Butler's Inic named U.S. Army Scholar-Athlete of the Week

Aug. 28, 2007

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -

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INDIANAPOLIS -- Butler University junior Nina Inic (women's volleyball) has been named the U.S. Army Horizon League Scholar-Athlete of the Week, League commissioner Jonathan B. LeCrone announced Tuesday (August 28).

Inic led the Bulldog volleyball squad in digs in all three weekend matches at the Orange and Green Challenge in Coral Gables, Fla. She boasted a match-high 30 digs in Butler's season-opening victory over Jacksonville University, and made 19 kills against Hofstra University.

In the classroom, Inic carries a team-high 3.876 grade-point average as an economics major. In 2006, she earned Academic All-League honors, and was a member of the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll. In addition, Inic was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V Second Team.

The Horizon League instituted the Scholar-Athlete of the Week awards as a way to recognize outstanding academic and athletic achievement by its student-athletes. To be eligible for the honor, a student-athlete must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.20 or better (on a 4.00 scale), have completed at least one year at the member institution and passed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours, and perform well during the week's competition. Winners are selected by a group of League faculty athletic representatives, from nominations provided by sports information directors.

OTHER FEMALE NOMINEES:

Jenni Ramminger, Cleveland State (volleyball, junior, 3.65, communication) was named to the All-Tournament Team as CSU went 3-1 at the University of Toledo Invitational. In 3-0 sweeps of Bradley University and IUPUI, she posted 11 kills in each match, adding five blocks against IUPUI. She then added nine kills and only one error (24 attempts) in a loss to Xavier University before concluding the tournament with seven kills against Toledo. Ramminger's 18 blocks moved her into eighth place on the all-time blocks list at CSU.

Alyse Serritella, Loyola (volleyball, sophomore, 3.83, secondary education and history) recorded nine digs and a service ace to help Loyola sweep city rival DePaul University in three games. She also earned six digs in a previous loss to Northwestern University.

Leanne Felsing, Milwaukee (volleyball, senior, 3.479, education) recorded a pair of triple-doubles over the weekend, taking her career total to nine, and making her the all-time leader at UWM. She was named to the All-Tournament team at the InnTowner Invitational as Milwaukee won two of its three matches. Felsing's weekend effort brings her to 999 career digs, leaving her one away from becoming the seventh Panther in school history to collect 1,000 digs.

Casie Sullivan, UIC (volleyball, sophomore, 3.72, movement science) merited her first career double-double with 16 kills and 15 digs in a 3-0 sweep of DePaul. She added seven kills and two blocks against Northwestern, bringing her weekend totals to 24 kills,16 digs, four blocks and three service aces.

Brittany Malicoat, Valparaiso (volleyball, junior, 3.38, art history) earned 41 digs in two matches, both of which were match-highs for either side. In averaging 5.86 digs per game over the weekend, Malicoat extended her streak of earning at least 10 digs in 20 consecutive matches. She has also led the Crusaders in digs for 44 consecutive matches.



Jessica Fraley, Youngstown State (volleyball, senior, 3.81, telecommunications) led the Penguins to a 4-0 record last week, and was named to the All-Tournament Team of the Temple University Tournament. She recorded a double-double with 13 kills and 13 digs against LaSalle University, 17 kills with a .433 hitting percentage against Lehigh University, eight kills and a .438 hitting percentage against Rider University, and 13 kills against Temple.