PROVO, Utah – Three BYU women’s volleyball players were named to the Academic All-West Coast Conference teams, the league announced Wednesday, for maintaining academic excellence while being significant contributors to their team.
Junior middle blockers Amy Boswell and Whitney Young Howard received first-team honors for the Cougars.
Boswell, who is first on the team and conference in blocks, averages 1.40 per set. She additionally carries a .378 hitting percentage to lead the WCC. Boswell made the team with a 3.90 GPA in her nursing major. She also earned Academic All-District 8 honors earlier this year.
Howard, a middle blocker for BYU, is second on the team and fourth in the conference in blocks - averaging 1.24 per set while keeping a 3.69 GPA in athletic training.
Additionally, Ciara Parker was named Academic All-WCC Honorable Mention.
Parker became BYU's all-time dig leader earlier this year and now has 1,775 in her Cougar career. She averages 4.03 per set - good for fourth in the WCC.
This is Boswell's second-straight Academic All-WCC First Team honor. Howard was named last year to the honorable mention list while Parker was previously named to the first team as a sophomore.
| Name | School | Class | GPA | Major |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Boswell | BYU | JR | 3.90 | Nursing |
| Mia Feiner | Pacific | SR | 3.83 | Communications |
| McKayla Ferris | Gonzaga | JR | 3.58 | Classical Civilization |
| Kristen Gegenbacher | San Diego | SO | 3.89 | Communication Studies |
| Lauren Joseph | Gonzaga | SR | 3.70 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Kiara McKibben | San Francisco | JR | 3.47 | Business Administration |
| Kirsten Mead | Santa Clara | SO | 3.88 | Economics |
| Ashley Morgan | Pepperdine | SO | 3.55 | Sports Medicine |
| Gaby Palmeri | Pepperdine | JR | 3.72 | Biology |
| Danielle Rottman | Santa Clara | SR | 3.42 | Communications |
| Kimmy Whitson | Pacific | SR | 3.90 | Computing/Applied Economics |
| Whitney Young Howard | BYU | JR | 3.69 | Athletic Training |
GiGi Cresto, Santa Clara; Moragn Douglass, Gonzaga; Paige Folger, Gonzaga; Jessica Gaffney, San Francisco; Mary Hernandez, Saint Mary's; Alex Holt, Pacific; Katarina Inch, Santa Clara; Amber Mirabello, Loyola Marymount; Oluoma Okaro, San Francisco; Ciara Parker, BYU; Katarina Pilepic, San Francisco; Morgan Robinson, Portland; Alexis Salmons, Saint Mary's; Mary Shepherd, Santa Clara; Sara Staengle, San Francisco; Lizzy Tardieu, San Diego; Jurja Vlasic, San Francisco; Alicja Wilk, Pacific |