SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference is pleased to announce the 2018 West Coast Conference Volleyball All-Academic Team. The group is headlined by four student-athletes earning 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District 8 honors.
Three BYU student-athletes made the list: senior outside hitter
Roni Jones-Perry was named to the Region 8 First Team while senior setter
Lyndie Haddock-Eppich and junior libero
Mary Lake were selected for the region’s second team. Pepperdine’s
Hannah Frohling also earned a spot on the second team.
Three student-athletes make their third consecutive appearance on the squad: Saint Mary’s
Lindsey Calvin and
Lindsey Knudsen and Portland’s
Lauren Naatz. It is the second straight first team nod for Jones-Perry, the 2018 WCC Player of the Year and Lake, the 2018 WCC Defensive Player of the Year. Loyola Marymount’s
Emma Johnson, Pepperdine’s Frohling and Portland’s
Cali Thompson also appear on the list for the second time.
This season, 23 nominated volleyball student-athletes posted a GPA of 3.50 or better while 11 recorded a mark of 3.75 or higher.
At the conclusion of each athletic season, the WCC selects an all-academic squad for each WCC-sponsored sport. To be considered, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average, while also being a significant contributor to her team.
2018 WEST COAST CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
| Name |
School |
Class |
GPA |
Major |
| Lindsey Calvin |
Saint Mary’s |
Sr. |
3.88 |
English |
| Sarah Chase |
Saint Mary’s |
Sr. |
3.96 |
Kinesiology Human Performance |
| Kennedy Eschenberg |
BYU |
Jr. |
3.76 |
Elementary Education |
| Hannah Frohling |
Pepperdine |
Jr. |
3.95 |
Sports Medicine |
| Emma Johnson |
Loyola Marymount |
Jr. |
3.84 |
Psychology |
| Roni Jones-Perry |
BYU |
Sr. |
3.63 |
Exercise Science |
| Lindsey Knudsen |
Saint Mary’s |
Sr. |
3.97 |
Economics |
| Lyndie Haddock-Eppich |
BYU |
Sr. |
3.39 |
Public Health |
| Mary Lake |
BYU |
Jr. |
3.68 |
Accounting |
| Chloe Loreen |
Santa Clara |
So. |
3.80 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Lauren Naatz |
Portland |
Sr. |
3.74 |
Biology |
| Cali Thompson |
Portland |
Jr. |
3.65 |
Biology |
2018 WCC VOLLEYBALL ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION
BYU: Lacy Haddock, Sydnie Martindale
Gonzaga: Chapin Gray, Jenna Kuehn, Sarah Penner, Faith Smith
Loyola Marymount: Tess Reid, Savannah Slattery, Meredith Teague, Kekai Whitford
Pacific: Lauren Cline, Alex Holt
Pepperdine: Heidi Dyer, Alli O’Hara, Jaiden Farr
Portland: Reghan Pukis, Elizabeth “Liz” Reich
Saint Mary’s: Emily Bible, Jennifer “Boo” Laird, Sienna Young
San Diego: Anna Newsome, Megan Priest, Roxie Wiblin
San Francisco: Marjolijn Oskam, Emily Zinger
Santa Clara: Anna McCreadie, Taylor Odom, Gretchen Reinert