Bunker Earns Academic All-America Honors
06/07/22 | Softball
EUGENE, Ore. – A standout on the diamond and in the classroom, Allee Bunker is now the sixth Duck in program history to earn Academic All-America honors.
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The senior infielder from Huntington Beach, Calif., was named to the 2022 Academic All-America® third team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), on Tuesday. She is the first Duck softball player to be chosen for the academic All-America team since 2016.
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Bunker has a 3.58 grade point average in accounting and will earn her undergraduate degree next week. She will return for a fifth season in 2023 while pursuing a Master's Degree at Oregon.
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Bunker led the team in 2022 with 65 hits and was one of the toughest batters to strikeout in the NCAA.
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She hit .361 with 10 home runs, 10 doubles and 41 RBI. She had a .594 slugging percentage while striking out just seven times in 2022, averaging more than 25 at-bats between strikeouts. She also stole 12 bases in 15 attempts.
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In the field, Bunker had a .971 fielding percentage with a team-best 75 assists on the season.
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Allee Bunker, Sr., 2B
Oregon Softball CoSIDA Academic All-Americans
2022Â Â Â Â Â Â Allee Bunker (3rd Team)
2016Â Â Â Â Â Â Koral Costa (1st Team)
2016Â Â Â Â Â Â Cheridan Hawkins (2nd Team)
2015Â Â Â Â Â Â Cheridan Hawkins (1st Team)
2014Â Â Â Â Â Â Cheridan Hawkins (3rd Team)
2013Â Â Â Â Â Â Alexa Patterson (1st Team)
1991Â Â Â Â Â Â Kim Manning (1st Team)
1988Â Â Â Â Â Â Susan Voeller (2nd Team)
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The senior infielder from Huntington Beach, Calif., was named to the 2022 Academic All-America® third team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), on Tuesday. She is the first Duck softball player to be chosen for the academic All-America team since 2016.
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Bunker has a 3.58 grade point average in accounting and will earn her undergraduate degree next week. She will return for a fifth season in 2023 while pursuing a Master's Degree at Oregon.
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Bunker led the team in 2022 with 65 hits and was one of the toughest batters to strikeout in the NCAA.
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She hit .361 with 10 home runs, 10 doubles and 41 RBI. She had a .594 slugging percentage while striking out just seven times in 2022, averaging more than 25 at-bats between strikeouts. She also stole 12 bases in 15 attempts.
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In the field, Bunker had a .971 fielding percentage with a team-best 75 assists on the season.
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Allee Bunker, Sr., 2B
- CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team
- NFCA All-Pacific Region First Team
- All-Pac-12 Second Team
- One of three Ducks named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
- CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 First Team
- Hit .361 on the season with 10 home runs, 10 doubles and 41 RBI
- Was the second-toughest player to strikeout in the Pac-12 (once every 25.7 at-bats)
- Is the only player in the nation who has hit 10-plus home runs, while striking out seven times or fewer, each of the last two seasons
- Had an 18-game hitting streak earlier this season (longest by a Duck since 2015)
- Had a .971 fielding percentage and led the team with 75 assists
- Will go into her fifth year with a streak of 123 consecutive games started, including 115 straight starts at second base
Oregon Softball CoSIDA Academic All-Americans
2022Â Â Â Â Â Â Allee Bunker (3rd Team)
2016Â Â Â Â Â Â Koral Costa (1st Team)
2016Â Â Â Â Â Â Cheridan Hawkins (2nd Team)
2015Â Â Â Â Â Â Cheridan Hawkins (1st Team)
2014Â Â Â Â Â Â Cheridan Hawkins (3rd Team)
2013Â Â Â Â Â Â Alexa Patterson (1st Team)
1991Â Â Â Â Â Â Kim Manning (1st Team)
1988Â Â Â Â Â Â Susan Voeller (2nd Team)
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