(Ann Arbor, MI) - The College Sports Communicators (CSC) released their 2024 Academic All-America winners on Tuesday afternoon. Concordia Cardinals' softball student-athlete Shannon McAlinden was named to the Softball All-America list.
FIRST TEAM
SHANNON MCALINDEN | SR | RIVERVIEW, MICHIGAN
This is McAlinden's fourth First Team honor this season after being honored on the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), and the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) First Teams this season as well. She was also named to the WHAC Player of the Year this year as well.
McAlinden was top-10 in multiple categories including leading the nation in doubles with 26 and was fourth in extra-base hits (36), sixth in hits (86), seventh in total bases (138), and eighth in runs (62). The Cardinal outfielder also ranked in the top 40 nationally in stolen bases (36), batting average (0.446), slugging percentage (0.715), and RBIs (50).
Shannon McAlinden is a two-time honoree on the All-America list after being named to the team last season as well. Payton Lewis (First Team - 2023) is the only other Cardinal in program history to be named to the list.
The 2024 Academic All-America Softball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes softball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA.
College Sports Communicators is a 3,200+ member national association for strategic, creative, and digital communicators across intercollegiate athletics in the United States and Canada. The organization was previously known as College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and was changed to its new name in August of 2022.
Members of the All-America team must have participated in at least 90% of the team's matches or start at least 66% throughout the season while maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.50.
