ORONO, Maine - With a 3.530 grade-point average, the University of Maine softball team was slotted No. 22 in the GPA rankings, which was announced by the NFCA on Thursday. The Black Bears also had 12 student-athletes named to the Easton/NFCA Division I Scholar-Athletes team.
 
With the 3.530 GPA, Maine finished with the highest GPA in the America East. NCAA Division I schools led the country with 1,240 scholar-athletes. The division also had the most student-athletes with a 3.5 grade-point average or higher among NCAA Division I,II and NAIA member institutions.
 
Rachel Carlson, Sarah Coyne, Alyssa Derrick, Julianna Ferguson, Molly Flowers, Laurine German, Emily Gilmore, Faythe Goins, Maddie Kimble, Erika Leonard, M.K. Livingston, and Hailey Perry were all named to the scholar-athletes squad.
 
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The Black Bears begin the 2019 season at Lamar University on Friday, February 22nd.