Five Falcons Earn Academic All-Conference Honors
2/10/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Feb. 10, 2011
USAF ACADEMY, Colo. - Five members of the 2010 Air Force volleyball team were named to the Mountain West Conference Academic All-Conference Team, the league office announced this morning (Feb. 10). Seniors Jessica Hellmann, Caroline Kurtz and Nichole Stilwell claimed their fourth consecutive selection to the academic all-conference squad.
Hellmann, Kurtz and Stilwell became three of just six Falcons to earn academic all-MWC distinction all four years, joining Delavane Diaz, Kristin Hamlett and Kim Kallabis.
Sophomore Maiya Perich earned her second selection to the academic all-conference list, while Claire Bieber claimed her first such honor.
A total of 386 student-athletes were named to the fall 2010 academic all-conference team. Fall sports include men's and women's cross country, football, women's soccer and women's volleyball. To be eligible, student-athletes must have completed at least one academic term at the member institution, while maintaining a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.0 or better and be a starter or significant contributor on their athletic team.
Air Force had 33 cadet-athletes collect academic all-conference honors during the fall, with Kurtz boasting the highest GPA at 3.90.
Name, Class, Major (GPA)
Claire Bieber, freshman, foreign area studies (3.50)
Jessica Hellmann, senior, English (3.73)
Caroline Kurtz, senior, systems engineering/human systems (3.90)
Maiya Perich, sophomore, foreign area studies (3.39)
Nichole Stilwell, senior, mathematics (3.67)
