Combining her performance as one of the top setters in the Western Athletic Conference with an exemplary academic record within a challenging major, junior Kerry Lane (Tucson, Ariz.) has been voted First Team Academic All-District 8 by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), announced Thursday by the national organization.
Lane is currently second in the WAC with 9.89 assists per set in all matches, collecting a total of 752 assists so far this season. In WAC matches only, Lane has earned 428 assists, averaging 10.19 assists per set to sit second in the league in that category as well. Lane has two of the league’s top four single-match assist totals in 2015, accumulating 56 assists at Missouri-Kansas City on Sept. 24 and 55 assists at New Mexico State on Oct. 17.
In her collegiate career, Lane has collected 2,935 assists, just 65 assists away from becoming only the third player in Seattle U volleyball history to reach the 3,000-career assist mark. She is one of only two players in program history to earn at least 1,000 assists in back-to-back seasons, finishing with 1,076 assists in 2013 and 1,107 assists in 2014.
In the classroom, Lane is majoring in mechanical engineering and currently carries a 3.85 grade point average. She is a two-time Academic All-WAC honoree and has helped the Seattle U volleyball receive the AVCA Team Academic Award in back-to-back years.
Lane is one of four student-athletes representing colleges within the city of Seattle on the Academic All-District 8 Team, joining Katy Beals, Lianna Sybeldon, and Melanie Wade of the third-ranked University of Washington. The other two members of the District 8 team also play for nationally-ranked programs, as Jordan Burgess of seventh-ranked Stanford and Amy Boswell of #14 BYU were also recognized.
Lane, now eligible for Academic All-America honors, is the first Seattle U volleyball player to earn Academic All-District recognition since Kelly Biette received the award in 2012. She is the second Seattle U student-athlete to earn First Team Academic All-District honors this year, joining Hamza Haddadi of the men’s soccer team, while Kelly Beck and Kiana Kraft from the women’s soccer team earned Second Team Academic All-District honors.
The Seattle University volleyball team, 15-9 overall and 7-4 within the conference, hosts Utah Valley Saturday, Nov. 7, starting at 11 a.m. at the Seattle Academy Gymnasium. The match will be streamed live by the WAC Digital Network (www.wacsports.com/live), with live stats also available on GoSeattleU.com.