June 20, 2008

Garden City, N.Y. - Senior outfielder Dely Francisco (Haverstraw, N.Y.) was selected as a member of the 2008 Division II Softball All-Star as announced on Wednesday, June 18 by the Eastern College Athletic Conference.

Francisco completed her Adelphi career as the school's all-time stolen bases leader with 92. She also set new single season records in steals (51), hits (84), at-bats (216) and runs (51).

Earlier this season Francisco was named a Daktronics First-Team All-Northeast Region selection as well as a NFCA Second-Team All-Northeast Region pick. She was also named to the First-Team All-ECC and was an ESPN the Magazine/CoSida First-Team Academic All-District.

The ECAC recognizes the achievements of over 800 student-athletes annually with postseason all-stars in 10 sports. In softball, the ECAC honors an all-star team in Division I and Division II, and four regional all-star teams in Division III.

ECAC All-Stars, First Team
Heather Walker, Georgian Court
Holly Eringis, C.W. Post
Gina Capardi, Caldwell
Tara DeMontier, AIC
Nicole Downs, New Haven
Taras Wallace, Dowling
Melisa Medina, C.W. Post
Dely Francisco, Adelphi
Jessica Gogatz, STAC
Samantha Sasko, Georgian Court
Samantha Yodowitz, C.W. Post

Player of the Year: Sarah Reed, LeMoyne
Pitcher of the Year: Samantha Sasko, Georgian Court
Rookie of the Year: Alexandra Sydor, Molloy