FARGO, N.D. – North Dakota State University designated player Cara Beatty was named to the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) Academic All-District® 6 Division I Softball Team announced on Thursday, May 14, and selected by the members of CoSIDA.
 
Beatty, a junior from Las Vegas, Nev., was named for the first time and advances to the Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first, second and third team All-America winners will be announced on June 11.
 
Beatty started 19 games at designated hitter, batting .393 with two home runs and 12 RBI, before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She added two doubles to finish with a .571 slugging percentage and led NDSU with a .469 on-base percentage. The Bison were 7-16 overall.
 
After transferring from Iowa State, Beatty was selected to the 2019 NFCA All-Midwest third team and 2019 All-Summit League first team. She is a NFCA Scholar Athlete and was named to the Summit League Honor Roll in 2019. Beatty is majoring in biological sciences (pre-med).
 
District 6 is comprised of student-athletes from Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
 
To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by her sports information director.
 
NCAA DIVISION I – DISTRICT 6 (AR, IA, LA, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, SD, WI, WY)
FIRST TEAM
Pos., Name, School, GPA, Yr., Major
P--Amber Fiser, Minnesota, 3.66, Sr., Business & Marketing Education
P--Shelby Wickersham, LSU, 4.00, So., Psychology,
C--Marilynn Rizzato, Louisiana Tech, 3.76, Sr., Biology
IF--Sammey Bunch, Northern Iowa, 3.63, Sr., Movement & Exercise Science
IF--Braxton Burnside, Arkansas, 3.94, Gr., Human Resource & Workforce Development
IF--Mandi Roemmich, Drake, 4.00, Sr., Biology
IF--Sami Williams, Iowa State, 3.96, Sr., Software Engineering
OF--Rachel Anderson, Southeast Missouri State, 3.80, Sr., Family & Consumer Sciences Education
OF--Natalie DenHartog, Minnesota, 3.85, So., Communication Studies
OF--Sydney Parr, Arkansas, 3.78, Sr., Journalism
DP--Cara Beatty, North Dakota State, 3.51, Jr., Biological Science