ST. LOUIS – Sophomore
Ashley Ring has been named to the Missouri Valley Conference 2012 Volleyball Scholar-Athlete Team in an announcement today by the league.
Not only did Ring perform at an elite level on the floor, she also got the job done in the classroom. The Madison, Wisc. Native posted a 3.97 GPA as a Pre-Med major at UE. Her GPA was the highest among the 12 others who made the First Team.
Ring improved by leaps and bounds in her sophomore season with the Aces, finishing third in the MVC with an average of 3.45 kills per set. She tallied a total of 379 on the season, also third in the league. She also ranked in the top five in the conference in service aces, posting an average of 0.30 per set.
Forty-two student-athletes were nominated for the Valley’s scholar-athlete team. The criterion for the honor parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for Academic All-America voting. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA (on a 4.00 scale). Also, students must have participated in at least 75 percent of the regular-season matches. Student-athletes must have reached sophomore status in both athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen were not eligible).
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2012 MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE SCHOLAR-ATHLETE FIRST TEAM |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Pos. |
GPA |
Major |
Hometown |
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Andrea Beaty |
Missouri State |
Jr. |
RS/MB |
3.93 |
Psychology |
Pacific, Mo. (Washington) |
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^Megan Bober |
Creighton |
Sr. |
S |
3.83 |
Exercise Science |
Murdock, Neb. (Elmwood-Murdock) |
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%Brooke Boggs |
Creighton |
Sr. |
DS |
3.91 |
Health Administration/Policy |
Wildwood, Mo. (Lafayette) |
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^Amy Braun |
UNI |
Sr. |
OH |
3.76 |
Elementary Education |
Lakeville, Minn. (North) |
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Rachael Brown |
Southern Illinois |
Sr. |
S |
3.82 |
Exercise Science |
Brownsburg, Ind. (Brownsburg) |
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%Elizabeth Field |
Wichita State |
Jr. |
MB |
3.80 |
Chemistry |
Windsor, Calif. (Santa Rosa) |
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^Shelby Kintzel |
UNI |
Jr. |
MB |
4.00 |
Elementary Education |
Mount Vernon, Iowa (Mount Vernon) |
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^Ashley Mason |
Missouri State |
Jr. |
DS/L |
3.90 |
Business Education |
Granby, Mo. (East Newton) |
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%Alysia Mayes |
Southern Illinois |
Sr. |
MB |
3.77 |
Exercise Science |
Ashkum, Ill. (Clifton Central) |
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Ashley Ring |
Evansville |
So. |
OH |
3.97 |
Pre-Med |
Madison, Wis. (Edgewood) |
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Macy Ubben |
UNI |
Jr. |
OH |
3.94 |
Biology |
Ackley, Iowa (AGWSR) |
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%Bailey Yeager |
Southern Illinois |
Sr. |
DS |
3.92 |
Speech Communication Disorders |
Brownsburg, Ind. (Brownsburg) |
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^2011 First Team; %2011 Honorable Mention |
