Andrea Bentley from Augusta, Ga., Joins No. 3-ranked Brenau Golden Tigers Softball Squad

2013 Feb 15

Andrea Bentley from Augusta, Ga., joined the nationally No. 3-ranked Brenau University Golden Tigers softball team for the 2013 season. She is the daughter of Robert Bentley and Cathy Wilder.

While Bentley played for the Westside High School Patriots in Augusta, she was recognized as Georgia Southern showcase most valuable player 2011, athlete of the week in 2011, and an Augusta Chronicle's player of the week2011.

"I love that I can relax and focus on school and softball due to the fact that Brenau Women's College offers a single-gender environment," the freshman nursing major said."Most important, I can pursue my dreams of being a registered nurse while also playing the sport that I love."

The Tigers finished the 2012 campaign ranked No. 4 in the nation following a narrow loss in the National Intercollegiate Athletics Association national tournament semifinals. The team picked up a No. 3 ranking in the NAIA pre-season coaches' poll.

ABOUT BRENAU – Founded in 1878, Brenau University currently enrolls about 2,800 students in graduate and undergraduate programs on campuses and online. With a curriculum that blends professional preparation informed by the liberal arts, Brenau degree tracks range from Associate of Arts, which includes a special "early college" program for exceptional high school-age students to terminal degrees, a Master of Fine Arts in interior design and a Doctor of Nursing Practice. The main campus of the Georgia-based liberal arts institution, which includes the Brenau Women's College, is in Gainesville with other campuses in Augusta, Kings Bay and in two metro Atlanta locations, Norcross and Fairburn. Brenau's 2013 ranking as one of the top 15-best higher education values in the Southeast by U.S. News & World Report marks the university's eighth consecutive year in that position for the magazine's America's Best Colleges guidebook. In 2012 Brenau online programs scored high in national rankings by U.S. News & World Report, including a No. 9 in the nation "Honor Roll" listing for graduate degree tracks in Brenau's College of Education. Brenau University also has been cited as one of the best universities in the Southeast by The Princeton Review. The Chronicle of Higher Education accorded Brenau "honor roll" status as one of the top 10 best colleges and universities to work in its 2011-12 survey rankings.