LaPIER NAMED TO 2021 CACC VOLLEYBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

July 12, 2021

LaPIER NAMED TO 2021 CACC VOLLEYBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

New Haven, Conn. (7/12/21) Fifty-seven (57) student-athletes on Monday were named to the 2020-21 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Volleyball All-Academic Team, as announced by Commissioner Dan Mara. The 57 honorees represent all 14 CACC member institutions that have a varsity program in the sport.

Courtesy of the CACC

New Haven, Conn. (7/12/21) Fifty-seven (57) student-athletes on Monday were named to the 2020-21 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Volleyball All-Academic Team, as announced by Commissioner Dan Mara. The 57 honorees represent all 14 CACC member institutions that have a varsity program in the sport.

Dominican's Emmalyn LaPier (Endicott, N.Y.) has been named to the 2021 CACC All-Academic Team for the second time in her career. She maintains a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 in her major of Nursing.

Wilmington University led the way with seven honorees, including Grace Morton's team-best 3.97 cumulative grade point average in her major of Accounting. Six programs followed with five honorees apiece, including Caldwell University, Chestnut Hill College, Concordia College, Goldey-Beacom College, University of the Sciences, and Thomas Jefferson University.

Holy Family University, which claimed the 2020-21 CACC Women's Volleyball Championship in the spring followed with four student-athletes who achieved all-academic status.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
♦ Fifteen of the honorees earned GPAs of 3.90 or higher.

♦ Twelve of the honorees made the CACC Women's Volleyball All-Academic Team for the second time.

♦ Eleven of the honorees made the All-Academic squad for the third time.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.