High Point, N.C. – Queens University of Charlotte alongside Conference Carolinas is proud to announce that Tori Hernandez (Gainesville, Fla., Gainesvillle) and Ashley Winters (Fredericktown, Ohio, Highland) have been named to the 2011 Women's Volleyball Academic All-Conference Team. League member institutions stress the role of "Academics and Athletics Working Together" and each sport's Academic All-Conference award winners exemplify this continued league-wide commitment.  

The 2011 Conference Carolinas Women's Volleyball Academic All-Conference representatives have been awarded to the following junior and senior student-athletes with a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale in all work completed at their member institution that have played in a conference sponsored sport. The GPA is calculated based on the student-athletes cumulative average through the previous semester and each student-athlete must have attended their member institution for at least one academic year.

Each year the Academic All-Conference Team is released while closing out each regular season before starting the tournament championships. Women's volleyball will begin tournament play on Tuesday, November 8 with quarterfinal games being played at the higher seeded team. Semifinal and final matches are also at the higher seeded team that following Friday and Sunday. 

Queens finished the regular season undefeated in the East earning the 1B seed. The Royals will host Limestone College tomorrow evening at 6:30 pm and we are looking to pack the gym in record numbers. One hundred dollars' worth of Harris Teeter gift cards will be given away as prizes at the event.

Women's Volleyball Academic All-Conference Team

Kati Wood, Barton
Bria James, Belmont Abbey
Kay Schellenburg, Belmont Abbey
Lauren Hunsberger, Converse
Brianna Scalf, Converse
Alicia Bragg, Erskine
Larz Chabra, Erskine
Gabby Dierickx, Erskine
Brooke Dodge, Erskine
Erin Tovo, Erskine
Natalie Brown, King
Kirsten Hamel, King
Jessica Hammond, King
Ashley Pittman, King
Sarah Van Goethem, King
Megan Epperson, Lees-McRae
Megan Mitchell, Lees-McRae
Taylor Clendenin, Lees-McRae
Kassie Boedeker, Limestone
Holli Dawson, Limestone
Stephanie Dover, Limestone
Michelle Salle, North Greenville
Colleen Wands, Pfeiffer
Erin Gray, Pfeiffer
Ashley Winters, Queens
Victoria Hernandez, Queens