Eight Huskers Named Academic All-Big 12

Lincoln ? A conference-best eight Nebraska volleyball players were honored Tuesday with selections to the first-team academic All-Big 12 squad.

The honorees were led by Sarah Pavan and Amanda Gates, who were two of only four players in the Big 12 with cumulative 4.0 GPAs. It is Pavan’s second academic All-Big 12 award, as she carries a 4.0 GPA in biochemisty, and the first for Gates, who majors in communication studies. Pavan, a first-team CoSIDA Academic All-American last season, also picked up CoSIDA first-team Academic All-District VII honors last week.

Wednesday’s match between Nebraska and Texas A&M will feature all four players in the Big 12 with perfect 4.0 GPAs, a group that also includes Texas A&M’s Christi Hahn and Jen Moore.

Seniors Dani Busboom and Dani Mancuso both earned their third selection to the academic All-Big 12 team, as both players major in communication studies. Other multiple award winners included junior Tracy Stalls, who is a two-time academic All-Big 12 honoree.

Maggie Griffin and Rachel Schwartz joined Pavan as first-time honorees, as Nebraska and Kansas State were the only schools with eight selections on either the first or second teams.

Nominated by each institution’s director of student-athlete support services and the media relations offices, the volleyball academic all-league team consisted of 42 first team members combined with eight on the second team. First-team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA, and the second-team are those who have a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.

To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of her team’s scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.

Nebraska	Yr.	Major	Hometown
Dani Busboom	Sr.	Communication Studies	Cortland, Neb.
Amanda Gates	So.	Communication Studies	Columbus, Neb.
Maggie Griffin	Jr.	Business Administration	St. Charles, Ill.
Jordan Larson	So.	Undeclared	Hooper, Neb.
Dani Mancuso	Sr.	Communication Studies	Omaha, Neb.
Sarah Pavan	Jr.	Biochemistry	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Rachel Schwartz	So.	Communication Studies	Lincoln, Neb.
Tracy Stalls	Jr.	Interdisciplinary Studies	Denver, Colo.

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