Holly Reschke and Meagan Burke Named Academic All-Americans
TOWSON, Md. - The University of Tampa had a pair of student-athletes honored as the Capital One Academic All-America® Division II volleyball team was announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Senior Holly Reschke was named to the second-team while junior Meagan Burke earned a spot on the third team. Reschke is an elementary education major while Burke is studying biology/pre-med.
Tampa now has a total of eight Academic All-Americans in volleyball, and now has four in the past three years.
The Capital One Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2013-14 Division II Academic All-America® teams program.
Eleven of the 19 members of the 2013 Capital One Academic All-America® Division II volleyball teams have at least a 3.90 G.P.A., with three players sporting a perfect 4.00 G.P.A. The seven members of the first team have an average G.P.A. of 3.87.
Clarion's Hannah Heeter is the only first-team member with a previous Capital One Academic All-America® recognition. Joining Heeter on the first team are junior Julia Ashen of California State University, Monterey Bay and five seniors: Julia Bates of University of Central Missouri, Jill Edwards of Shippensburg University, Kacy Griffin of Colorado State University Pueblo, Kelsey Griffitts of King (Tenn.) University and Laura Iwuchukwu of West Texas A&M University.
Eleven of the 2013 Capital One Academic All-America® Division II volleyball team members represent squads which qualified for the NCAA Division II Volleyball Championship. Iwuchukwu is one of four Academic All-America® choices who will play in the quarterfinals Thursday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Kayla Koenecke of Concordia (Minn.) University-St. Paul was the other selection among NCAA quarterfinalists. Koenecke and Reschke made the second team, while Burke is a third team member. Tampa is the only school with two 2013 Capital One Academic All-America® Division II volleyball team members.
The five-member Capital One Academic All-America® second team includes three NCAA tournament participants. In addition to Koenecke of Concordia (Minn.)-St. Paul and Reschke of Tampa, Newberry College senior Samantha Parrish helped the Wolves make a 2013 NCAA appearance. The second team also includes Kentucky Wesleyan College junior Chelsea Brothers and Fairmont State University senior Brianna Swann. Brothers is the third and final 4.00 G.P.A. student on this year's list. She is a middle grades education major with a math emphasis.
Anderson (S.C.) University junior Meghan Cautero earns Capital One Academic All-America® third team honors for the second consecutive year. She joins Heeter as the only repeater on this year's honor list. Cautero and the Trojans made the NCAA tournament this year. She holds a 3.93 G.P.A. with her engineering major.
In addition to Cautero, the third team includes Burke of Tampa, senior Sarah Ambach of Holy Family University, senior Lisa Copeland of Harding University, senior Caitlyn Dean of Tusculum College, junior Laurel Miller of California (Pa.) University and senior Hayley Wright of the Missouri University of Science and Technology. Burke, Dean and Miller joined Cautero as NCAA playoff participants.
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To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.
Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 20,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.