MANHATTAN, Kan. - Junior outside hitter JuliAnne Chisholm was recognized for her combined efforts on the court and in the classroom on Monday being selected to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America Volleyball Team. Chisholm received third team honors and is the fourth Academic All-American in school history.

Chisholm holds a perfect 4.0 GPA in athletic training and pre-medicine at Kansas State and leads the team in kills per set this season. Earlier this season she was named Academic All-Big 12 First Team, her first such award and received Academic All-District First Team distinction making her eligible for the All-America Team. Chisholm is one of just two Big 12 student-athletes named to this year volleyball Academic All-America Team with Nebraska's Kori Cooper getting first team recognition.

"This is a tremendous honor for Jules," said head coach Suzie Fritz. "She works exceptionally hard at her academics and this is a very well-deserved honor."

K-State's last Academic All-American in volleyball was Cari Jansen in 2003 when she was named to the first team. Jansen also earned third team honors the previous year. Jennifer Koehn was named to the third team in 1982.

Kansas State Athletics has seen a number of academic achievements from its student-athletes this season and holds the highest graduation rate for all sports combined in the Big 12 Conference for a third straight year. The volleyball team had four student-athletes named Academic All-Big 12 First Team and Kelsey Chipman joined Chisholm on the Academic All-District First Team.

2009 ESPN THE MAGAZINE Academic All-America®

Volleyball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA

FIRST TEAM

Name                     School                         Dist.  Yr.    Hometown              GPA    Major

Jessica Boulavsky   Rice                               VI    Sr.    Houston, Tex.         4.00    Psychology, Pre-Med

Kori Cooper *          Nebraska                        VII    Sr.    Amarillo, Tex.          3.81    Speech & Language Path.

Molly Davis ***        SE Missouri State           VII    Sr.    Muncie, Ind.            4.00    Sports Management

Meagan Dooley       Pittsburgh                       II     Sr.    West Chester, Pa.   4.00    Liberal Studies/Spec. Educ.

Megan Hodge **      Penn State                      II     Sr.    Durham, N.C.          3.45    Business Management

Rachael Moss **      Duke                               III    Sr.    Cypress, Cal.          3.94    Political Science

SECOND TEAM

Name                     School                         Dist. Yr.    Hometown              GPA    Major

Sarah Cline             South Carolina                III    Sr.    Rock Hill, S.C.         4.00    Exercise science

Jill Collymore ***     Washington                   VIII   Sr.    Bellevue, Wash.      3.77    Honors Psych./Honors Digital Arts

Elizabeth Fleming    Marshall                          II     Jr.    Sound Bend, Ind.    4.00    International Affairs

Alix Klineman          Stanford                        VIII    Jr.    Manhattan Beach, Cal. 3.53    Art

Jill Nyhof                Coastal Carolina              III    Sr.    Alpharetta, Ga.        4.00    Political Science

Chloe Smith            Central Arkansas             VI    Jr.    San Diego, Calif.     3.93    Digital Filmmaking

THIRD TEAM

Name                     School                         Dist. Yr.    Hometown              GPA    Major

Sabrina Baby          N.J. Institute of Tech.       II     Sr.    Florianopolis, Brazil 3.91    Business

JuliAnne Chisholm   Kansas State                  VII    Jr.    Hillsboro, Kan.        4.00    Athletic Training/Pre-Medicine

Lauren Felsing **     Wisconsin-Milwaukee       V    Sr.    Hartland, Wis.         3.97    Marketing

Angie Porché          Valparaiso                      V    Sr.    Lynwood, Ill.           3.76    Psychology

Sarah Rumely          Kentucky                        IV    Sr.    New Palestine, Ind. 3.63    Kinesiology/Exercise Science

Caitlin Saxton          Rutgers                           II     Jr.    Encinitas, Cal.         4.00    Sociology

Academic All-America of the Year: Megan Hodge, Penn State

*           ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® 1st team in 2008

**         ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® 2nd team in 2008

***        ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® 3rd team in 2008

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