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Fetty and Smith named to SLC All-Academic Teams

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East Texas A&M University volleyball student-athletes Reese Fetty and Jade Smith have been selected to the Southland Conference All-Academic teams on Thursday morning.

Fetty (Farmersville) was named to the first team, while Smith (Houston – Mayde Creek) was named to the second team.

Following the fall season, Fetty received her graduate degree in health, kinesiology & sport studies last December. She has been twice named to the Academic All-District team by the College Sports Communicators, also earning Southland All-Academic honors, Southland Commissioner’s Honor Roll, and guided the Lions to the postseason for the 13th year in a row in 2024.

Smith was also named to the CSC Academic All-District team this fall. She is majoring in kinesiology & sport studies and has been named to the Southland Commissioner’s Honor Roll. Smith finished the 2024 season being the SLC leader in digs and was top 10 in the country. She was twice named the SLC Defensive Player of the Week.

Southland Conference All-Academic Teams are voted upon by the head coach, sports information director and an academic/compliance staff member from each school. Student-Athletes of the Year are voted upon by an awards committee which consists of one administrator from each member school. Voting for one’s own athletes is not permitted.

To be eligible for all-academic distinction, an athlete must hold a minimum 3.25 cumulative grade point average through the semester prior to the sport’s championship, completed at least one full academic semester at the nominating school prior to nomination, and participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s competitions during the most recently completed season. Student-Athlete of the Year nominees must have held at least a 3.50 GPA and have completed at least two years of athletic competition at the nominating school, including the current season.

First Team All-Conference athletes who meet all-academic nomination criteria are automatically named all-academic.

Southland Conference Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Year: Cicily Hidalgo, Southeastern

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL ALL-ACADEMIC-FIRST TEAM

Pos. Name  School Class Hometown Major
OH Reese Fetty East Texas A&M Gr. Farmersville, Texas Health Kinesiology & Sports Studies
MB Audrey Pearce HCU Sr. Aledo, Texas Kinesiology – Sport Management
OH McKenzie Moore McNeese Sr. Tomball, Texas Mass Communication
L Bailey Tillman McNeese Sr. Sugar Land, Texas Mass Communication
OH Cicily Hidalgo Southeastern Sr. Opelousas, La. Business Adminstration
MB Kyanna Creecy SFA So. McKinney, Texas Kinesiology
MB Katherine Holtman SFA Fr. Argyle, Texas Biology
MB Isabella Ortiz SFA Jr. Flower Mound, Texas Kinesiology
S Alex Hoglund Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Gr. Berkely, Calif. Business Administration
OH Kyndal Payne Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Sr. Haslet, Texas Biomedical Studies
MB Leah Stolfus Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Sr. Denton, Texas Kinesiology
S Isabella Costantini UTRGV So. Curitiba, Brazil Nutritional Sciences
RS Ilana De Assis UTRGV Sr. Chapadao do Ceu, Brazil Kinesiology
OH Claudia Lupescu UTRGV Sr. Bucharest, Romania Criminal Justice

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL ALL-ACADEMIC-SECOND TEAM

Pos. Name School Class Hometown Major
DS/L Jade Smith East Texas A&M Sr. Houston, Texas Kinesiology & Sports Studies
S Grace McLaughlin HCU Sr. Lucas, Texas Kinesiology
DS/L Audrey Patton UIW Sr. Boca Raton, Fla.
OH/OPP Risa Sena UIW Sr. Long Beach, Calif.
MH Hannah Brewer Southeastern Sr. Benton, Ark. Business Administration
OH Reaghan Thompson Northwestern State Jr. Kemah, Texas Nursing
DS Brooklyn Jaeger Texas A&M-Corpus Christi R-So. Fayetteville, Texas Kinesiology

Source and photo credit: lionathletics.com

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