Academics Earns Vansant All-American Of The Year
December 11, 2014 | Volleyball
AUSTIN, Texas – Another historic honor, this one combining both academics and athletics, went the way of Husky senior Krista Vansant today. For the first time, Vansant was named an Academic All-American, and not only that, she becomes the first ever Husky to win Capital One Academic All-American of the Year, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Vansant, who majors in sociology with a 3.30 G.P.A., was also named the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year this season, along with the Pac-12 Player of the Year for the second year in a row. She is the fifth Husky to be named an Academic All-American, and the first since Jill Collymore in 2009. She is also the first Husky ever named to the First Team.
A 6-foot-2 outside hitter from Redlands, Calif., Vansant was also just named the ESPNW National Player of the Year, and she was voted to her third straight AVCA All-Pacific North Region team. The third-seeded Huskies (31-2) host Nebraska in the NCAA round of 16 this Friday at 6:30 p.m.
Vansant recently became the Washington career kills leader, now owning 1,878 career kills, and 1,115 digs, while hitting .291 over her career, including a career best .321 this season.
Ten of the 2014 Capital One Academic All-America® NCAA Division I volleyball team members represent squads which qualified for the NCAA Division I Volleyball tournament.
The Capital One Academic All-America® first team includes four student-athletes whose teams advanced to the NCAA tournament: Vansant, as well as seniors Lauren Ford of Lipscomb University, Annika Foit of LIU Brooklyn, and junior Sierra Wilson of the University of Alabama. Rounding out the first team are seniors, Jill Briner of Eastern Michigan University and Meg Riley of Miami (Ohio) University.
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Jill Briner Eastern Michigan Sr. Oak Park, Ill. 4.00 Accounting
Annika Foit (2) LIU Brooklyn Sr. Hausach, Germany 3.95 Biology
Lauren Ford Lipscomb Sr. Lenexa, Kan. 3.96 Exercise science
Krista Vansant Washington Sr. Redlands, Calif. 3.30 Sociology
Meg Riley Miami (Ohio) Sr. St. Louis, Mo. 3.97 Mechanical engineering
Sierra Wilson Alabama Jr. Anaheim, Calif. 4.00 English / political science
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Avery Acker SMU Jr. Poth, Texas 3.95 Business / accounting
Jordan Burgess Stanford Jr. Fort Myers, Fla. 3.53 Human biology
Kym Coley Georgia Southern Sr. Aiken, S.C. 4.00 Biology
Anna Dorn Illinois Sr. Munster, Ind. 3.96 Kinesiology
Paige Holland Stephen F. Austin Sr. Magnolia, Texas 3.97 Interdisciplinary studies
Savanah Leaf Miami (Fla.) Sr. San Anselmo, Calif. 3.89 Psychology
THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. Hometown GPA Major
Emma Deininger (2) Radford Sr. Wallingford, Pa. 3.91 Accounting & finance
Kalynn Egea Nicholls State Sr. Peoria, Ariz. 4.00 Interdisciplinary studies
Valerie El Houssine Tulsa Sr. Longchamps, Belgium 4.00 Management
Karsta Lowe UCLA Sr. Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. 3.35 Geography / environmental studies
Krystal Rivers Alabama So. Birmingham, Ala. 3.98 Biology
Monika Smidova American Sr. Plzen, Czech Republic 3.82 Business administration
