NEW ORLEANS — For the second consecutive season, Xavier University of Louisiana has three Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes in women's volleyball. Jodi Hill, Kayla Jones and Franziska Pirkl were named to the 2015 team Friday.
Hill, Jones and Pirkl are among 428 from 162 schools to receive the honor this season. Xavier produced half of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference's six Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes. Hill and Pirkl earned the honor for the second consecutive year.
Student-athletes are nominated by their institution, must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved junior academic status to qualify for Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete.
Hill, a senior from Prairieville, La., and a graduate of Dutchtown High School, is a political science major and a two-time All-GCAC Tournament selection. Jones, a junior from Kansas City, Kan., and a graduate of Piper High School, is a psychology major who produced 273 digs and 22 aces as a part-time starter the past two seasons. She was a sophomore athletically in 2015.
Pirkl, a senior from Munich, Germany, and a graduate of Theodolinden Gymnasium, is a mass communications major, a four-time first-team All-GCAC player and the 2015 GCAC Setter of the Year. Her 3,293 career assists are an XU record.
The Gold Nuggets were 19-8 this year, and for the fifth consecutive season they won GCAC regular-season and tournament championships and qualified for the NAIA National Championship.
Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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