Published: May 16, 2006
Queens, NY
Storm
Track Points Board
The St. John's softball team was named the Storm Tracker
Champion for the 2005-06 academic school year. The team finished
with 3,466 points, narrowly defeating the women's golf team who had
3,380.
"I am really proud of our team," said head coach Debbie
DeJong. "This is just another example of how our girls work
hard to excel both on and off the field."
The Storm Tracker point system was implemented this year to
provide student-athletes with an opportunity to enhance their life
skills through competition amongst each other. The Storm Tracker
points board is based on four key components: Academic Excellence,
Personal Development, Career Development and Community Service.
Each athletic team has a chance to collect points individually and
collectively in each category. The team collecting the most points
at the end of the academic year wins the championship.
The softball team, which was recently named the Community
Service Award winner, racked up 750 points in both team and
individual community service projects. The next closest team to
softball was baseball with 480.
Another strong category for the softball team was in Academic
Achievement. They had more study hall hours than any other team on
the board and had eight members make the honor roll during the
year.