DALLAS - Two Conference USA volleyball student-athletes were awarded CoSIDA Academic All-District honors on Thursday. Rice senior outside hitter Nicole Lennon and WKU sophomore outside hitter Paige Briggs received district 7 and district 2 first-team recognition, respectively.

First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in early July.

Lennon became the Owls' first AVCA Third Team All-American selection in program history after a season in which she ranked second in C-USA in total points (387.5-16th in NCAA), points per set (5.03-19th in NCAA), total kills (329-22nd in NCAA), kills per set (4.27-30th in NCAA), total attacks (845-30th in NCAA) and attacks per set (10.97). Lennon ranks second among all active NCAA Division I players in both career kills (1,742) and total attacks (4,581). 
 
Lennon was selected to the AVCA Southwest Region Team for a third consecutive year in her prestigious career and won her second Conference USA Player of the Year award while earning a spot on the C-USA First Team for a third straight year as well.

In the classroom, Lennon holds a 3.73 GPA while double majoring in Economics and Psychological Sciences. A member of this year's C-USA All-Academic Team, Lennon has earned a spot on the C-USA Academic Honor Roll four times and this past year was a Senior CLASS Award candidate.

Lennon will receive an extra year of eligibility and will return for one final season this fall.
 
Briggs is the first Hilltopper to earn CoSIDA Academic All-District recognition since Heather Boyan and Rachel Engle were both honored during the 2014 campaign. The Ortonville, Michigan native marks the 13^th selection to the list in WKU Volleyball history.
 
To go along with her AVCA South Region Player of the Year accolade, Briggs went on to earn a spot on the AVCA's Honorable Mention All-American list and the VolleyballMag.com Fourth Team All-American list. A six-rotation outside hitter for the Hilltoppers, Briggs averaged 3.68 kills per set while hitting .329 all while leading the team in digs at 3.41 digs per set. The Ortonville, Mich., native also added 21 aces (0.27 per set) and 34 blocks (0.44 per set) to her stellar numbers. Her 287 total kills ranked 54th in all of NCAA Volleyball this season.
 
In the classroom, Briggs has posted a 3.89 GPA while pursuing a degree in visual studies with a minor in graphic design on The Hill. She was named to the C-USA Volleyball All-Academic Team in addition to earning a spot on WKU's President's List for all four semesters she has been at WKU, and was a part of Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal and Honor Roll both years as well.