Bittinger Selected CoSIDA Academic All-District® First Team for Third Straight Year
11/16/2017 1:54:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
KENT, Ohio — Kent State senior Kelsey Bittinger has been named to the 2017 Academic All-District® Volleyball First Team for District 5, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced Thursday (Nov. 16) afternoon.
The 2016 Academic All-America® Third Team honoree is the first Golden Flash to be a three-time Academic All-District™ selection and will once again advance to the national ballot.
An applied physics major with a 3.95 cumulative grade point average, the Strongsville, Ohio native was named as one of 10 finalists for the 2017 Senior CLASS Award, which honors the attributes of senior student-athletes in community, classroom, character and competition, last week (click HERE to vote for Kelsey).
Bittinger was named All-MAC First Team for the third straight year on Wednesday and is the only Kent State player to receive three first team accolades. She posted 3.88 kills per set, which is ninth on the Golden Flashes' single-season list and the most since Arjola Prenga averaged 4.25 kills per set during the 2009 season. She also had a career-best 3.37 digs per set and led the Flashes with 14 double-doubles.
One of only five members of Kent State's 1,000 kills-1,000 digs club, Bittinger concludes her career with 1,472 kills and 1,332 digs to rank third and fourth, respectively, in program history.
The Capital One Academic All-District® Teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. In order to be eligible for selection, a student-athlete must be a starter or key reserve and maintain at least a 3.30 grade point average.
