Washington State University Athletics
Volleyball Earns Six Pac-12 All-Academic Selections
November 29, 2018 | Volleyball
McKenna Woodford earns First Team honors for third straight year.
SAN FRANCISCO – As Washington State Volleyball heads into post-season play this weekend, the Pac-12 Conference office announced the 2018 All-Academic teams Thursday, with six total Cougars receiving honors for their work in the classroom.
To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall GPA, have been at the institution for one-full year, and appear in at least 50 percent of their team's games.
Leading WSU was McKenna Woodford who earned a First Team selection, her third consecutive first team pick, as the senior Biological Sciences major has produced a 3.82 grade point average throughout her career at Washington State. Woodford was also was named to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District® 8 team earlier this season.
Washington State earned five overall Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention selections as well which included senior Olivia Coale (Human Development), junior Alexis Dirige (Psychology), senior Ella Lajos (Advertising), senior Claire Martin (Mechanical Engineering), and sophomore Penny Tusa (Human Development).
The Cougars are set to take on the defending Big Sky champions in the opening round of the NCAA Championship Tournament inside Bohler Gym, with first serve scheduled for 7 p.m. PT.
To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall GPA, have been at the institution for one-full year, and appear in at least 50 percent of their team's games.
Leading WSU was McKenna Woodford who earned a First Team selection, her third consecutive first team pick, as the senior Biological Sciences major has produced a 3.82 grade point average throughout her career at Washington State. Woodford was also was named to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District® 8 team earlier this season.
Washington State earned five overall Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention selections as well which included senior Olivia Coale (Human Development), junior Alexis Dirige (Psychology), senior Ella Lajos (Advertising), senior Claire Martin (Mechanical Engineering), and sophomore Penny Tusa (Human Development).
The Cougars are set to take on the defending Big Sky champions in the opening round of the NCAA Championship Tournament inside Bohler Gym, with first serve scheduled for 7 p.m. PT.
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