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SIX PIONEER VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS EARN CONFERENCE
ACADEMIC RECOGNITION
DENTON,
TX—The
Lone Star Conference announced its 2002 volleyball academic
honors for the North Division
and Adalene Wright (Garland, TX/South Garland HS) was
named to the 2002 North Division All-Academic Volleyball team
for a third consecutive year. Five other Pioneers, Johanna
Hubbard (Southlake, TX/Carroll H.S.), Heather Smith (Chino
Hills, CA/Ayala H.S.), Marci Brinkman (Carrollton, TX/Newman
Smith H.S.), April Hollub (Weimar, TX/Weimar H.S.) and Jacque
James (Pleasanton, TX/Pleasanton H.S.), were selected
to the Commissioner's Honor Roll.
A total of 21 student-athletes qualified for the Commissioner's
Honor Roll by having at least a 3.20 grade point average, completing
a minimum of 24 semester hours at her institution and lettering
in the sport. From that list, the league's sports information
directors selected six to the All-Academic Team, a squad based
on both academic and athletic achievement.
Adalene Wright led the Pioneers in kills for a third straight
season, earning 396 kills, 352 digs and 75 total blocks in
114 games played in 2002. She was selected to the Conference
All-Academic team from 2000 to 2002 and was named to the Verizon
Academic All-District VI First Team for a second straight season
last week. Johanna Hubbard finishes her career at TWU with
a third consecutive Honor Roll selection. She recorded 3,777
assists in her four years and turned in 16 service aces and
168 digs in 2002. Heather Smith makes her second appearance
on the Commissioner's Honor Roll and capped off the season
by finishing second on the team with a career-high 221 kills
and 283 digs. Marci Brinkman averaged 1.47 kills, 2.01 digs
and 0.35 service aces per game en route to her second straight
appearance on the Honor Roll. April Hollub and Jacque James
are making their first appearances to the Commissioners' Honor
Roll. Hollub finished eighth in the conference with a career-high
110.0 total blocks at an average of 0.96 per game. James spent
most of the season at the Libero position and totaled 120 digs,
16.0 blocks and 17 assists.
2002 Lone Star Conference North Division Volleyball
All-Academic Team
School
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Name |
Major |
Year |
Hometown |
| Cameron |
Kim Pletcher |
Engineering Design |
Sr. |
Parker, Texas |
| Central Oklahoma |
Stacey Meek |
Biology |
Jr. |
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma |
| Central Oklahoma |
Katy Wallace |
Communications |
Sr. |
Lewisville, Texas |
| Southeastern Oklahoma |
Melissa Leach |
Biology |
Sr. |
Glenpool, Oklahoma |
| Texas A&M-Commerce |
Amy Wallace |
Kinesiology |
Jr. |
Paris, Texas |
| Texas Woman's |
Adalene Wright |
Mathematics |
Sr. |
Garland, Texas |
Commissioner's Honor Roll
Cameron – Christie
Grayson
Central
Oklahoma – Tori Walker
Southeastern
Oklahoma – Jana Hawk, Cori Komoroski, Christen
McCullough, Monica Leach, Audrey Kelly
Texas
A&M-Commerce – Jana
Gray, Kayla Hanzelka, Ashleigh Schwab
Texas
Woman's – Johanna Hubbard, Heather Smith, Marci
Brinkman, April Hollub, Jacque James
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