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Joe Menzer | SEC Community
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Tennessee pitcher Ashley Rogers has posted an 18-1 report this season, serving to the Woman Vols to SEC regular-season and match championships.
And but, her excellent report within the circle is just not fairly as excellent as her grade-point common within the classroom.
Rogers is the recipient of the Elite 90 award for the 2023 NCAA Division I Softball Championship. Just lately graduating with a Grasp’s in kinesiology, Rogers completed together with her graduate program with a 4.0 GPA. She was introduced with the distinguished award through the Girls’s School World Collection banquet on Tuesday evening in Oklahoma Metropolis.
“It takes a variety of self-discipline and a variety of arduous work. I am certain you perceive,” Rogers stated Wednesday throughout Media Day on the WCWS, previous to Thursday’s WCWS opener between Rogers and the Woman Vols and acquainted SEC foe Alabama.
For these mere educational and athletic mortals who might not perceive, profitable an Elite 90 award is a large accomplishment not simply achieved.
The Elite 90, an award based by the NCAA, acknowledges the true essence of the student-athlete by honoring the person who has reached the top of competitors on the nationwide championship stage in his or her sport, whereas additionally attaining the very best educational normal amongst his or her friends.
The Elite 90 is introduced to the student-athlete with the very best cumulative grade-point common taking part on the finals website for every of the NCAA’s championships. Eligible student-athletes are sophomores or above academically who’ve participated in a sport for at the very least two years with their college. All ties are damaged by the variety of credit accomplished.
The educational honor is simply the newest for Rogers, who is also a two-time CSC Educational All-American and was named the 2023 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the 12 months. She says she wishes to finally turn into a health care provider.
Rogers credited her coach, Karen Weekley, her household and her professors at Tennessee for serving to her obtain her newest honor.
“It is rewarding to see all of it repay ultimately. It was a purpose of mine having a 4.0 coming into school,” Rogers stated. I believe my mother and father and household instilled into me at a younger age to be my finest. They noticed the potential I had on and off the sector. They pushed me and pushed me and by no means let me settle. As soon as I noticed that by myself, took it upon myself to push myself in that means.
“I believe it actually helped me elevate my sport on the sector and simply attaining the very best I might probably obtain within the classroom as nicely. Then simply having the assist right here at Tennessee, it’s unmatched, the sources we’ve got. I am so grateful for Karen and all the pieces she’s performed for me. She knew I needed to be a health care provider coming in.
“She was like, ‘Yeah, take no matter lessons you wish to, do no matter you want to get the expertise you want to to try this.’ It simply set myself as much as take the following step in my educational profession. Simply all of the sources we’ve got (at Tennessee) … educational advisers, all of the professors have been simply completely phenomenal. I would not be right here with out them and simply all of the arduous work, simply the assist they’ve had for me over time.”
