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CSC Academic All-District

Softball Places Four on the CSC Academic All-District Team

6/17/2024 2:23:00 PM

ITHACA, N.Y. – The 2023-24 Academic All-District® Softball teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the diamond and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes softball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA. The CSC Academic All-District® teams include the student-athletes listed on the following pages.
 
Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced June 18, 2024.
 
The Ithaca College softball team saw Haley Petrucci, Belle de Oliveira, Hudson Hassler and Anna Cornell earn a place on the All-District Team, while Petrucci was selected as a finalist to be considered for All-America honors. It's also the second time that de Oliveira, Hassler and Cornell earned CSC All-District honors as they also did so during the 2023 season.
 
Anna Cornell earned Second Team All-Region status from the NFCA (National Fastpitch Coaches Association) after securing Liberty League All-Conference First Team as the ace of the Bombers pitching staff. Cornell posted a 13-8 where she tossed a career-high 131.1 innings, which included 15 complete games where she had a career-best 1.76 ERA with a career-high 206 strikeouts which also led the Liberty League.
 
Petrucci who earned a spot on the NFCA First Tram All-Region as well as First Team All-Conference was the Bombers most potent hitter as she slugged a Liberty League best 12 home runs, which also finished tied for 17th within NCAA Division III. On the season, Petrucci slashed .377 in her 36 starts, she also tallied career-highs in RBI (33), walks (15), doubles (11) and runs (25). 
 
Starting in all 40 games, Hudson Hassler hit .254 this season as the Bombers right fielder. She totaled 19 RBI on the season while also scoring 28 runs. She slugged just her second career homer in Ithaca's 3-2 victory over St. Lawrence on April 19. For her career, Hassler appeared in 130 games where she was a .301 hitter.
 
For the second-straight season, Belle de Oliveira earned CSC All-District. A clinical health studies major, de Oliveira appeared in 32 games this season where she hit a career-best .275 while driving in 13 RBI. During her collegiate career, she appeared in 117 games for IC including 95 starts where she had a fielding percentage of .940 in center field.
 
Ithaca finished the season with a 26-14 record, including a 9-5 Liberty League mark to once again qualify for the conference tournament.