W&J’S GEORGIA SCHUMACHER NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT (5/6)

WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson College senior pitcher Georgia Schumacher (Pennsboro, W.Va./Ritchie County) was named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Softball Team on Thursday.  Schumacher was a third-team selection.

The District II region includes all NCAA Division II, Division III and NAIA colleges and universities in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Schumacher boasts a perfect 4.0 grade-point average as an English major.  She also minors in information technology leadership.

In 2010, Schumacher won four games for Washington & Jefferson.  She pitched 12 complete games and struck out 85 batters in 128 innings.  Schumacher recorded a 5.02 earned run average. 

Schumacher made 80 career appearances on the mound for the Presidents, including 62 starts.  She owned a 26-33 overall record in 400 2/3 innings pitched.  Schumacher twirled two shutouts and went the distance 41 times.  She compiled a 3.74 ERA and 259 strikeouts. 

She saw action in 69 games as a batter during her career and racked up 38 hits and scored 11 runs.  She hit two home runs, both in 2010, and picked up 16 career runs batted in.

Washington & Jefferson finished its 2010 season with a 12-26 overall record.  W&J won 76 games over Schumacher’s four-year career. 

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