Four Tabbed CSC Academic All-District® for Softball

CSC Softball Academic All-District® Release

The College of Wooster's Lynnsey Delio, Rachael Dudziak, Julia Jennings, and Ella Wolff were named College Sports Communicators' Academic All-District® for softball on Tuesday.

Delio, a sophomore, was named to the team as a pitcher. In the circle, the right-hander sported a 4-7 record with two saves over 72 2/3 innings. Delio made 24 appearances, 10 of which were starts, and struck out 29 on the year. Offensively, Delio was a .297 hitter (11-for-37), scored seven times, and knocked in three. Her best start came against John Carroll University on April 10. In that outing, Delio fired a complete-game nine-hitter in Wooster's 3-2 win over the future North Coast Athletic Conference rival. She fired four shutout innings against Kenyon College six days later, which included a three-inning save in the nightcap. Offensively, Delio logged a trio of two-hit games, including in an 11-10 win over Spalding University.

Dudziak, a senior, appeared in 18 games this spring, 11 of which were starts. The two-time CSC Academic All-District® honoree went 3-5 with a 5.32 ERA over 47 1/3 innings. The right-hander's career capper was a complete-game win over Hiram College. In that outing, Dudziak held the Terriers to four runs on 10 hits in seven innings. Earlier in the year, Dudziak earned the win in Wooster's 4-0 victory over Oberlin College with four innings of four-hit shutout softball. She was the winning pitcher against Kenyon two days later in Wooster's 6-1 triumph, with the lone run charged against the senior in her four innings going in the books as unearned.

The neuroscience alumna investigated how varying androgenicity of birth control affects cognition in rats for her Independent Study. Leading up to her senior year, Dudziak was a summer scholar at Boystown Institute for Human Neuroscience in Nebraska. There, Dudziak worked in a cohort within the data-analysis division of the dynamic imaging of cognition and neuromodulation lab. She processed MEG and MRI raw data and executed an array of statistical analysis on the data. Additionally, she explored the neural oscillatory dynamics involved in cognitive flexibility and how it is affected by sex and obesity measured by using a dimensional change cart sort task. Elsewhere, Dudziak was a volunteer observer at the Neurological Institute of the Cleveland Clinic, at Boystown Institute for Human Neuroscience, and at University Hospitals' Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland. On campus, Dudziak was a front desk attendant in the Scot Center, worked in game operations, was a teaching assistant for a behavioral neuroscience course, and was the vice president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. She recently accepted a position as a psychometrist at UH's Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland and plans to work in the field for a few years before pursuing a Ph.D. in clinical psychology.

Jennings repeated as a first-team All-NCAC performer, which followed up a successful debut season that saw the then-first-year earn an inaugural National Fastpitch Coaches Association/Rawlings Gold Glove Award for Div. III third base, first-team NFCA All-Region, NCAC Newcomer of the Year, and first-team All-NCAC honors. This spring, Jennings posted a .393 average (48-for-122) with a career-high 27 RBI and 20 runs. She struck out just seven times in 140 plate appearances and heads into her junior year with a career .423 (107-for-253) average. Jennings logged 17 multi-hit games this spring and had a pair of three-RBI performances.

The education and psychology major works in the athletics equipment room on campus and assists with game operations for varsity home contests when softball is out of season. She volunteers for the campus Rake a Difference event and is part of the team that volunteers with the local Night to Shine prom events in Wooster.

Wolff, a sophomore, debuted on the All-NCAC team this spring after batting .351 in conference play with a home run and five RBI. She went 6-for-7 in the doubleheader with eventual NCAC-champion DePauw University, where she hit her first career home run. On the year, Wolff tallied 23 hits, 12 runs, 12 RBI, and 11 walks.

The communication studies and communication sciences and disorders major is involved with the Alpha Gamma Phi sorority on campus. There, she serves as the co-vice president and is the assistant recruitment chair. Wolff works in the athletics equipment room and is a member of the Communication Sciences and Disorders Club, which is a student organization.

Each school with a CSC membership may submit up to five Academic All-District® honorees for softball. Each nominee must have at least a 3.50 GPA, be at least a sophomore in academic standing, and meet one of the four playing criteria. The playing criteria are play in at least 90 percent of games, start at least 66 percent of games, make at least 18 pitching appearances, or pitch at least 25 innings. The CSC Academic All-America® Team for softball is scheduled to be announced on June 18.