Norfolk, Va., ( Nov. 16, 2022) — Seven members of the 2022 Delaware State volleyball team have been honored by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference for their success in the classroom. The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced this week the 2022 Volleyball All-Academic Selections, honoring 64 student-athletes from the conference's eight institutions who achieved academic success during the 2021-22 school year.
MEAC sophomore, junior and senior student-athletes with a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average, as well as transfer student-athletes who have been in residence at the institution for at least one year, are eligible for All-Academic accolades.
"I want to congratulate our women's volleyball student-athletes for maintaining a 3.0 or better grade point average," MEAC Commissioner Sonja Stills said. "The ultimate goal is to develop and graduate our student-athletes to be productive citizens in our society, and success in the classroom is as important, if not more so, as what happens on the court."
Listed below are Delaware State's 2022 Volleyball All-Academic honorees:
Elvira Agaton,
Malgorzata Andersohn,
Jasmal Cruz,
Alayna Lacy,
Alondra Maldonado,
Valeria Otero,
Destiny Stewart.
The MEAC Volleyball All-Academic Team is released ahead of the annual conference championship tournament, which is hosted by Delaware State Nov. 18-20.
The Hornets are the No. 3 seed in the tournament, and will face No. 6 North Carolina Central in their tourney opener on Fri. (Nov. 18) at 8:30 p.m.
The DSU / NCCU winner will face either number No. 2 and defending champ Howard or No. 7 Morgan State in the semifinals on Saturday (Nov. 19) at 8:30 p.m.
The championship match is set for Sunday (Nov. 20) at 8:30 p.m. at Delaware State's Memorial Hall and broadcast live on ESPNU.