San Jose, Calif.—San José State senior softball player Cassidy Clark continued to add to her honors list on Thursday as she was named to the Academic All-District 8 team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
This is the second major award for Clark this school year after she was named one of 30 student-athletes selected for the 2020 Senior CLASS Award® for softball, an award that honors players for excellence in community, classroom, character and competition.
A health science major, Clark is a three-time Academic All-Mountain West honoree, 2019 Mountain West Scholar Athlete and a two-time San José State Dean's Scholar.
In 2020, Clark started all 26 games at second base and hit .369 in the third spot of the batting lineup. She recorded a team-best 31 hits, 25 runs scored and nine doubles. She had a 10-game hitting streak during the season and ended the year with a four-game streak. For her career, Clark is a three-time All-MW selection and was the 2019 Co-Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year.
She is the 10th Spartan softball player to receive this honor in the program's history.
Roz Rios 2B 1990, '91
Victoria Ruelas 3B 1997
Tara Hall 2B 2003
Courtney Lewis First Team - UT 2006
Carlie Hill Second Team - INF 2006
Kelly Harrison Second Team - P 2007
Erin Rodriguez DP 2014
Michelle Cox OF 2014, '15
Katelyn Linford First Team - P 2017
Cassidy Clark IF 2020
The CoSIDA Academic All-District® teams are divided into geographic districts across the United States and Canada. Clark will advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® ballot. Academic All-America® honorees will be announced from June 8-11.
NCAA DIVISION I – DISTRICT 8 (AK, AZ, CA, HI, OR, UT, WA, Canada)
Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major
P Hailey Dolcini Fresno State 3.94 Jr. Public Health
P Maddy Dwyer Stanford University 3.67 Jr. American Studies
C Basia Query Utah Valley University 3.77 Sr. Marketing
IF Cassidy Clark San Jose State University 3.65 Sr. Health Science
IF Jessie Harper University of Arizona 3.68 Sr. Sociology
IF Kristina Inouye Stanford University 3.48 Sr. Computer Science
IF Briana Perez UCLA 3.44 Jr. Psychology
OF Alyssa Barrera University of Utah 3.31 Sr. Communications
OF Landi Hawker Weber State University 3.93 Sr. Health Promotion
OF Hannah Howell Stanford University 3.52 Sr. Art History
OF Taylei Williams Brigham Young University 3.93 Jr. Exercise & Wellness
DP Carley Nance Seattle University 3.40 Jr. Criminal Justice
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