OMAHA, Neb. -- Senior libero Abby Bottomley has become the first player in Creighton Volleyball history to be named a First Team Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Bottomley is the 12th student-athlete across all Bluejay sports to be named a First Team Academic All-American by CoSIDA. Creighton's other past First Team CoSIDA Academic All-Americans include Rick Apke (men's basketball; 1978), Jean Tierney (softball; 1983), Christy Lunceford (softball; 1997), Heidi Geier (softball; 1999), Christine Fukumoto (softball; 2005), Brian Holt (men's soccer; 2011), Fabian Herbers (men's soccer; 2015), Tyler Clement (men's basketball; 2018), Sam Crowley (softball; 2018) and Sven Koenig (men's soccer, 2018) and Nick Monkemeyer (men's cross country, 2019).