LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Twelve Wilkes University softball student-athletes were recognized for their exceptional work in the classroom as they were named All-American Scholar-Athletes by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA).

To be nominated as a Scholar-Athlete, a student-athlete must achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better for the 2023-24 academic year.

Kayla Burleson (West Chester, PA/B. Reed Henderson), Mia Butka (Scranton, PA/West Scranton), Hayden Calaman (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown Area), Haylee Calaman (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown Area), Olivia Dougher (Scranton, PA/West Scranton), Taylor Douple (Fredericksburg, PA/Northern Lebanon), Sami Hendershott (Wayne, N.J./Wayne Valley), Julia Kapitula (Budd Lake, NJ/Mount Olive), Megan Marshall (Bel Air, MD/C. Milton Wright), Hope Mullins (Midland, VA/Liberty), Bella Peters (Lancaster, PA/Penn Manor), and Evan Sherrick (Lancaster, PA/Hempfield) all received the honor.

Burleson, Dougher, Douple, Marshall, Sherrick, and both Calamans have all been named Scholar-Athletes multiple times in their careers, while Butka, Hendershott, Kapitula Mullins and Peters are first-time winners of the award.

The Colonels as a team were also recognized for their team cumulative GPA of 3.5 under head coach Jackie Klahold.

To view the list of all Division III scholar-athlete award winners, click here. 

To view the team GPA award winners, click here.