The NCAA News - News and Features

January 12, 1998

Folkl, Klebe head volleyball Academic All-America teams

Stanford senior Kristin Folkl, who led the Cardinal to the 1997 Division I Women's Volleyball Championship title, is this year's university-division selection as GTE Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for women's volleyball.

Joining Folkl is college-division honoree Tanya Klebe, a senior at Rochester.

Folkl and Klebe lead this year's GTE Academic All-America Teams in women's volleyball, which were selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Team members are varsity starters or key reserves who have maintained a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.200 (4.000 scale).

The year's teams:

UNIVERSITY DIVISION

First team

Liz Cothren, Ball State, premedicine; Amy Steele Gant, Brigham Young, sports medicine; Kristin Folkl, Stanford, economics; Eden Kroeger, Maryland, management science/statistics; Vendula Kurcova, American, business administration; Martha Meyer, Marquette, business administration.

Second team

Sara Andert, Southwest Missouri State, elementary education; Jennifer Cheshire, Seton Hall, criminal justice/Spanish; Alaina Kipps, Southern California, psychobiology; Jaimie Lee, Notre Dame, sociology; Jessica Stout, Miami (Ohio), exercise science/premedicine; Michelle Witzke, Southwest Missouri State, accounting.

Third team

Casey Crisler, Oregon, fine and applied arts; Wendy Feldman, Central Michigan, accounting; Kristi Geary, Illinois State, agribusiness; Elissa Hart, Harvard, literature; Rachel Melchiorre, Tennessee Tech, secondary education; Cindy Vojtech, Fordham, finance.

COLLEGE DIVISION

First team

Kelly Englebrecht, Augustana (Illinois), biology/prephysical therapy; Lori Janssen, Grand Valley State, nursing; Tanya Klebe, Rochester, mechanical engineering; Kim Koelling, Nebraska Wesleyan, business and psychology; Christy Molitor, St. Benedict, natural science; Elvira Vakhidova, Barry, computer science/math.

Second team

Melinda Almazan, Regis (Colorado), business administration; Chandra Barkes, Anderson (Indiana), biology/premedicine; LeAnn Genzel, Illinois Wesleyan, public accounting; Heidi Nichols, Ithaca, sociology; Ronda Price, North Alabama, biology and chemistry; Stephanie Rickards, Moravian, secondary education and English.

Third team

Tracy Barnett, Clarion, molecular biology; Jamie Cardman, Franklin & Marshall, biology and psychology; Amanda Klontz, Muskingum, English; Janina Morusiewicz, Barry, preveterinary; Lynn Olsen, Wisconsin-Whitewater, accounting; Mandy Pinkerton, Midwestern State, prephysical therapy; Brandie Potter, Ashland, health and physical education; Lisa Wood, Cedarville, applied psychology.