Kathryn Bumila of Raynham, Mass., a Repeat Selection to the CoSIDA Academic All-District I Softball Team

2015 May 13

For the second straight season WPI softball senior Kathryn Bumila has been tabbed Capital One Division III Academic All-District by the College Sports Information Directors of America (Co-SIDA). Bumila was honored first team in District I, which is comprised of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, and advances to the national ballot for All-America consideration.

Bumila, a two-time All-NEWMAC selection is currently batting .413 for the Engineers. The senior is among the conference leaders in doubles (6th - 12), runs (9th - 28), batting average (10th) and on-base percentage (10th - .459) while adding 31 RBI and walking 11 times. The first baseman has played flawless defense this spring, not committing an error in 225 chances.

A chemical engineering major with an outstanding 3.97 GPA, Bumila is a seven-time Dean's List honoree and a Charles O. Thompson scholar who has been named to the All-NEWMAC academic team the past three springs. Her IQP project restored a sugar mill in Puerto Rico. Bumila is a member of the National Honors Society, Omega Chi Epsilon and Phi Sigma Sigma sorority.

Bumila and her WPI teammates captured the Williamstown Regional last weekend and now face two-time defending national champion and undefeated Tufts in a Super Regional. The action in the best-of-three series begins Thursday in Medford.

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