NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State volleyball senior Kaity Weimerskirch was named the Missouri Valley Conference's Scholar-Athlete of the Year while Sarah Kushner earned First-Team Scholar-Athlete honors, and Kendee Hilliard was named to the Honorable Mention Scholar-Athlete team, as announced by the MVC Monday morning.
The selections were voted on by the conference's 12 sports information directors and nominees had to meet the College Sports Communicator's standards for Academic All-America nomination (3.50 GPA or higher, sophomore and up, played in at least 75% of team's matches).