Wingate, N.C.----Wingate University junior outfielder Kasey Pendley (Marion, N.C.) has been named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-District III softball team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). A graduate of McDowell High School, Pendley earns Academic All-District honors for the first time in her career.
 
This year, NCAA Division II has its own Capital One Academic All-America® teams. In softball, District III includes schools from the South Atlantic Conference, the Conference Carolinas and the Peach Belt Conference. Pendley and her 12 District III teammates will advance to the national ballot.
 
“Kasey Pendley is everything right about intercollegiate athletics,” head coach Michelle Caddigan says. “She is a dedicated and determined student-athlete who goes above and beyond both in the classroom and on the playing field. Kasey has exemplified true commitment and is an outstanding team player. She is a wonderful young lady who has been an honor to coach. I am so happy to see her recognized for all of her hard work on and off the field. This is a great honor for her and for Wingate University Softball.”
 
Pendley hit .239 on the season, compiling 17 hits while scoring 11 runs. She scored two runs in Wingate’s win over Erskine. Pendley had three hits in four at bats against 17th-ranked Bloomsburg. She was two-for-three with a run scored against Anderson. Pendley went three-for-five with a double, RBI and three runs scored to help lead the Bulldogs to a doubleheader sweep over Tusculum.
 
A Health and Physical Education major, Pendley has a 3.697 GPA. A National Girls and Women in Sports Day honoree, Pendley is a two-time member of the Wingate President’s List and two-time member of the Dean’s List. She earned SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll honors in her first two years at Wingate, while also earning NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete accolades twice in her career.
 
Pendley is a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and is also a Campus Outreach leader and member of the Student Bulldog Club. Pendley is a member of the Teacher Education Committee (TEC), which is an advisory committee designed to help both upcoming teachers and current teachers. The committee is built to enhance student learning as a part of the re-accreditation process. Students are picked from all the different education majors (to serve on this committee).
 
ABOUT CAPITAL ONE
 
Capital One Financial Corporation (www.capitalone.com) is a financial holding company whose subsidiaries, which include Capital One, N.A. and Capital One Bank (USA), N. A., had $122.2 billion in deposits and $197.5 billion in total assets outstanding as of December 31, 2010. Headquartered in McLean, Va., Capital One offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients. Capital One, N.A. has approximately 1,000 branch locations primarily in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. A Fortune 500 company, Capital One trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “COF” and is included in the S&P 100 index.
 
Capital One, an NCAA Corporate Champion, began its affiliation with college sports with the sponsorship of the 2001 Capital One Florida Citrus Bowl (now the Capital One Bowl) and ESPN’s Capital One Bowl Week. In 2010, Capital One launched the Capital One Cup, a prestigious new program rewarding NCAA Division I athletics programs for their cumulative on-field performance across multiple men’s and women’s sports. In addition, Capital One sponsors the ABC College Football Halftime Report, Capital One All-America Mascot Team, all 88 NCAA Championships including the Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships and numerous other collegiate athletics programs.
 
WINGATE UNIVERSITY
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a comprehensive university with more than 2,500 students on three campuses in Wingate, Matthews and Hendersonville, N.C. The university offers 34 undergraduate majors, 37 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, graduate degrees in business, accounting, physician assistant studies and sports administration and doctorates in pharmacy and education.
 
Wingate students gain the tools and support they need to excel in academics and apply that learning toward an extraordinary career and life. The campus community offers in-class learning, out-of-class experiences, strong mentors, a competitive yet caring environment and rewarding community service opportunities for a complete educational experience.
 
Bulldog student-athletes compete in 19 NCAA Division II sports. Wingate University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past six years.
 
Wingate University is ranked number three among NCAA Division II Academic All-America® producing schools in the 2000’s with 42 honorees during this millennium. Only Pittsburg State (Kan.) University and Truman State (Mo.) University have produced more Academic All-America® honorees during this time period. Wingate’s 51 Academic All-America® honorees (lifetime) is tops among all SAC schools.
 
(Wingate University assistant sports information director Hugh Patton wrote this article. Patton is a 2006 Wingate graduate with a B.A. degree in Communication Studies.)
 
2012 CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT III SOFTBALL TEAM
(NCAA DIVISION II, AS SELECTED BY CoSIDA)
P-Amber Duncan, Anderson (S.C.)
P-Meghan LaFevor, Lincoln Memorial
C-Olivia Ferguson, Francis Marion
INF-Kacee Camp, Augusta State
INF-Tristan Faile, Francis Marion
INF-Kristen Hobbs, UNC Pembroke
INF-Alli Justice, Catawba
OF-Katie Brennan, Tusculum
OF-Shelby Duff, Armstrong (Ga.)
OF-Caitlin Duvall, Georgia College
OF-Natalie Haithcox, Mars Hill
OF-Kasey Pendley, Wingate
OF-Casey Stevens, Newberry