Angie Porché received Academic All-League honors for the second straight season. (Ray Acevedo) Senior outside hitter Angie
Porché (Lynwood, Ill./Thornton Fractional South) is one of 14
student-athletes that has been named to the Horizon League Academic All-League
Volleyball Team, making her second straight appearance on the team.
Porché, a two-time AVCA Honorable Mention All-American and
All-Midwest Region selection, earned her fourth consecutive All-League honor on
the court this season. She registered a
team-high 447 kills in 2009, with her 3.79 kills/set ranking second among
Horizon League players. She also stepped up on the back line, tallying
314 total digs on the year, second-most among all Crusaders.
Porché closed her career as the Crusaders’ all-time leader
in both kills (2,046) and attacks (5,171). She also moved into Valpo’s
all-time top-tens in both service aces (126, t-7th) and hitting percentage
(.242, 9th) this season and became just the sixth player in Crusader volleyball
history to pick up 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs. Porché also
holds four of the top ten single-season efforts in Valpo history in both kills
and attacks.
In the classroom, Porché carries a 3.76 cumulative grade
point average as a psychology major. A
two-time CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine First
Team Academic All-District V Honoree, the senior earned Third Team Academic
All-American honors this year. The
senior has been a member of the league’s Academic Honor Roll all four semesters
the Crusaders have been in the league, and has earned Dean’s List recognition
and Presidential academic honors during her time at Valpo.
To be eligible for
Academic All-League selection, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade
point average of 3.20 or higher and have completed at least one year at the
member institution, having earned 24 semester-hour credits.
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