11 Wildcats named Academic All-Big 12

A program-record 11 Kansas State volleyball student- athletes were named to the 2016 Academic All-Big 12 Team, including nine on the first team, as the conference office announced the full 60-member list Tuesday. K-State, along with Oklahoma, earned the highest number of representatives in the conference.

Seniors Katie Brand (life sciences) and Kersten Kober (accounting) headline the record-setting group of 11 Wildcats, as the two were among five players this season to turn in a perfect 4.0 GPA. Brand is K-State’s first four-time honoree since Jenny Jantsch (2005-08) and is just the third Wildcat ever to be honored four times. Kober was named to the first team with a 4.0 GPA for the third…