Waters Named to Verizon District III All-Academic Team

BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Senior outfielder Jessica Waters, who was named a second-team all-conference honoree yesterday, was named to the Verizon ™ District III All-Academic Softball Team, Thursday.
Waters, a native of Lake Alfred, Fla. (Auburndale High School) was the Camels' staring centerfielder and led off the CU batting order for a majority of the season. She started 60 of Campbell's 61 games and led the team with 12 of 14 stolen bases. She was third in the line-up with a .320 batting average and was perfect in the field this season, committing no errors in 54 chances.
The athletic training major struck out just seven times in 194 at-bats and finished the season with 62 hits, including five doubles, one triple and one home run.
Waters transferred to Campbell from Manatee Community College in Florida in 2001. She was second on the CU roster last season with 33 RBI.
Waters was also the recipient of the 2002 Coaches' Award at the athletics year-end ceremony.
She posted a 3.21 GPA in the athletic training program to become eligible for the award. The athletic training program at Campbell is one of just 130 programs in the country to be accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), a committee of the American Medical Association (AMA). The Campbell program received accreditation after an extensive two-year evaluation process in October of 2000.
The nominees are voted on by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (Co-SIDA) from within their same geographical region. The first-team regional award winners will be listed on a national ballot for Verizon Academic All-American honors.
She becomes the fourth Campbell student-athlete to earn Verizon All-Academic honors this season. Campbell volleyball player Crystal Brim also earned first team honors, while soccer players Sara Davis and Jennifer Feltis were each named to the second team in the fall.
Waters was one of four A-Sun student-athletes to earn academic honors. She was joined by Florida Atlantic's Ginny Matthews and Stetson's duo of Katie Harrigan and Alison Parker. They were joined by three members from the ACC (Virginia, North Carolina, Florida State), one from the SEC (Florida) and three from the Big East (Virginia Tech).