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Volleyball's Coundourides Named First Team Academic All-District
11.3.16 | Women's Volleyball
PHILADELPHIA -- Temple volleyball player Kyra Coundourides has been named a first-team Academic All-District selection by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The starting setter for the 16-6 Owls, Coundourides distributes Temple's offense to the tune of 10.65 assists per set, ranking first in the conference and 43rd in the nation. She has racked up 29 aces this season, putting her third in The American in aces per set, while also tallying 10 double-doubles. Coundourides and her teammates have led Temple to its highest NCAA RPI ranking since the 2002 season (#48) and the Owls are currently ranked 49th.
In the classroom, Coundourides is a kinesiology major with a 4.00 grade-point average. She volunteers as a pen pal for local Philadelphia elementary school students and has also volunteered at Southwest General Hospital & Seidman Cancer Center near her hometown of Brunswick, Ohio.
Coundourides is one of just six players named to the District 2 first team, which includes schools in D.C., Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. She is now under consideration for the CoSIDA Academic All-American team.
CoSIDA's Academic All-America program began in 1952 and currently sponsors programs for men's soccer, women's soccer, football, volleyball, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball and men's and women's track and field/cross country, as well as student-athletes who compete in other sports through the At-Large program. Â Among the criteria for nomination, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative GPA and must have reached sophomore athletic eligibility.
2016 District 2 Academic All-District First Team - Division I
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The starting setter for the 16-6 Owls, Coundourides distributes Temple's offense to the tune of 10.65 assists per set, ranking first in the conference and 43rd in the nation. She has racked up 29 aces this season, putting her third in The American in aces per set, while also tallying 10 double-doubles. Coundourides and her teammates have led Temple to its highest NCAA RPI ranking since the 2002 season (#48) and the Owls are currently ranked 49th.
In the classroom, Coundourides is a kinesiology major with a 4.00 grade-point average. She volunteers as a pen pal for local Philadelphia elementary school students and has also volunteered at Southwest General Hospital & Seidman Cancer Center near her hometown of Brunswick, Ohio.
Coundourides is one of just six players named to the District 2 first team, which includes schools in D.C., Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. She is now under consideration for the CoSIDA Academic All-American team.
CoSIDA's Academic All-America program began in 1952 and currently sponsors programs for men's soccer, women's soccer, football, volleyball, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball and men's and women's track and field/cross country, as well as student-athletes who compete in other sports through the At-Large program. Â Among the criteria for nomination, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative GPA and must have reached sophomore athletic eligibility.
2016 District 2 Academic All-District First Team - Division I
| Kyra Coundourides | Temple University | Jr. | Brunswick, Ohio | 4.00 | Kinesiology |
| Hannah Shreve | West Virginia University | Gr. | Charleston, W.Va. | 3.94,4.00 | Professional Accountancy Masters |
| Haleigh Washington | Penn State University | Jr. | Colorado Springs, Colo. | 3.83 | Philosophy & Psychology |
| April Krivoniak | Robert Morris University | Sr. | Latrobe, Pa. | 3.99 | Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering |
| Ashley Dusek | University of Kentucky | Jr. | East Bernard, Texas | 3.5 | Integrated Strategic Communications |
| Khaila Donaldson | Howard University | Jr. | Vernon Hills, IL | 3.89 | Finance |
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