Louisville, Ky. - Five Hofstra Softball players were named 2012 All-America Scholar Athletes by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

Olivia Galati, Courtney Crews, Nicole Osovski, Lindsey Reid and Rachael Senatore earned the honor. According to the NFCA, the award is bestowed upon any player submitted by a member coach who achieved a 3.50 grade point average or higher during the 2011-12 academic year. The membership category with the most participating institutions this year proved to be Division I with 140.

Crews graduated in the spring after helping Hofstra to a 42-15 record as the Pride made its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Super Regionals. The former catcher was named an assistant softball coach at East Carolina earlier this month.

The fourth other honorees will all be on the Hofstra roster for 2013. Galati pitched every inning in the postseason for the Pride, helping Hofstra earn the Colonial Athletic Association championship before helping the Pride capture the NCAA Los Angeles Regional.

Galati added another academic honor to her resume as the West Babylon, N.Y. native is a two-time Colonial Athletic Association's Scholar-Athlete of the Year in softball. The physical education major went 34-7 with a Division I-best 0.95 ERA while becoming the first Hofstra player to win first-team NFCA All-America accolades. In the classroom, Galati posted a cumulative 3.57 grade-point average.

Osovski served as Hofstra's regular first baseman in starting 41 of the 44 games in which she played. Reid was a dependable pinch hitter for the Pride, driving in two runs while adding two runs scored. Senatore was the offensive catalyst as Hofstra's leadoff hitter, posting a .364 batting average while driving in 22 runs. She finished the season with a .429 on-base percentage and 38 runs scored.