SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference is pleased to announce the 2019 West Coast Conference Volleyball All-Academic Team. The group is headlined by four student-athletes earning 2019 Academic All-District 8 honors.
Three BYU student-athletes qualified for the all-district second team list:
Kennedy Eschenberg, WCC Libero of the Year
Mary Lake, and
Riley Lyman.
Pepperdine’s
Hannah Frohling also earned a spot on the second team.
It is the second straight all-district honors for Frohling and Lake. In addition, both student-athletes earn WCC All-Academic honors for the third time in their respective careers. BYU’s
Kennedy Eschenberg makes her second straight appearance on the list.
This season, 23 nominated volleyball student-athletes posted a GPA of 3.50 or better while 12 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.
2019 WEST COAST CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
| Name |
School |
Class |
GPA |
Major |
| Alexa Dreyer |
Santa Clara |
Sr. |
3.54 |
MBA |
| *Kennedy Eschenberg |
BYU |
Jr. |
3.82 |
Elementary Education |
| *Hannah Frohling |
Pepperdine |
Sr. |
3.94 |
Sports Medicine |
| Chapin Gray |
Gonzaga |
Jr. |
3.83 |
Psychology |
| Allison Kantor |
Santa Clara |
Jr. |
3.79 |
Marketing |
| Kelsey Knudsen |
Saint Mary’s |
Jr. |
3.89 |
Business Administration |
| *Mary Lake |
BYU |
Sr. |
3.68 |
Accounting |
| Riley Lyman |
BYU |
Sr. |
3.89 |
Experience Design Management |
| Gabriela Leo |
Pacific |
So. |
3.70 |
Business Administration |
| Laura Madill |
San Diego |
So. |
3.65 |
Industrial & Systems Engineering |
| Elizabeth Reich |
Portland |
Jr. |
3.84 |
Environmental Ethics/German |
| Megan Rice |
LMU |
Jr. |
3.87 |
Marketing |
| Michelle Shaffer |
Santa Clara |
So. |
3.84 |
Undeclared Business |
| Madison Shields |
Pepperdine |
So. |
3.97 |
Biology |
| Julia Talarico |
Gonzaga |
Jr. |
3.85 |
Bio-Chemistry |
| Sienna Young |
Saint Mary’s |
Sr. |
3.73 |
Business Administration |
HONORABLE MENTIONS
BYU: Kiani Moea’i
Gonzaga: Jenna Kuehn, Payton Mack, Sarah Penner
LMU: Tess Reid, Savannah Slattery
Pacific: Allison Dennemann, Jadyn Tubbs
Pepperdine: Alli O’Hara,
Portland: Grace Zilbert
Saint Mary’s: Jennifer Laird, Aubrey Pitts
San Diego: Annie Benbow, Lauren Turner, Roxie Wiblin
San Francisco: Kate Ashman, Victoria Rogers, Sophie Sydenham, Moana To'oto'o, Ally Wada, Katie Wagstaff, Emily Zinger
Santa Clara: Liliana Light, Gretchen Reinert