DALLAS – Conference USA tabbed 11 student-athletes to its 2021 C-USA Volleyball All-Academic Team Monday afternoon. Nine schools are represented with Old Dominion and WKU each having two student-athletes earn spots on the list, while FAU, Middle Tennessee, Marshall, Southern Miss, Rice, Charlotte and UTEP are highlighted as well.
Student-athletes honored all had at least a 3.7 GPA and featured majors in Business, Visual Arts, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Sports Management, Speech Pathology, Finance, Biology, Kinesiology, Psychology and Nursing.
Sydney Rowan of Charlotte has been an All-Academic selection on three occasions, as she holds a 3.973 GPA in her fifth year as a Pre-Business student. Along with being a part of the conference’s 2020 and 2019 All-Academic Teams, Rowan also was nominated to the CoSIDA All-Academic District team. Rice senior, Nicole Lennon joins Sydney as a three-time selection with a 3.73 GPA as she wraps up her studies in both Economics and Psychological Studies.
Five selections have earned All-Academic honors in previous years, in Old Dominion junior Anna Burkhardt, who holds a 3.9 GPA as a Biochemistry and Biomedical Engineering student, Old Dominion senior Hailey Duncan, has a 4.0 in Psychology and Nursing, UTEP Paulina Pérez Rosas senior who is a Kinesiology major earning 3.92 GPA, Samira Lawson Body of Middle Tennessee is a senior Biology student with a 4.0 GPA and Sarah Schank, a senior Finance student attending Marshall holds a 3.71.
Additionally, junior Stephanie Young of Florida Atlantic, WKU’s Katie Isenbarger and Southern Miss’ Senior Duquesne Moratzka all earned their first All-Academic honors this year.
The 2021 Conference USA Volleyball Championship will be held November 19-21 in Norfolk, Virginia.
2021 Volleyball All-Academic Team
Nicole Lennon, Rice, Sr., 3.73, Economics and Psychological Sciences (Double Major)
Samira Lawson Body, Middle Tennessee, Sr., 4.0, Biology
Sarah Schank, Marshall, Sr., 3.71, Finance
Anna Burkhardt, Old Dominion, Jr., 3.9, Biochemistry/Biomedical Engineering
Hailey Duncan, Old Dominion, Sr., 4.0, Psychology and Nursing (Double Major)
Paulina Pérez Rosas, UTEP, Sr., 3.92, Kinesiology
Sydney Rowan, Charlotte, 5th Yr. Sr., 3.973, Pre-Business
Paige Briggs, WKU, Jr., 3.90, Visual Studies with Minors in Graphic Design and Entrepreneurship
Katie Isenbarger, WKU, Sr., 3.91, Sports Management with a minor in Computer Information Systems
Stephanie Young, Florida Atlantic, Jr., 3.983, Business with Concentrations in Management and Leadership/Applied Management Skills
Duquesne Moratzka, Southern Miss, Sr., 4.0, Speech Pathology and Audiology