WAYNE – Another fall Wayne State College athlete continues to earn postseason accolades as Megan Gebhardt of the Wildcat volleyball team was named to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America Volleyball Team.
Tuesday morning, Gebhardt received First Team honors. The award is voted by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) and recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. Gebhardt is a graduate student setter and carries a 4.00 grade point average in the classroom majoring in finance.
It’s the second straight season that Gebhardt, a native of Norfolk and graduate of Lutheran High Northeast, has received Academic All-America honors after being a Second Team selection last season. She is also the second player in school history to receive First Team Academic All-America honors, joining Jennifer Hefner who accomplished the feat in both 2009 and 2010.
Other NSIC members include: Makenzie Morgan of Minnesota Duluth was also tabbed first team after receiving third team honors in 2017. Second team recipients were Brooklyn Lewis (Concordia-St. Paul), Taylor Reiss (Southwest Minnesota State) and Emily Torve (Minnesota Duluth).
On the court this season, Gebhardt averaged 9.87 assists, 2.20 digs and 0.73 blocks per set for the Wildcats, ranking 10th in the NSIC in assists per set. She led Wayne State with a team-high six double-doubles this season, including 19 assists and 12 digs in a 3-0 loss at #7 Southwest Minnesota State in the first round of the NSIC Tournament on November 6. Gebhardt had a season-high 51 assists with 10 digs, also against Southwest Minnesota State, in a 3-2 regular season setback on September 8.
Gebhardt has earned the Cunningham Scholar Female Athlete of the Year at Wayne State the last two seasons and is now a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American and All-District honoree. She earned her undergraduate degree in just three years with a perfect 4.00 grade point average and is pursuing a master’s degree currently in finance while also maintaining a 4.00 grade point average.
The Wayne State volleyball team finished the 2018 season with a 22-9 record and 13-7 mark in the NSIC.