Emory University softball seniors Caitlin Fitzgerald and Cassie Walsh have been named to the 2010 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Second Team based on their performances both on the field and in the classroom.

Fitzgerald, who was named to the All-University Athletic Association second team earlier in the week, is hitting at a .396 clip, good for third place on the team and 11th in the UAA.  She is third among Eagles with 14 multi-hit outings and has delivered seven games of two or more RBIs.  She closed out the regular season with a nine-game hitting streak, recording a .535 average (15-of-28) in that stretch.  Fitzgerald has a cumulative grade-point average of 3.75 as a biology major.  It is the second straight year that she has earned a second-team nod on the academic all-district squad.

Walsh, who joined Fitzgerald on the All-UAA second team, has started all 41 games this year and leads the club and stands third in the UAA with a .434 batting average.   Her 63 hits tops the squad and ties for the conference lead.  Walsh has registered a team-high 20 multiple-hit contests year and enjoyed a 23-game hitting streak.  Named the UAA Player of the Week twice this season, she helped the Eagles to the UAA championship after hitting .400 over eight games.  During the course of the campaign, she became Emory’s all-time leader with 228 hits.  Walsh claims a GPA of 3.34 and majors in political science.

Voting for the Academic All-District team is conducted by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Emory nominees represent the "college division" in District 3 which is composed of NCAA Division II and III, and NAIA schools in the states of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.