AIKEN, S.C. – University of South Carolina Aiken softball student-athletes Brandy Bossle and Victoria Burkett have been chosen to the Capital One Academic NCAA Division II Softball District Three First-Team.
The Capital One Academic All-America program is selected by CoSIDA.
As First-Team members, Bossle and Burkett are now eligible for Academic All-America consideration. The Capital One Academic NCAA Division II Softball All-America team is scheduled to be unveiled on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.
Both Bossle and Burkett garner the honor for the first time in their careers.
Bossle (North East, Md./Rising Sun HS) concluded her senior season by playing in 40 games for the Pacers. She posted a team-best .386 on-base percentage, while hitting .259 (15-for-58) on the season.
Bossle ended her senior season with four multiple hit games. She scored 11 runs and drove in six in the 2013 season.
In the classroom, Bossle boasts a 3.843 grade point average as a Biology major. She will graduate from USC Aiken next week.
Burkett (Gilbert, S.C./Gilbert HS) closed out her sophomore season in 2013 by starting in all 47 games for USC Aiken. She hit .262 (39-for-149) on the season with nine multiple-hit games. Burkett scored 18 times, while driving in 13.
Burkett led USC Aiken with three triples on the year. She also had two doubles and one home run. Burkett was 11-for-12 in stolen base attempts on the 2013 season.
An Exercise and Sports Science major, Burkett presently owns a 3.857 grade point average.
The duo was part of a USC Aiken softball program that went 25-21-1 in 2013. USC Aiken's 25 wins this past season mean they have won 20 or more games 19 times in the past 20 seasons.
USC Aiken was 11-11 in conference play and advanced to the Peach Belt Conference Softball Tournament semifinals by upsetting 13th-ranked North Georgia 5-2 in the quarterfinals.
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