University of Albany's Amber Maisonet Named University Division National Softball All-American

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Albany, N.Y. – University at Albany’s Amber Maisonet has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America University Division Softball Team, as announced on Wednesday by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America. Maisonet, a senior left fielder, is just the fifth UAlbany student-athlete to earn national first-team honors, and is the first female athlete chosen to a national first team at the Division I level.

Maisonet, a native of Newburgh, N.Y., earned All-America East Conference first-team recognition for the fourth straight season after finishing second in the league with a .379 batting average and first in stolen bases (27). Maisonet, who is nominee for the America East Woman of the Year award, also received an ECAC Merit Medal as the school’s top senior female student-athlete during the current academic year. She was named to the NFCA All-Region second team and finished as the UAlbany career leader with 233 hits and 151 runs. Maisonet is also ranked second in career stolen bases with 96 and is fourth with a .360 batting average.

Maisonet posted a 3.85 grade point average while majoring in psychology. To be eligible, a student-athlete must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.20 while performing as a varsity starter or key reserve. Since the program’s inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed more that 14,000 Academic All-America honors.

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2008 Academic All-America Softball University Division First Team

Angela Tincher, Sr., P, Virginia Tech

Stacey Nelson, Jr., P, Florida

Chelsea Bramlett, So., C, Mississippi State

Jessica Chrabaszcz, Sr., IF, Delaware State

Jessica Toocheck, Sr., IF, Kent State

Colleen McGlaughlin, Jr., IF, Iowa

Sara Dyer, Sr., IF, Tulsa

Lisa Kinsmore, Jr., OF, Winthrop

Lillian Hammond, Jr., OF, Tennessee

Amber Maisonet, Sr., OF, UAlbany

Mary Beth Puccio, Jr., DP, Fordham



UAlbany’s Division I First Team Academic All-Americans

J.T. Herfurth (2000, Football)

Victor Camacho (2003, Football)

Emil Bove (2003, Men’s At-Large/Lacrosse)

Stephan Hall (2005 & 2006, Men’s Soccer)

Amber Maisonet (2008, Softball)