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Somerset, NJ – Junior Kelsey Parker (Lynnwood, WA / Lynnwood) has been named the Northeast Conference (NEC) Softball Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Parker, classmate Matthew Kane (Hatboro, PA / Hatboro-Horsham) from the Seahawk men's track & field team, two student-athletes from Fairleigh Dickinson along with one apiece from Bryant, LIU Brooklyn, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, Saint Joseph's and Saint Francis U comprise the 2014 Spring Scholar-Athlete award winners for the circuit.

All scholar-athlete award winners earned a minimum of 60 semester hours at their institution, maintained a minimum cumulative grade-point-average of 3.20 and participated with distinction as a member of a varsity team.

A second team All-NEC performer and the NEC's Most Improved Player, Parker made a run at the Triple Crown in 2014. She led the circuit with a .444 average and 41 RBIs, and finished third with nine homers. Parker also ranked second in the conference with 60 hits and fourth with 31 runs while earning NEC Player of the Week citations a league-best three times for the Seahawks.

The rising senior has posted a 3.92 grade point average during her time on Grymes Hill and is majoring in Business Administration.

About The Northeast Conference
Now in its 33rd year, the Northeast Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association consisting of 10 institutions of higher learning located throughout six states. Media coverage of the NEC extends to four of the largest markets in the United States - New York (#1), Pittsburgh (#23), Baltimore (#27), and Hartford/New Haven (#30). Founded in 1981 as the basketball-only ECAC Metro Conference, the NEC has grown to sponsor 22 championship sports for men and women and now enjoys automatic access to 14 different NCAA Championships. NEC member institutions include Bryant, Central Connecticut, Fairleigh Dickinson, LIU Brooklyn, Mount St. Mary's, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, St. Francis Brooklyn, Saint Francis U and Wagner. For more information on the NEC, visit the league's official website (www.northeastconference.org) and digital network (www.necfrontrow.com), or follow the league on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Google+, all @NECsports.

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