played stellar defense in center field, taking seventh in the league in fielding percentage (.991) while committing only one error, firing five outfield assists, and tracking down 101 putouts. She set a school record with 156 at bats this year while finishing three hits short of another season mark. Edgerly capped her career third in program history in career stolen bases (29), fourth in runs (77), sixth in hits (127), seventh in games (155) and eighth in at bats (445), with a .977 fielding percentage coming by virtue of committing only seven errors in 155 contests. Edgerly had a 3.95 GPA through her first seven semesters as a double major in secondary education and English.
 
Eaton made her debut on the CSC Academic All-District list after turning in career highs in games (22), starts (9) and innings pitched (80). The education and psychology double major carried a 3.68 GPA into the spring.
 
CSC recognizes major contributors toting at least a 3.50 GPA by their sophomore seasons who meet participation minimums. Each school was able to put a maximum number of student-athletes forward, with All-District qualifiers advancing directly to the Academic All-America ballot, which incorporates national membership voting. Through the Academic All-America program, CSC names Academic All-District and Academic All-America teams at each the NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III levels, while the College Division team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.