By: Aubrie Laufenberg
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. –A total of six Summit League volleyball student-athletes have been selected to the 2018 Academic All-League team as voted on by a panel of Faculty Athletic Representatives and Sports Information Directors from the league's member institutions. Student-athletes were chosen for the honor based on their academic and athletic performances this past season. The 2018 Summit League tournament champion South Dakota and Purdue Fort Wayne led the way with two total selections.
Purdue Fort Wayne's Madison Jaqua received the accolade for the second-straight season, while teammate Elizabeth Britner received her first-career honor. The Coyotes were represented by the 2018 Defensive Player of the Year Anne Rasmussen and teammate Madison Jurgens. Rounding out the selections were Oral Roberts' Tori Roe and Omaha's Anna Blaschko.
To be eligible for the Academic All-League team, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.30 (on a 4.0 scale), completed at least one full academic year at the current institution and participated in 50 percent of their team's competitions.
2018 SUMMIT LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL ACADEMIC ALL-LEAGUE TEAM
|
Name |
School |
Year |
Pos. |
Hometown |
GPA |
Major |
|
Tori Roe |
Oral Roberts |
Sr. |
L |
St. Louis, Mo. |
3.91 |
Sports Management |
|
Anne Rasmussen |
South Dakota |
Jr. |
L/DS |
Oak Creek, Wis. |
3.91 |
Kinesiology & Sport Science |
|
Elizabeth Britner |
Purdue Fort Wayne |
Sr. |
L |
Franklin, Ind. |
3.95 |
English |
|
Madison Jaqua* |
Purdue Fort Wayne |
Sr. |
S |
Kalamazoo, Mich. |
3.96 |
Management & Marketing |
|
Madison Jurgens |
South Dakota |
R-Fr. |
S |
Odell, Neb. |
3.91 |
Kinesiology & Sport Science |
|
Anna Blaschko |
Omaha |
So. |
MB |
Shakopee, Minn. |
3.93 |
Bioinformatics |
*2017 Academic All-League Selection
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Through 36 years of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of nearly 115,000 at nine institutions, including three located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Purdue Fort Wayne (Purdue University Fort Wayne), the University of North Dakota, North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced 12 NCAA Champions along with over 100 Academic All-Americans, nearly 125 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league, visit www.thesummitleague.org website, follow The Summit League on Twitter @thesummitleague.
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