Volleyball places two on Horizon League All-Academic Team

DAYTON/INDIANAPOLIS — Wright State's Megan Alders and Sam Ott have been named to the Horizon League Volleyball All-Academic Team as the conference office announced the 20-member list voted on by the League's faculty athletics representatives. The recognition marks the second-straight all-academic accolade for both Alders and Ott.

To be eligible for Horizon League All-Academic consideration, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher (based on a 4.00 scale), have completed at least one year at the member institution (excluding summer school), having earned 24 semester-hour or 36 quarter-hour credits, and participate in 50 percent of the team's overall contests.

Alders, a grad student working on her master's degree in Sports Management, has appeared in all 29 of the Raiders' matches to date this season with 19 starts, tallying 108 total sets played as an outside hitter, with 340 total kills and a 3.18 kills/set average this season, both team leading. Alders, who has already earned her undergraduate degree in Communication Studies, is a member of the Wright State Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, serving as the SAAC President for 2023-24. She has appeared on eight consecutive Horizon League Academic Honor Rolls, dating back to the 2020 Fall listing, and her work in the classroom has earned her a spot on the Wright State University Dean's List eight straight semesters, including with high honors in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022 and Fall 2022, receiving highest honors in Spring 2023.

Ott, a senior Marketing major, has appeared in 26 of the Raiders' matches to date this season, playing in 96 sets as an outside hitter, with 229 kills and a 2.39 kills/set average. She appeared on the Spring 2022 Horizon League Academic Honor Roll, the first she was eligible for and her work in the classroom has earned her a spot on the Wright State University Dean's List in each semester, with highest honors in Fall 2020, Spring 2021 and Fall 2021, with high honors in Spring 2022, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023.

2023 Valeo #HLVB All-Academic Team
Madison Olinger, Cleveland State
Laken Voss, Cleveland State
Tiffany Paalman, Green Bay
Emily Alan, IUPUI
Madi Malone, Milwaukee
Ari Miller, Milwaukee
Sarah Schrader, Milwaukee
Anna Burke, Northern Kentucky
Patti Cesarini, Oakland
Emily Wichmann, Oakland
Maggie Castleman, Purdue Fort Wayne
Emma Brown, RMU
Megan Alders, Wright State
Isidora Sisic, Youngstown State

Honorable Mentions
Abby Gardner, Green Bay
Kennedy Dolmage, Oakland
Panna Ratkai, Purdue Fort Wayne
Jaidan Hockman, RMU
Sam Ott, Wright State
Josi Borum, Youngstown State

Volleyball places two on Horizon League All-Academic Team

Players Mentioned

Megan Alders

Sam Ott

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