Tran Earns Second Academic All-Summit Honor
May 14, 2014 | Women's Tennis
OMAHA, Neb. -- Senior Alex Tran was named to the Summit League Academic All-League Team for the second straight year, it was announced on Tuesday.
The five-member team was determined in a vote of the Faculty Athletic Representatives and Sports Information Directors of the league's eight member institutions. Student-athletes were chosen for the honor based on their academic and athletic performances this season.
The selections came from five different institutions - Tran, Jenny Blackburne (South Dakota State), Abbey Neff (IUPUI) Yaminni Reddy (South Dakota) and Caroline Schnell (Denver). Schnell and Tran also earned All-Summit recognition earlier this season.
Three of the five honorees, Blackburne, Reddy and Tran, earned their second consecutive Academic All-League awards.
Tran, a native of Omaha, carried a 3.79 grade-point average in biology and French. She had a team-best 10 singles wins in her senior season, including a 4-2 record in Summit League matches. Tran also went 4-2 in league doubles matches and totaled eight doubles wins during the season.
2014 ACADEMIC ALL-SUMMIT TEAM
Player (School) -- Year, Hometown, GPA, Major(s)
Jenny Blackburne (South Dakota State) -- Sr., Christchurch, New Zealand, 3.922, Mechanical Engineering/Health Physical Education Recreation
Abbey Neff (IUPUI) -- Jr., Goshen, Ind., 3.562, Environmental Science
Yaminni Reddy (South Dakota) -- Jr., Bangalore, India, 3.6, Contemporary Media & Journalism/Business Administration
Caroline Schnell (Denver) -- Sr., Greenwood Village, Colo., 3.55, Finance
Alex Tran (Omaha) -- Sr., Omaha, Neb., 3.79, Biology/French
