Four FAMU volleyball athletes named to MEAC All-Academic Team

Valentina Carrasco was one of four Lady Rattlers on the All-Academic team

Four FAMU athletes were recently named to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced the 2017 Volleyball All-Academic Team. They were: Valentina Carrasco, Maria Yvette Garcia, Alexis Gocha, and Valeria Lopez.

“I felicitate our women’s volleyball student-athletes for maintaining a 3.0 or better grade point average,” said MEAC Commissioner Dennis E. Thomas. “I would also like to recognize the academic support staff, faculty, parents and coaches who have contributed to the academic and athletic success of these student-athletes.”

The All-Academic Team honors 66 student-athletes from the conference’s 13 institutions who achieved academic success during the 2016-17 academic year. MEAC sophomore, junior and senior student-athletes with a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average, as well as transfer student-athletes who have been in residence at the institution for at least one year, are eligible for All-Academic accolades.