MUNCIE, Ind. - - For her efforts both on the court and in the classroom, Ball State women's volleyball junior libero Kate Avila (Yorktown, Ind./Yorktown) has been named to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District Women's Volleyball Second Team as announced Thursday (Nov. 15) by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
A speech pathology major with a 3.98 grade point average, Avila earns the honor for the second straight year after finishing the regular season ranked 67th in the nation with a 4.86 digs-per-set average. Her play in the backcourt helped the Cardinals secure their second straight Mid-American Conference West Division title, as well as the third seed in this week's MAC Tournament.