Allison Apke Earns First Team Distinction

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Published on May 15 2020 6:02 am
Last Updated on May 15 2020 6:06 am

PEORIA, Ill. -- For the first time in three years Bradley softball has a CoSIDA Academic All-District V honoree with senior Allison Apke (Teutopolis, Ill./ Teutopolis) earning first-team distinction according to an announcement by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Thursday.

Apke is the first Academic All-District selection from Bradley Softball since former teammate Maria Schroeder in 2017 and one of five individuals from the Missouri Valley Conference honored in 2020.  Apke's selection coupled with Thursday's announcement that Bradley baseball seniors Brendan Dougherty and Luke Shadid each earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors give Bradley athletics five honorees in 2019-20 (most since 2015-16 when Bradley boasted six).

A mechanical engineering major with a biomedical concentration, Apke owns a 3.33 cumulative grade point average.

This spring she was hitting .317 with a team-best five homers, which was tied for fifth in the MVC, and was third on the squad in both runs (13) and RBI (16).  Over the final seven games of the abbreviated 2020 campaign, Apke was 11-for-22 with two doubles, a triple, four homers, 10 RBI and 10 runs scored. Apke's school career record 32 homers are tied for the 17th-best career total in MVC history.

The only player in program history with 10 or more homers in two different seasons, Apke was a Third-Team NFCA All-Mideast Region pick in 2019 and a two-time All-MVC performer.  She holds Bradley's career slugging percentage record (.631) and ranks among the top in school history in career RBI (6th - 109), walks (T5th - 63) and on base percentage (4th - .435).  Apke joined Schroeder and Julie Jehle (1993-96) as the only three-time First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete picks in Bradley Softball history this spring.

To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a scale of 4.0, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his institution and be nominated by his sports information director.