Feb. 19, 2002

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Mountain West Conference announced the 2001 Academic-All-Conference team for volleyball today. To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have completed at least one academic term at the member institution, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and be a starter or significant contributor to the team.

Thirty-five student-athletes earned MWC academic honors in 2001, including 22 repeat selections from the 2000 squad. A league-high eight of the 15 Utah volleyball student-athletes qualified for conference academic honors, followed by Wyoming with seven. UNLV had five honorees, followed by San Diego State with four. BYU, Colorado State and New Mexico each qualified three, while Air Force landed two student-athletes on the academic list, both of which were repeat selections.

Following is a list of Academic All-Mountain West Conference selections grouped alphabetically by school (*notes repeat selection).

Name                    School*Delavane Diaz          Air Force Academy*Kathleen Dildy         Air Force Academy
Uila Crabbe             BYU*Karina Puikkonen       BYU*Nina Puikkonen         BYU
*Emily Darger           Colorado State Univ.*Angela Knopf           Colorado State Univ.*Allison Peckham        Colorado State Univ.
Anna Reines             Univ. of New MexicoVanessa Shields         Univ. of New MexicoAlexandria Tixier       Univ. of New Mexico
*Nicole Akporiaye       San Diego State Univ.Zlatina Anguelova       San Diego State Univ.*Megan Schauermann      San Diego State Univ.Melissa Wright          San Diego State Univ.
* Patricia Assuncao     UNLV* Shannon Chase         UNLV  Nina Franchini        UNLV  Amy Lewis             UNLV* Leiana Oswald         UNLV
*Brenda Beal            Univ. of Utah*Adrienne Bradley-Drake Univ. of UtahKelsie Kartchner        Univ. of Utah*Jackie Morrill         Univ. of Utah*McKelle Stilson        Univ. of UtahSylva Strzinkov?        Univ. of Utah*Kim Turner             Univ. of Utah*Lenka Urbanov?         Univ. of Utah
Amy Doman               Univ. of Wyoming*Katie Jarman           Univ. of WyomingVanessa Latimer         Univ. of Wyoming*Rachel Lau             Univ. of Wyoming*Shannon Patrick        Univ. of Wyoming*Melissa Robinett       Univ. of WyomingJill Roslund            Univ. of Wyoming