PORTLAND, Ore. – A total of 41 student-athletes have been named to the 2013 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference volleyball team.

Leading the academic team with perfect 4.00 GPAs are Alaska Anchorage sophomore Sarah Johnson and Saint Martin’s sophomore Carrie Starbuck.  Johnson is a nursing major, while Starbuck is studying business.

Eighteen of the student-athletes are repeat selections from a year ago including six who were selected to the team for the third time.  Those include Siobhan Johansen of Alaska Anchorage, Keri Knight of Alaska Fairbanks, Erin Smith of Central Washington, Taylor Adams of MSU Billings, Becky Blees of Western Oregon and Emily Boerger of Western Washington. Both Boerger and Adams have 3.89 GPAs.

To be eligible for the academic team, student-athletes must have a minimum grade point average of 3.20 and be in at least their second year of competition at their university.

GNAC Volleyball Academic All-Conference Team
**Siobhan Johansen, UAA (English, Sr., 3.64, Palmer, AK)
Jodi Huddleston, UAA (History, Sr., 3.22, Scottsbluff, NE)
Sarah Johnson, UAA (Nursing, So., 4.00, Anchorage, AK)
**Keri Knight, UAF (Business Administration, Sr., 3.86, Arvada, CO)
Kylie Dickerson, UAF (Business Administration, So., 3.66, Fairbanks, AK)
Sam Harthun, UAF (Art, So., 3.48, Oregon City, OR)
Samantha Hesterman, UAF (Social Work, So., 3.21, Ormiston, SK)
Linden Firethorne, CWU (Undeclared, 3.91, So., Clinton, WA)
**Erin Smith, CWU (Physical Education & School Health, Sr., 3.73, Selah, WA)
*Lauren Herseth, CWU (Physical Education & School Health, Jr., 3.70, Olympia, WA)
Zoe Iida, CWU (Clinical Physiology, So., 3.66, Bothell, WA)
Rachel Hanses, CWU (Food Science & Nutrition, So., 3.51, Yakima, WA)
*Julie Hulbert, CWU (Food Science & Nutrition, Jr., 3.42, LaConner, WA)
*Kaely Kight, CWU (Business Administration, Jr., 3.36, Spokane, WA)
**Taylor Adams, MSUB (Health & Human Performance, Sr., 3.89, Anchorage, AK)
Juliana Evola, MSUB (Special Education, Sr., 3.72, Portland, OR)
Krista Norris, MSUB (Special Education, Jr., 3.22, Avon, CO)
Chelsey Walter, MSUB (Health & Human Performance, Jr., 3.21, Billings, MT)
Kyndal Williams, MSUB (Rehabilitation & Related Services, So., 3.66, Helena, MT)
Linnea Phillips, NNU (Nursing, So., 3.96, Yakima, WA)
Elayna Rice, NNU (Kinesiology, So., 3.35, Billings, MT)
*Rebecca TenHaken, NNU (Communication Science, So.,  3.33, Happy Valley, OR)
Taylor VanValey, NNU (Social Work, So., 3.24, Brush Prairie, WA)
Carrie Starbuck, SMU (Business, So., 4.00, Lynden, WA)
*Kristyn Ross, SMU (Biology, Jr., 3.74, Olympia, WA)
*Halee Hernandez, SMU (Education, Jr., 3.41, Olympia, WA)
Nicole Schwend, SPU (Accounting, Sr., 3.78, Oregon City, OR)
Madi Cavell, SPU (English, Jr., 3.74, Keizer, OR)
Brianna Leenders, SPU (Nursing, Jr., 3.68, Portland, OR)
Jessica Miller, SPU (Global Development, Jr., 3.57, Fife, WA)
*Nikki Lowell, SPU (Business Administration, Sr., 3.55, Claremont, CA)
Ellie Britt, SPU (Fashion Merchandising, So., 3.55, Orange, CA)
*Kelsey Robinson, SFU (Biological Sciences, Jr, 3.87,  Surrey, BC)
*Madeleine Hait, SFU (Business, Jr, 3.58, Burnaby, BC)
*Alanna Chan, SFU (Communications, Jr, 3.32, Port Moody, BC)
**Becky Blees, WOU (Criminal Justice, Sr., 3.43, Portland, OR)
Kelsie Christensen, WOU (Community Health Education, So., 3.40, Happy Valley, OR)
Megan Triggs, WOU (Community Health Education, Sr., 3.24, Olympia, WA)
**Emily Boerger, WWU (Anthropology & Biology, Sr., 3.89, Marysville, WA)
*Kelsey Moore, WWU (Psychology, Jr., 3.42, Bellevue, WA)
*Kayla Erickson, WWU (Business Administration-Management Concepts, Jr., 3.31, Gig Harbor, WA)