Eleven members of the 2011 Youngstown State softball team were named All-American Scholar-Athletes by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

The Youngstown State honorees include: Jordan Ingalls, Haley Thomas, Vicki Rumph, Sarah Gabel, Kristen Philen, Kim Klonowski, Sarah Ingalls, Kristina Rendle, Amanda Palmore, Samantha Snodgrass, and Courtney Ewing.

The award is given to any player submitted by a member coach who achieved a 3.50 grade point average or higher during the 2010-11 academic year.

Last week, YSU was recognized as a 2011 NFCA Top Ten All-Academic team ranking sixth with a 3.523 team grade-point average.

In other offseason news, Youngstown State Head Softball Coach Brian Campbell was enshrined into the Tiffin University Athletics Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2011.

Campbell, who was the head coach at Tiffin from 2001 is the most honored softball coach in Tiffin University history.

At Tiffin, Campbell won six coach-of-the-year honors over his eight-year career, leading the Dragons to two NAIA National Tournament appearances, two Region IX Championships, five American Mideast Conference Championships, and a peak NAIA ranking of 13^th in the nation.

He was twice named Independent Division II Coach of the Year while also landing the 2006 Region IX Coach-of-the-Year honors.

Campbell’s teams won 285 games, including an impressive 104-16 mark in conference play. He earned his Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in Criminal Justice from Tiffin University.

*Photo Courtesy of Ron Stevens