Johnson Named NCCSIA All-State
June 04, 2009 | Softball
June 4, 2009
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Senior first baseman Jessica Johnson has been named to the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) University Division All-State Softball Team, according to an announcement by the organization Thursday. The selection is the second of Johnson’s career, as she was also named to the squad in 2007.
NCCSIA selects all-state teams in the university (NCAA Division I) and college (Division II, III, NAIA) divisions for women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, softball and baseball. More than 500 student-athletes have been recognized on all-state teams since 2003.
The latest award adds to Johnson’s post-season honors haul as she is a First-Team All-Conference USA, First-Team All-Region, Conference USA All-Academic and ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Second-Team choice. The Laguna Niguel, Calif., native was also named East Carolina’s Most Outstanding Female Scholar-Athlete for the 2008-09 school year.
Johnson led the Pirates with a .346 batting average, 54 hits, 11 doubles, eight home runs, 37 runs batted in and a .583 slugging percentage. She was also among the C-USA leaders in walks (29/5th), RBI (t-5th), slugging percentage (6th), on base percentage (.461/t-6th), total bases (91/7th), home runs (t-7th) and doubles (9th).
The March 30 C-USA Hitter-of-the-Week sits second in ECU history in home runs (33), third in walks (104), fifth in RBI (151) and eighth in hits (191). In the all-time Conference USA ranks, Johnson is tied for seventh in career home runs and eighth in RBI.
2009 NCCSIA University Division All-State Softball Team
Pos.
Name
School
Class
P
Emily Jeffery
Charlotte
Junior
P
Brittany Stanley
Campbell
Junior
C
Tenaya Tucker
Charlotte
Sophomore
INF
Katie Boyd
Appalachian State
Sophomore
INF
Christa Fullwood
Gardner-Webb
Junior
INF
Jessica Johnson
East Carolina
Senior
INF
Karlie Love
Campbell
Senior
OF
Kelsey Eddinger
UNC Wilmington
Freshman
OF
Ryanne Hill
North Carolina A&T
Sophomore
OF
Serena Smith
Charlotte
Junior
DP
Mollie Fowler
Western Carolina
Senior
