Nov. 3, 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Junior middle blocker Haleigh Washington earned Academic All-District honors, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday afternoon.
It was Washington's second time being honored as a part of the Academic All-District team, as the Colorado Springs, Colorado, native was named to the All-District team last season, before going on to earn Second Team Academic All-America honors.
On the court, Washington is a force to be reckoned with. She averages the second most kills on the team with 187 to date, while her .446 hitting percentage ranks third nationally. The middle blocker also leads the team's defense at the net, averaging 1.13 blocks per set, good for 11th in the Big Ten conference. Her 17 season service aces rank second best on the team.
In the classroom, Washington is a double major in philosophy and psychology, boasting an impressive 3.83 grade point average.
Washington is joined by Kyra Coundourides (Temple), Khaila Donaldson (Howard), Ashley Dusek (Kentucky), April Krivoniak (Robert Morris PA), and Hannah Shreve (West Virginia) on the District 2 team, which includes all Division I teams in Washington DC, Deleware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
In total, 56 student-athletes from the Division I ranks are selected to the Academic All-District teams. All members of the All-District teams are eligible for Academic All-America consideration, which will be announced on December 8.
Penn State team (17-6, 9-3 Big Ten) will spend this weekend inside the friendly confines of Rec Hall, where the team is slated to face defending national champion No. 1 Nebraska and Iowa. The Nittany Lions take on the Cornhuskers on Friday, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m., with the match set for national broadcast on the Big Ten Network. The team then faces Iowa the next day, taking on the Hawkeyes, Saturday, Nov. 5, at 4 p.m. Tickets to both the Nebraska and Iowa matches will be just $4 dollars with proof of purchase of tickets to the Penn State-Iowa football game on Saturday evening.
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