University of Northern Iowa Athletics
Haneline, Held Named to MVC Scholar-Athlete Squad
11/22/2016 10:10:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
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ST. LOUIS – Fourteen Missouri Valley Conference volleyball student-athletes have been named to the 2016 MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team by a vote of the league's volleyball sports information directors, with approval from head coaches. An additional seven student-athletes have earned honorable mention, the league office announced today.
This year's first team includes 12 players that have received previous MVC volleyball scholar-athlete recognition, including seven repeat first-team honorees, including Indiana State's Bree Spangler, UNI's Kayla Haneline and Amie Held, Missouri State's Lily Johnson, Illinois State's Jaelyn Keene and Wichita State's Abbie Lehman and Mikaela Raudsepp. Indiana State's Spangler and UNI's Held are three-time first-team honorees. Four members of the first team boast a perfect 4.00 GPA, in Illinois State's Jaelyn Keene and Alie Line, Loyola's Maddy Moser and Missouri State's Brianne Dixon.
Three Valley first team scholar-athletes – Illinois State's Keene and Missouri State's Johnson and Dixon – were also members of their respective Capital One/CoSida Academic All-District Teams.
Forty-seven student-athletes were nominated for the Valley's scholar-athlete team. The criterion for the honor parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for Academic All-America voting. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA (on a 4.00 scale). Also, students must have participated in at least 75-percent of the regular-season matches. Student-athletes must have reached sophomore status in both athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen were not eligible).
Amie Held, UNI, Sr., 3.82, OH/L, 3.82, Sports Psychology
Three-time MVC Scholar-Athlete First-Team selection in 2014 and 2015 … first-team all-MVC pick in 2015 … second-team all-MVC honoree in 2014 … leads UNI with 36 service aces and 18 double-doubles … tops the team in total kills (347 – 3.15 kills/set) … second on the team in digs (398 – 3.62 digs/set) … posted a career-high 23 kills and added 22 digs in a 3-2 win over Iowa State (Sept. 13) … has 26 double-digit dig matches this season ... has 19 double-digit kill matches this year.
Kayla Haneline, UNI, Sr., 3.59, MH, Biology & Management
Two-time First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete honoree … two-time all-MVC first-team honoree in 2014 and 2015 … two-time honorable mention AVCA all-district pick in 2014 and 2015 … leads the Panthers in hitting percentage (.318) … second on the squad in total kills (338) and total blocks (92) … secured a season-high 19 kills at Southern Illinois (Sept. 23) … has 19 double-digit kill matches this season.
ST. LOUIS – Fourteen Missouri Valley Conference volleyball student-athletes have been named to the 2016 MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team by a vote of the league's volleyball sports information directors, with approval from head coaches. An additional seven student-athletes have earned honorable mention, the league office announced today.
This year's first team includes 12 players that have received previous MVC volleyball scholar-athlete recognition, including seven repeat first-team honorees, including Indiana State's Bree Spangler, UNI's Kayla Haneline and Amie Held, Missouri State's Lily Johnson, Illinois State's Jaelyn Keene and Wichita State's Abbie Lehman and Mikaela Raudsepp. Indiana State's Spangler and UNI's Held are three-time first-team honorees. Four members of the first team boast a perfect 4.00 GPA, in Illinois State's Jaelyn Keene and Alie Line, Loyola's Maddy Moser and Missouri State's Brianne Dixon.
Three Valley first team scholar-athletes – Illinois State's Keene and Missouri State's Johnson and Dixon – were also members of their respective Capital One/CoSida Academic All-District Teams.
Forty-seven student-athletes were nominated for the Valley's scholar-athlete team. The criterion for the honor parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for Academic All-America voting. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA (on a 4.00 scale). Also, students must have participated in at least 75-percent of the regular-season matches. Student-athletes must have reached sophomore status in both athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen were not eligible).
Amie Held, UNI, Sr., 3.82, OH/L, 3.82, Sports Psychology
Three-time MVC Scholar-Athlete First-Team selection in 2014 and 2015 … first-team all-MVC pick in 2015 … second-team all-MVC honoree in 2014 … leads UNI with 36 service aces and 18 double-doubles … tops the team in total kills (347 – 3.15 kills/set) … second on the team in digs (398 – 3.62 digs/set) … posted a career-high 23 kills and added 22 digs in a 3-2 win over Iowa State (Sept. 13) … has 26 double-digit dig matches this season ... has 19 double-digit kill matches this year.
Kayla Haneline, UNI, Sr., 3.59, MH, Biology & Management
Two-time First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete honoree … two-time all-MVC first-team honoree in 2014 and 2015 … two-time honorable mention AVCA all-district pick in 2014 and 2015 … leads the Panthers in hitting percentage (.318) … second on the squad in total kills (338) and total blocks (92) … secured a season-high 19 kills at Southern Illinois (Sept. 23) … has 19 double-digit kill matches this season.
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