2020-21 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Volleyball Teams Announced

2020-21 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Volleyball Teams Announced

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Stanford outside hitter Meghan McClure Headlines 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Volleyball Team

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Meghan McClure

AUSTIN, Texas – Outside hitter Meghan McClure, a senior at Stanford University headlines the 2020-21 Academic All-America® Division I volleyball team selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and announced Monday.
 
McClure has been named the 2020-21 Academic All-America® of the Year for Division I volleyball.
 
A native of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., McClure graduated from Stanford with a degree in science, technology & society while carrying a 4.0 GPA. This is the second Academic All-America® honor for McClure after being named to the first team in 2019. As a senior in 2021, McClure was a Top 30 candidate for the Senior CLASS Award and was a preseason All-Pac-12 Conference selection. McClure was a member of two NCAA Championship teams (2018, 2019) and helped lead Stanford to three Pac-12 titles (2017-19). She was a three-time honorable mention All-America from VolleyballMag.com (2017-19), an American Volleyball Coaches Association North Region pick in 2018 and was recognized by the Pac-12 three times with all-conference selections.
 
Six of the 21 members of the Academic All-America® Division I volleyball team boast a perfect 4.0 GPA in their undergraduate work or graduate school. The eight members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.86.
 
Joining McClure as a repeat selection on the Academic All-America® Division I volleyball team are Brynn Carlson (Kansas State University), a third team Academic All-America® honoree in 2019, Sydney Hilley (University of Wisconsin), who was a firs team Academic All-America® selection in 2019 and Lauren Swartz (Michigan State University), who was a member of the third team Academic All-America® in 2019.
 
Seven of the 21 members of the Academic All-America® Division I women’s volleyball teams sport a perfect 4.0 GPA in either undergrad or graduate school. The eight members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.86, with the complete 21-member women’s team averaging a 3.84 GPA.
 
 

64702020-21 Academic All-America® Volleyball Teams – NCAA Division I
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Brynn Carlson (3) Kansas State University Gr. 4.00 Dietetics / Kinesiology & Nutrition / Kinesiology
Gabby Curry University of Kentucky Gr. 3.84 MBA
Sydney Hilley (1) University of Wisconsin Sr. 3.79 Applied Biotechnology
Nicole Lennon Rice University Sr. 3.73 Economics & Psychological Sciences
Madison Lilley University of Kentucky Sr. 3.61 Integrated Strategic Communication
Meghan McClure (1) Stanford University Sr. 4.00 Science, Technology & Society
Avery Skinner University of Kentucky Sr. 3.92 Communication Sciences & Disorders
Lauren Swartz (3) Michigan State University Gr. 4.00/4.00 Economics (UG) / Marketing Research (G) 
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Abby Bottomley High Point University Sr. 3.9 Finance / Marketing 
Rylee Cookerly Valparaiso University Sr. 3.96 Nursing
Logan Eggleston University of Texas Jr. 3.52 Management
Megan Kaufman Chattanooga Sr. 4.00 Nursing
Mac May UCLA Gr. 3.79/4.00 Sociology
McKenna Melville UCF Jr. 3.92 Finance
Lexi Sun University of Nebraska Sr. 3.51 Communication Studies 
THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Dana Axner FGCU Jr. 3.9 Secondary Mathematics Education
Kylie Deberg University of Missouri Sr. 3.53 Parks, Recreation & Sport 
Kennedy Eschenberg Brigham Young University Sr. 3.87 Elementary Education
Anett Nemeth Coastal Carolina University Jr. 3.94 Management
Hannah Thompson Bradley University Jr. 4.00 Health Science
Cindy Tran UC San Diego Gr. 4.00/4.00 Public Health 

Academic All-America® of the Year: Meghan McClure, Stanford University
(1) – 2019 1st team Academic All-America®
(3) – 2019 3rd team Academic All-America®


FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, Retired, North Dakota State University | Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
jeff.schwartz@ndsu.edu | (701) 231-8332

Mex Carey | Michigan State University | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
carey@ath.msu.edu | (517) 884-0033