UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The Saginaw Valley State University volleyball team was recently honored at the fifth annual Student-Athlete Academic Honors Banquet that took place on February 23, 2014.  The event, which was sponsored by State Farm Insurance, recognized those student-athletes having earned a 3.4 GPA or better during the 2013 Fall and Winter semesters

The ladies earned the Women's Team GPA Award, as they posted a department-best 3.499 average GPA among its members over the span.

One award, dubbed the Elite 17 Award, honors the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA within each of SVSU's 17 athletics programs.  Makenzie Frodle earned the volleyball team's Elite 17 Award, as she maintains a 4.00 cumulative GPA.

The following is a list of the volleyball student-athletes who attained a 3.4 GPA and the semester(s) in which the threshold was reached: