NEC RELEASE

Somerset, NJ- Andrea Lazzari (Reno, NV/ Wooster) has received another major honor, having been named the 2009 Northeast Conference (NEC) Spring-Athlete award winner for the sport of softball. 

The recently graduated softball all-star completed her senior year with a 3.83 grade point average while double majoring in Sociology and Education. 

This latest distinction adds to Lazzari's ever-growing list of accolades and accomplishments. On June 9, Lazzari was named to the 2009 ECAC Division I All-Star Softball Team. Last month, Lazzari earned Northeast Conference (NEC) Player of the Year honors for the second consecutive season, was named All-NEC (1B) First Team, ESPN the Magazine/ CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team - University Division, Louisville Slugger/ NFCA Division I All-Region First Team, ESPN the Magazine/ CoSIDA Academic All-American District 1 First Team as well as being named Wagner College's Con Edison Student Athlete of the Year.

The offensive powerhouse led the Seahawks with a team-best .412 batting average while setting school records with 16 home runs, 70 hits and 338 putouts. The 16 home runs are also the most ever hit by a student-athlete in the NEC. The slick infielder also notched team-highs in doubles (11), runs (42), total bases (129), slugging percentage (.759), on-base percentage (.448) and fielding percentage (.981). Defensively, the senior recorded a .981 fielding percentage with 17 assists.

For her career, she set school marks in home runs (34), doubles (50), total bases (390), and putouts (1,124) while tying for the top spot in base hits (238). She also was the NEC Rookie of the Year in 2006 and a three-time First Team All-NEC selection. 

2009 Northeast Conference Spring Scholar-Athletes
Sport                        Name                         School                     GPA     Major
Baseball                 Matt Maher                 FDU                         3.95     Communications
M. Golf                     Matthew Belizze        Sacred Heart         3.66     Business
W. Golf                    Eva Mayr                     FDU                         3.97     Management
W. Lacrosse          Mary Kate Egan         Robert Morris         3.95     Nursing
Softball                   Andrea Lazzari           Wagner                    3.83     Sociology & Education
M. Tennis               Benjamin Evenden   Monmouth               3.99     Business Finance 
                                Jindrich Chaloupk     St. Francis (NY)       3.52     Economics
W. Tennis             Nicole Adams             Quinnipiac               3.86     International Business
M. Outdoor Track Andre Marcano            Long Island            3.44     Mathematics
W. Outdoor Track Anna Hoffman             Saint Francis (PA) 3.87     Elementary/Special