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June 13, 2019

UK's Reed, Schaper Named First Team CoSIDA Academic All-Americans

By Chris Shoals

Jenny Schaper and Katie Reed

Jenny Schaper and Katie Reed

Kentucky softball seniors Katie Reed and Jenny Schaper recently were both named CoSIDA First Team Academic All-Americans, the organization announced.

Reed was a first team honoree in 2018, becoming the first Kentucky Wildcat to win first team honors in two seasons. They are the third and fourth overall first-team honors in program history.

Katie Reed

GPA: 4.0

Major: human health sciences/dentistry (College of Health Sciences)

  • 2017 NFCA All-American
  • 2018 and 2019 SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year
  • Two-time NFCA All-Southeast Region
  • 2018 CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American
  • 2017 First Team All-SEC, 2018 and 2019 Second Team All-SEC

Jenny Schaper

GPA: 3.97

Majors: communication and psychology (double major, College of Communication and Information and College of Arts and Sciences)

  • 2019 NFCA All-Southeast Region
  • 2019 First Team All-SEC
  • 2019 SEC All-Defensive Team (C)
  • 2019 SEC Player of the Week (4/26/19)

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