NORFOLK, Va. (Nov. 30, 2023)--The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced the 2023 Volleyball All-Academic Selections, honoring 64 student-athletes from the conference's eight institutions who achieved academic success during the 2022-23 academic year. 
  
Morgan State would place seven athletes (Erin Carpenter, Trinity Carruthers, Gabriela Hiciano, Justyus Jackson, Jourdan Page, Alyssa Sampson and Ellis Spencer) on the MEAC Volleyball All-Academic list.
 
MEAC sophomore, junior and senior student-athletes with a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average, as well as transfer student-athletes who have been in residence at the institution for at least one year, are eligible for All-Academic accolades. 
  
"I want to congratulate our women's volleyball student-athletes for maintaining a 3.0 or better grade point average," MEAC Commissioner Sonja Stills said. "The ultimate goal is to develop and graduate our student-athletes to be productive citizens in our society, and success in the classroom is as important, if not more so, as what happens on the court." 
  
Listed below are the 2023 Volleyball All-Academic honorees (by institutions): 
 
Coppin State (9) 
Paola Caten  
Ahzhi Coleman  
Genesis Hernandez  
Laila Ibrahim  
Geraldyn Palacios  
Ayanna Pharoah  
Ashley Roman  
Andrea Tsvetanova  
Ammaarah Williams  
 
Delaware State (10)  
Elvira Agaton  
Maria Carattini  
Kim Czepukaitis  
Shalyn Garcia  
Julia Kneba  
Madison Martin  
Valeria Otero  
Daisy Ramos  
Naz Tuncay  
Maria Verrier  
 
Howard (11)  
Jennifer Bolden  
Ariel Finch  
Taylor Johnson  
Rya McKinnon  
Amari Patterson  
Leah Reeves  
Maddie Siegel  
Claire Simpson  
Kendall Smith  
Bria Woodard  
Cimone Woodard  
 
Maryland Eastern Shore (9) 
Derionah Abner  
Soleil Cotton  
Ranyla Griggs  
Valeria Matias  
Anjola Omolewa  
Shanti Ramdeen  
Yazmyn Stewart  
Charlize Williams  
Romina Vacca  
 
Morgan State (7) 
Erin Carpenter  
Trinity Carruthers  
Gabriela Hiciano  
Justyus Jackson  
Jourdan Page  
Alyssa Sampson  
Ellis Spencer  
 
Norfolk State (3) 
Calyce Jones  
Sydney McCree  
Shonte Seale  
 
North Carolina Central (9) 
Kennedy Clark  
Isa Dostal  
Jaelyn Hall  
Loren Johnson  
Neira Joldic  
Emmie Modlin  
Azra Osmanovic  
Jeslyn Spencer  
Lejla Viteskic  
 
South Carolina State (6) 
Siela Avea  
Chelsea Cole  
Delaney Davis  
Jordan Lewis  
Kiarra Rosales  
Eleisha Thompson 
 
 
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