GOOGLE CLOUD ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® TEAM S ELECTED BY C O S IDA

For Release: Thursday, Dec. 13 – Noon ET GRACE BLOMSTEDT OF LINDSEY WILSON HEADLINE GOOGLE CLOUD ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® NAIA TEAMS

AUSTIN, Texas – Senior Grace Blomstedt of Lindsey Wilson College headlines the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® NAIA volleyball teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Blomstedt was named the Google Cloud Academic All-America® of the Year for NAIA volleyball.

The NAIA Google Cloud Academic All-America® program is financially supported by the NAIA national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2018-19 NAIA Goggle Cloud Academic All-America® teams.

Blomstedt is a middle blocker for the Blue Raiders, recording 279 kills, a .356 hitting percentage, and 140 total blocks in 2018. The Red Oak, Iowa, native helped Lindsey Wilson to a 13-0 Mid-South Conference record in capturing both the MSC regular-season and tournament championships. The Blue Raiders advanced to the NAIA National Championship Tournament, making it to the quarterfinal round and finishing the year at 33-4 overall. Blomstedt led the MSC in blocks and ranked 21st in the NAIA in total blocks and 32nd in blocks per set (1.1).

The three-time All-MSC first-team selection is a communications major and boasts a 4.00 GPA. Blomstedt shared Co-MSC Player of the Year honors with teammate Sarah Cruz and was named to the NAIA All-America First Team.

There is only one repeat honoree on the Google Cloud Academic All-America® team from last season. Kristen Osborn of Mount Vernon Nazarene University was named to the first team for the second consecutive year.

The 14 members of the Google Cloud Academic All-America® NAIA volleyball team have an average GPA of 3.93.

For more information on the Google Cloud Academic All-America® program, go to https://academicallamerica.com/.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Michael MacEachern, | Google Cloud Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity [email protected] | (706) 379-5106

Jay Stanci, (Ky.) | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity [email protected] | (606) 546-1591

2018 Academic All-America® Volleyball Team NAIA

FIRST TEAM Name School Yr. GPA Major Audrey Baldwin Embry-Riddle University (Ariz.) Jr. 3.94 Aeronautical Science Grace Blomstedt Lindsey Wilson College Sr. 4.00 Communication Alexa Hill Grace College Jr. 3.98 Elementary Education Aubrey King Lewis-Clark State College Sr. 4.00 Business Administration Nada Meawad Park University So. 4.00 Business Management Kristen Osborn (1) Mount Vernon Nazarene University Sr. 4.00 Biology Tara Routliffe University of the Cumberlands Sr. 4.00 Human Services / French

SECOND TEAM Name School Yr. GPA Major Ema Altena Dordt College Sr. 3.68 Psychology Jamie De Jager Dordt College Sr. 3.77 Education Haley Harrell Taylor University Sr. 3.87 Marketing & Management Milica Maras Governors State University Sr. 4.00 Accounting Jessica Peters Midland University Sr. 3.91 Biology (Pre-Med) Micki Quakenbush Olivet Nazarene University Jr. 4.00 Dietetics Kyra White College of Coastal Georgia Sr. 3.93 Business

Google Cloud Academic All-America® of the Year: Grace Blomstedt, Lindsey Wilson College

(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division first team selection in 2017