More honors for Karpun

Mastodon tracks

Jessica Hall gave up only three hits to IPFW and the UCLA softball team defeated the Mastodons 8-0 on Saturday to end IPFW's season at the NCAA Regional in Louisville, Ky.Saturday

Mastodons to regionals

IPFW senior Theresa McHugh and freshman Rachel Dincoff have earned spots at the NCAA East Region Preliminary Championships, which begins May 23 in Greensboro, N.C.Thursday

Softball players honored

IPFW junior Ashleigh Bousquet and sophomore Larissa Franklin were named to the Summit League Softball Academic All-League team, as voted on by the schools’ faculty athletics representatives and sports information directors.Wednesday

After recenty being named the Summit League Player of the Week for the third time this season, IPFW junior catcher Kristina (call me Kris) Karpun has gotten another honor.

This time she was named to ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-District team, which was announced Wednesday.

Karpun, who is majoring in general studies but speaks fluent French, has a 3.48 grade point average.

To be eligible for the academic award, a student-athlete must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.3 (on a 4.0 scale) in both under grad and graduate work.

Karpun also leads the team with a .385 batting average, 29 runs, 38 RBI, 12 doubles and a conference-leading 12 home runs.

The Mastodons (26-17) will close out their regular season Sunday when they play Oakland in a doubleheader at IPFW, beginning at 3 p.m.