CONFERENCE CAROLINAS WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM ANNOUNCED

7/11/2011 12:00:00 AM

High Point, NC> Conference Carolinas is proud to announce the 2011 Women’s Volleyball Academic All-Conference award winners. League member institutions stress the role of "Academics and Athletics Working Together" and each sport’s Academic All-Conference award winners exemplify this continued league-wide commitment.

The 2011 Conference Carolinas Women’s Volleyball Academic All-Conference representatives have been awarded to the following junior and senior student-athletes with a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale in all work completed at their member institution that have played in a conference sponsored sport. The GPA is calculated based on the student-athletes cumulative average through the previous semester and each student-athlete must have attended their member institution for at least one academic year.

Each year the Academic All-Conference Team is released while closing out each regular season before starting the tournament championships. Women’s volleyball will begin tournament play on Tuesday, November 8^th with quarterfinal games being played at the higher seeded team. Semifinal and final matches are also at the higher seeded team that following Friday and Sunday. Keep up with all the Conference Carolinas fall tournament action on the league website Fall Championship Central link (or at www.conferencecarolinas.com/Championships/2008-09/20082410_08-09ChampionshipsLinks ).

Conference Carolinas is a NCAA Division II athletic conference currently made up of 12 teams from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. These institutions consist of: Barton College, Belmont Abbey College, Coker College, Converse College, Erskine College, King College, Lees-McRae College, Limestone College, Mount Olive College, North Greenville University, Pfeiffer University, and Queens University of Charlotte.

Women’s Volleyball Academic All-Conference Team

Kati Wood, Barton

Bria James, Belmont Abbey

Kay Schellenburg, Belmont Abbey

Lauren Hunsberger, Converse

Brianna Scalf, Converse

Alicia Bragg, Erskine

Larz Chabra, Erskine

Gabby Dierickx, Erskine

Brooke Dodge, Erskine

Erin Tovo, Erskine

Natalie Brown, King

Kirsten Hamel, King

Jessica Hammond, King

Ashley Pittman, King

Sarah Van Goethem, King

Megan Epperson, Lees-McRae

Megan Mitchell, Lees-McRae

Taylor Clendenin, Lees-McRae

Kassie Boedeker, Limestone

Holli Dawson, Limestone

Stephanie Dover, Limestone

Kailtyn Harris, North Greenville

Colleen Wands, Pfeiffer

Erin Gray, Pfeiffer

Ashley Winters, Queens

Victoria Hernandez, Queens