CLINTON, S.C. – Sophomore Daniella Velez of the Presbyterian College ladies’s basketball crew was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team on Tuesday (March 24).
The award honors the nation’s high student-athletes for his or her excellence each on the court docket and within the classroom. Velez met the rigorous requirements required to earn a spot on this prestigious record.
Velez had a productive sophomore marketing campaign for the Blue Hose this previous season. She performed in all 30 video games for Presbyterian, making 22 begins. She averaged 5.4 factors per sport, scoring in double figures 4 occasions. She closed out the common season towards Longwood on Feb. 28 with a career-high 17 factors on 7-of-11 capturing from the sector.
Velez delivered for the Blue Hose on each ends of the ground. She completed second on the crew in made three pointers with 29. She was additionally second on the crew in assists with 40. Defensively, Velez had 36 steals, rating third on the crew. She additionally blocked 9 pictures on the season to tie for second on the crew.
Not simply productive on the court docket, Velez additionally excelled within the classroom. Majoring in Psychology, Velez earned the distinguished Kay Yow Servant Leader award. Velez was considered one of a choose few ladies’s basketball gamers within the nation throughout all divisions of school basketball to earn this spectacular honor, which acknowledges individuals of nice character who put the wants of others earlier than their very own, who uplift others, and who do it with grace and humility.
This is the primary CSC educational honor for Velez.
To be thought of for CSC Academic All-District honors, student-athletes should have a minimum of a 3.50 cumulative grade level common, should have participated in a minimum of 90 p.c of the crew’s video games (common season and postseason), and have to be a minimum of a sophomore academically and athletically.
