CSC Announces Academic All-District® Teams
 
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Four student-athletes from the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) volleyball team were named to the 2024 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Team, announced on Tuesday.
 
To be eligible, nominated student-athletes must have achieved at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average. In addition, student-athletes must have competed in 90 percent of the institution's sets played or must have started in at least 66 percent of the institution's total matches.
 
The Southern Conference (SoCon) had 20 student-athletes represented on the 2024 CSC Academic All-District® Team, including from Mercer (2), Wofford (3), Furman (4), Chattanooga (3) and Western Carolina (4)

Emily Hanlon
Graduate | Middle Hitter | Chico, California

• She will graduate this spring with her Master's in Gerontology.
• Hanlon notched a career-best 16 kills in the team's win over Western Carolina on Oct. 11.
• She posted a career-high six blocks on two occasions. 
• The graduate student finished second on the team with 230 kills and 70.0 total blocks.
• Hanlon rounded out her final season of collegiate play with 109 total career blocks.

Madeline Timmerman
Senior | Middle Hitter | Crystal Lake, Illinois

• She will graduate in May with a Bachelor's Degree in Biology and a minor in Chemistry
• Madeline finished the 2024 season first on the team and 10^th in the SoCon with 81.0 total blocks.
• The senior registered a season-high six blocks at ETSU on Sept. 26.
• Madeline wrapped up the season with a total of 207 kills, 60 digs and 12.0 total blocks.

McKenna Timmerman
Junior | Outside Hitter | Crystal Lake, Illinois

• She currently stands at a 4.00 cumulative GPA and is majoring in communications. 
• McKenna finished the 2024 season fourth on the team with 203 kills and fifth with 143 digs.
• She registered a career-high 18 kills, 21 digs and 53 total attacks in the team's match against The Citadel on Oct. 3.
• McKenna recorded a career-best three service aces against Murray State on Sept. 7.

Izora Gragg
Sophomore | Setter | Morganton, North Carolina

• Gragg has a cumulative 3.94 GPA and is majoring in accounting.
• She finished the 2024 season fifth in the SoCon with 1,022 assists.
• In the team's 3-1 win over Western Carolina on Oct. 11, Gragg posted 51 assists to become the ninth player in program history to reach 1,000 career assists.
• Gragg registered a career-best 53 assists against The Citadel on Oct. 3.
• She finished second on the team this season with 24 aces and 234 digs.
• Gragg posted a total of 10 double-doubles in the 2024 campaign.

The Spartans concluded the 2024 season with an 8-22 overall record and 2-14 mark in the SoCon. UNCG swept Western Carolina in the first round of the SoCon Tournament, marking the first postseason win since 2017 when the squad defeated Chattanooga, 3-1.
 
The CSC recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. Select Academic All-District® honorees will advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. Academic All-America® honorees will be announced on Jan. 14, 2025.
 
About College Sports Communicators
College Sports Communicators (CSC) was founded in 1957 and is a 3,200+ member national association for strategic, creative and digital communicators across intercollegiate athletics in the United States and Canada. The current name of the organization was adopted following a membership-wide vote on Aug. 31, 2022.

From its founding in 1957 until the 2022 name change, the organization was known as College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

The name change signaled a major step in a larger strategic plan to highlight the association's evolution and expansion. The move better aligns with the association's membership makeup and further positions the organization to support and advocate for its members who serve in the communications, digital and creative college sports industry, regardless of position or title.

The organization, which celebrated its 65th year during the 2021-22 academic year, is the second oldest management association in all of intercollegiate athletics. College Sports Communicators became an affiliated partner with NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics) in December of 2008.