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French, Monteer Earn MVC Scholar-Athlete Honors

Grace French earns first-team honors, Camryn Monteer honorable mention

Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Softball 5/21/2021 9:02:00 AM

ST. LOUIS - Bradley sophomore P/UT Grace French (Benecia, CA/Benencia HS) was named to the first team and sophomore 3B Camryn Monteer (Booneville, MO/Booneville R-1 HS) received honorable mention on the 2021 Missouri Valley Conference Softball Scholar-Athlete Team, according to a league-wide vote of softball sports information directors announced by the conference office Thursday.

Double majoring in kinesiology and health science with a 3.82 cumulative grade point average, French earned NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete honors as a freshman in 2019. She has twice earned recognition on the MVC Honor Roll and has qualified for the Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll in each of her first five semesters.

An honorable mention MVC Scholar-Athlete in 2020, French led the 2021 Braves in pitching victories (eight), innings (78.1) and strikeouts (47). Among her 2021 season highlights, French tossed a 2-hit, complete game in Bradley's 1-0 win April 27 against rival Illinois State, as well as a shutout victory (2-0) March 13 against Akron at the Buccaneer Classic. She is Bradley's active leader in appearances, wins, innings pitched, strikeouts, complete games and shutouts.

Monteer is majoring in nursing with a 3.64 cumulative GPA. She earned NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete recognition as a freshman in 2019 and has joined French on the MVC Honor Roll each of the last two years, as well as the Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll in each of her first five semesters.

Bradley's leading hitter with a .342 batting average in 42 games this season, Monteer also led the Braves in at bats (120), runs (26 co-leader), hits (41), walks (20) and on-base percentage (.436). Reaching base 45 percent of the time she led off an inning, Monteer moved into the leadoff spot in the batting order midway through the season. She finished the season with a team-best 11 multi-hit games, including a trio of 3-hit performances.

The criteria for the MVC Scholar-Athlete Teams parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for Academic All-America voting. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.00 scale). Also, students must have participated in at least 75 percent of the regular-season games or played in the league championship tournament. Student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at their institution.

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Players Mentioned

#32 Grace French: P/UT; 5' 4"; Sophomore; R/R

#23 Camryn Monteer: IF/UT; 5' 5"; Sophomore; L/R

Players Mentioned

#32 Grace French
: 5' 4"; Sophomore; R/R
: P/UT

#23 Camryn Monteer
: 5' 5"; Sophomore; L/R
: IF/UT

French, Monteer Earn MVC Scholar-Athlete Honors

Grace French earns first-team honors, Camryn Monteer honorable mention

Players Mentioned

#32 Grace French

#23 Camryn Monteer

Players Mentioned

#32 Grace French

#23 Camryn Monteer