Nine Huskers Earn Academic All-Big Ten Honors

The Big Ten Conference announced its fall Academic All-Big Ten honorees on Wednesday morning, including nine members of the Nebraska volleyball program.

Junior Cecilia Hall earned her second career honor. Hall is a biochemistry major. Eight Huskers were honored for the first time: Alexa Ethridge (speech-language pathology), Kelly Hunter (marketing), Melanie Keil (dietetics), Kira Larson (marketing), Mary Pollmiller (nutrition science), Amber Rolfzen (business administration), Kadie Rolfzen (advertising & public relations) and Justine Wong-Orantes (child, youth & family studies).

To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, student-athletes must be letterwinners who are in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.