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CALDWELL SOFTBALL AMONG NATION'S BEST ACADEMICALLY

October 25, 2005

Courtesy of Matt McLagan, Caldwell SID

CALDWELL, N.J. - The Caldwell College softball team finished the 2004-05 academic year with a team grade-point average of 3.247 to rank 29th among all NCAA Division II softball programs. The Cougars also had the second-highest team GPA in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference and ranked third among Northeast Region institutions.

This is the second year in a row that the Cougars have achieved a team GPA that ranked among the nation's top 40 programs. The Cougars, who were 37th after the 2003-04 academic year, also received an award for having the highest team GPA at the 2004 College Softball World Series.

The Cougars, coached by Dean Johnson, captured the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference regular-season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Northeast Region Tournament for the second year in a row in 2005. Over the past two seasons, Johnson's squad has gone 85-18.