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Cohen Grabs Top Academic Award
11/10/2011 4:18:00 PM | Volleyball
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TROY, Ala. – Courtney Cohen has been named to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-District Volleyball Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and released on Thursday.
The Academic All-District teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.
Cohen, a sophomore from Woodstock, Ga., has a 4.00 GPA in biology/biomedical sciences and was selected to the Academic All-District First Team for District 4.
The libero leads the Sun Belt Conference in digs and enters the weekend just eight digs shy of tying Troy's single-season record. Cohen has already posted 480 digs on the year as she nears Vicki Paciski's school record of 488. Paciski set the record in 1997, a season in which she led the NCAA in digs/set.
The Academic All-District ® teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. This is the first year of the expanded Academic All-America® program as CoSIDA moves from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I) and doubles the number of scholar-athletes honored. The teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools. Capital One became the entitlement rights holder to CoSIDA's Academic All-America teams programs in 2011.
First-team Academic All-District ® honorees advance to the Capital One Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.
The Troy volleyball team closes out the regular season with two home matches this weekend as they look to secure a spot in the eight-team Sun Belt Tournament which begins next week.
The Trojans (15-13, 5-9) host Florida Atlantic at 5:00 p.m. on Friday at Sartain Hall before hosting FIU at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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