One of the Region's Academic Finest Softball Players
CV's Shenk Makes GTE College Division Academic All-District II Softball Team
SELINSGROVE, (Pa.) - Susquehanna University senior outfielder and co-captain Tennille Shenk of Mechanicsburg (Cumberland Valley H.S.) is one of 13 players chosen for the 1999 GTE District II College Division Academic All-District Softball Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
To be nominated for the GTE Academic All-America Team, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.2 cumulative grade-point average, and either a starter or significant reserve on their respective teams. College Division District II includes all NCAA Division II and III, and NAIA Division II schools from Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Shenk is on the team as one of the top four vote-getters among the 11 outfielder nominations submitted by sports information directors from the region. She is one of only three players chosen to the District II team from the Middle Atlantic Conference.
All 13 members of the District II team will be among the players from eight CoSIDA districts placed on the 1999 national ballot. The GTE College Division Academic All-America Softball Team is scheduled to be announced on Thursday, June 3.
Shenk was a first-team MAC Commonwealth League All-Star this season as she was one of five players to play all 35 games, starting either in the outfield or at catcher. She broke the softball program's records for career hits (150), at-bats (424) and putouts (396) this season while leading the team offensively for a second-straight year. She batted .330 (36 for 109) with six doubles, a triple and 17 runs batted in, also topping the squad in sacrifice bunts (8) and ranking second in runs (24). Her 36 hits were the sixth most in a season at Susquehanna, while her six doubles tied for seventh most. In addition to her records, Shenk ranked second all-time at the school in career RBI with 75 (Record: 83, Meg Sorber, 1986-89), and was third in runs (91), chances accepted (434) and fielding percentage (.968). Her .354 career batting average was ninth-best all-time, and she was sixth in career steals (24) and tied for eighth in doubles (13).
Shenk began her Crusader career as a starting outfielder, moving to catcher and becoming a second-team All-Star there last year. She continued to see some time behind the plate this season, although the bulk of her starts were made in center field. She played in 137 career games.
"Tennille deserves all the honors she gets. She is certainly one of the most well-rounded players in our region - both with her ability to play a number of positions and also because she excelled on and off the field," said fifth-year Susquehanna head coach Vince Anselmo. "She was very talented both offensively and defensively, and always displayed a lot of intelligence on the field."
Shenk will graduate with a bachelor's degree in finance this Sunday and is the daughter of David and Carol Shenk.
She helped the Crusader softball team record its third-straight 20-win season and made the MAC Championship Tournament for the second-straight year. The Crusaders finished at 20-15 overall, 10-4 and in second-place in the MAC Commonwealth League. They won one of three games at the MAC Tournament - beating Freedom League champion and eventual NCAA Tournament team Wilkes, 1-0, in their opening game.
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