Drake University's Emily Plock and Caitlyn Smith have both been named to the Missouri Valley Conference Volleyball Scholar-Athlete Team, the league announced Tuesday, March 30.
Both earned a spot on the Scholar-Athlete first team. The first team honor was the second of Plock's career while Smith earned first team honors after being named to the honorable mention roster last season.
Plock, a senior from Altoona, Iowa, earned the first team honors after finishing sixth in the league in kills while also maintianing a 3.56 GPA as a health sciences major.
Smith, a junior setter from Marion, Iowa, is in her first season as Drake's primary setter and was third in the league in assists this season while keeping her perfect 4.