Three Lakers Named Academic All-District Honorees

CHICAGO – Three Roosevelt women's volleyball players were named to the Academic All-District team sponsored by College Sports Communicators, the organization announced Tuesday.

Zoe Hutchinson, Viktoria Marysheva and Krista Norton all earned their first career honors from the CSC with Hutchinson and Marysheva advancing to the ballots for Academic All-American honors. The two Academic All-America teams for women's volleyball will be announced by CSC on Jan. 9 at 11 a.m.

Marysheva was the only one of the trio to earn all-conference honors from the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference with second-team distinction this season. The junior from Russia set a career high with 275 kills this season to average a career-best 2.84 kills per set. She led the Lakers in kills for the third straight season, bringing her to sixth place all-time in career kills. She also added 1.81 digs per set and 16 blocks to average a career high 3.1 points per set.

Hutchinson is a perfect 4.0 student-athlete and dished out 5.22 assists per set this year to lead the Lakers. The sophomore also doubled her kills from her freshman year with eight in 2023 while also serving up 23 aces. Norton finished second on the Lakers with 48 blocks, including nine solo stuffs. She was also named the CCAC Defensive Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 4 and 10.

The Academic All-America program is the longest running and premier award for athletic and academic success across championship college sports in all three NCAA divisions, the NAIA, two-year colleges and Canadian institutions. It was established in 1952 and the honorees are nominated by CSC members then All-American honors are voted on by the membership as well.

In order to be named to the Academic All-District teams, a student-athlete must not only hold at least a 3.5 grade point average, but also must have either appeared in 90 percent of a team's games or started 2/3 of a team's contests. The list of all-district honorees is then vetted by the CSC committee, who send out a ballot for All-American honors to the membership.