THIBODAUX, La. – Nearly three weeks after the conclusion of the 2014 season, Nicholls State University senior libero
Kalynn Egea continues to garner recognition for her outstanding performance on the court and in the classroom, and was named to the Southland Conference Volleyball All-Academic First Team, as well as the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-America Division I Volleyball Third Team the organizations announced Thursday.
A Peoria, Ariz. native, Egea was the catalyst for the Colonels' defense this season, leading the Southland Conference in both digs (607) and digs per set (5.84). She set the single-season record for digs per set at Nicholls and finished third in the nation in digs per set.
On Sept. 27 of this year Egea earned a career-high 32 digs against Northwestern State. She earned 7 service aces against Southeastern La. on Oct. 30, and 6 assists against Lamar on Oct. 4, both career-highs. Egea is also first all-time in school history for career digs per set. She was also named CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-District after finishing with a 4.0 GPA, and was recently accepted to Midwestern University for Optometry school.
The full list of the Southland Conference Volleyball All-Academic Teams is listed below.
First Team | | | | | | |
| Name | School | Position | Cl. | GPA | Major |
| Paige Holland^%1,2 | Stephen F. Austin | Setter | Sr. | 3.97 | Early Childhood Education |
| Deveney Wells-Gibson1,3 | Sam Houston State | Outside Hitter | Sr. | 3.67 | General Business |
| Mackenzie Neely1,3 | Northwestern State | Right-Side Hitter | Sr. | 3.95 | Health & Exercise Science |
| Megan Schwartz%3 | Lamar | Libero | Sr. | 4.00 | Social Work and Criminal Justice |
| Jill Ivy%1 | Stephen F. Austin | Outside Hitter | Sr. | 3.70 | Kinesiology |
| Neely Borger% | Abilene Christian | Middle Blocker | Sr. | 3.90 | Marketing |
| Shelbee Berringer1 | Central Arkansas | Libero | Sr. | 3.00 | Nutrition |
| Evie Grace Singleton1 | Central Arkansas | Outside Hitter | So. | 3.38 | Undecided |
| Kayla Armer% | Houston Baptist | Setter | So. | 4.00 | Psychology |
| Kalynn Egea% | Nicholls | Libero | Sr. | 4.00 | Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Michelle Griffith1 | Sam Houston State | Setter | So. | 3.48 | Food Science |
| Brianna Brink1 | A&M-Corpus Christi | Right-Side Hitter | Jr. | 3.28 | Psychology |
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| Second Team | | | | | |
| Ashley Phelps | A&M-Corpus Christi | Outside Hitter | Sr. | 3.71 | Communication |
| Alicia Dittrich3 | Central Arkansas | Middle Blocker | Sr. | 3.70 | Health Science, Physical Therapy |
| Bailey Martin | Northwestern State | Libero | So. | 3.85 | Biology |
| Stacey DiFrancesco2 | Northwestern State | Outside Hitter | Sr. | 3.25 | Family & Consumer Science |
| Carling Urben | Sam Houston State | Middle Blocker | Jr. | 3.98 | Animal Science |
| Mikayla Shippy | Southeastern La. | Setter | Jr. | 3.83 | Finance |
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^2014 Southland Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Year
%CoSIDA Academic All-District
1First-Team All-Conference
2Two-time all-academic selection
3Three-time all-academic selection
The full list of the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-America Division I Volleyball Teams is listed below. FIRST TEAMName School Yr. Hometown GPA MajorJill Briner Eastern Michigan Sr. Oak Park, Ill. 4.00 Accounting
Annika Foit (2) LIU Brooklyn Sr. Hausach, Germany 3.95 Biology
Lauren Ford Lipscomb Sr. Lenexa, Kan. 3.96 Exercise science
Krista Vansant Washington Sr. Redlands, Wash. 3.30 Sociology
Meg Riley Miami (Ohio) Sr. St. Louis, Mo. 3.97 Mechanical engineering
Sierra Wilson Alabama Jr. Anaheim, Calif. 4.00 English / political science
SECOND TEAMName School Yr. Hometown GPA Major Avery Acker SMU Jr. Poth, Texas 3.95 Business / accounting
Jordan Burgess Stanford Jr. Fort Myers, Fla. 3.53 Human biology
Kym Coley Georgia Southern Sr. Aiken, S.C. 4.00 Biology
Anna Dorn Illinois Sr. Munster, Ind. 3.96 Kinesiology
Paige Holland Stephen F. Austin Sr. Magnolia, Texas 3.97 Interdisciplinary studies
Savanah Leaf Miami (Fla.) Sr. San Anselmo, Calif. 3.89 Psychology
THIRD TEAMName School Yr. Hometown GPA MajorEmma Deininger (2) Radford Sr. Wallingford, Pa. 3.91 Accounting & finance
Kalynn Egea Nicholls Sr. Peoria, Ariz. 4.00 Interdisciplinary studies
Valerie El Houssine Tulsa Sr. Longchamps, Belgium 4.00 Management
Karsta Lowe UCLA Sr. Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. 3.35 Geography/environmental
Krystal Rivers Alabama So. Birmingham, Ala. 3.98 Biology
Monika Smidova American Sr. Plzen, Czech Republic 3.82 Business administration
Capital OneAcademic All-America® of the Year: Krista Vansant, Washington(2) - Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Second Team selection in 2013
