UNCW's Bucci Highlights #ASUNBVB All-Academic Team as Scholar-Athlete of the Year
UNCW's Bucci Highlights #ASUNBVB All-Academic Team as Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Beach Volleyball All-Academic Team
ATLANTA, Ga. - The ASUN Conference announced UNCW's Ellie Bucci as the 2022 Beach Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Bucci highlighted the 10-person All-Academic Team, announced by the league office on Thursday.
An Apex, N.C., native, Bucci earned a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA majoring in Environmental Science. Bucci helped UNCW to set a new program record for wins in a single season at 21 and aided the Seahawks in earning the fourth seed in the ASUN Beach Volleyball Championship. She collected 13 wins on Court 2 this season while earning five victories in the fourth flight for UNCW. She became the first student-athlete in UNCW program history to collect the accolade.
The All-Academic Team recognizes student-athletes who excel both on the field and in the classroom. All members of the team boast a 3.30 cumulative grade point average or better and participated in at least half of their team's games.
2022 ASUN Beach Volleyball All-Academic Team
Ellie Bucci, UNCW (4.00 | So. | Apex, N.C. | Environmental Science)
Kelsie Sager, Central Arkansas (4.00 | Sr. | Wichita Falls, Texas | MBA)
Kyra Thompson, College of Charleston (3.89 | Jr. | Greenville, S.C. | Exercise Science)
Maria Zweig, College of Charleston (4.00 | So. | Carmel, Ind. | Exercise Science)
Snowy Burnam, FGCU (3.80 | Gr. | Palm City, Fla. | Government Management)
Maddison Parmelly, FGCU (3.77 | Jr. | Rockwall, Texas | Health Science)
Shaylee Befus, Jacksonville (4.00 | Sr. | Brighton, Colo. | Kinesiology)
Sadie Sharkey, UNCW (3.92 | So. | Corning, N.Y. | Chemistry)
Carleigh Semeniuk, UNF (3.90 | Gr. | Ontario, Canada | MA Educational Leadership)
Shae Henson, Stetson (3.62 | Jr. | Merritt Island, Fla. | Health Science)
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