The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) announced that 4,687 softball players across seven membership divisions earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors for the 2013-14 academic year.  To receive the honor, a student-athlete must have a 3.5 GPA or higher.

In all, more than 400 different schools scored academic honors with 1,105 honorees coming from NCAA Division I teams.  Five of those were Fordham Rams, as Michele Daubman, Kayla Lombardo, Serena Moroukian, Brianna Turgeon, and Lauren Quense all received NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors.

For Daubman (Public Accounting major), it is her fifth major academic honor, as she has has twice been named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District team and the Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference squad, while being the third major academic honor for Lombardo (Communications & Media Studies major).  She was named to Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District team and the Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference squad in 2014.

This is the first major academic award for Moroukian (Finance major), Turgeon (Public Accounting major), and Quense (Business Administration major).

For the complete listing of NFCA All-America Scholar Athletes by membership division and school, click here.