PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Three members of the Plymouth State University women's volleyball program were honored by College Sports Communicators for their academic achievements on Tuesday, as the CSC Academic All-District Teams were announced.
 
Graduate student Ella Koelb (Auburn, N.H.), junior Annalyn Cahill (Mystic, Conn.), and sophomore Danielle Emerson (Biddeford, Maine) were each recognized.
 
Academic All-District honorees are considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America ballot, where First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced in mid-January.
 
To be eligible for Academic All-District recognition, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically and must maintain at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average. Student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of the institution's matches or must start in at least 66 percent of the contests.
 
Under the leadership of eight-year head coach Joan Forge, the Panthers went 23-8 and captured the program's first Little East Conference Tournament title in 21 years. Plymouth State led #12 Ithaca College 21-18 in the first set of the opening round of the NCAA Tournament before the Bombers rallied.