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Sophomore Leah Pelzel became the first Engineer
volleyball player to claim academic all-district honors. |
TERRE HAUTE, IND. --
Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology sophomore volleyball setter Leah Pelzel
(Loveland, Ohio/ Mount Notre Dame) has been named to the
ESPN The Magazine college division academic all-district V
squad in volleyball, earning third-team honors.
Pelzel ranks fourth in
school history with 1,498 assists and stands second in the
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference with 1,065 this season
for a 9.26 per set clip.
In addition, Pelzel ranks
third on the team with 342 digs and is tied for the team lead
with 42 service aces.
Pelzel becomes the first
Rose-Hulman volleyball player in school history to be recognized
on the ESPN The Magazine academic all-district squad.
The biomedical engineering
major has been named to the Dean's List during every academic
quarter and is a member of the Alpha Lambda Delta honorary
fraternity.
Pelzel and the Fightin'
Engineers will compete in the six-team HCAC Tournament starting
Saturday with a 3 p.m. match at Bluffton. The Engineers
have won a school record 20 matches this season and stand 20-12
overall.
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