Indiana University Athletics
Harnish Named CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
11/5/2015 1:54:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana volleyball senior captain Courtney Harnish was named to the 2015 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District First Team on Thursday.
A committed student-athlete, Harnish is a two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and last year received the Indiana Scholastic Achievement Award, which honors the academic excellence of one student-athlete every year in each varsity sport.
"Courtney is very deserving of all the accolades she is receiving," IU head coach Sherry Dunbar-Kruzan said. "They are earned on a daily basis with her driven goals, work ethic and attitude. I'm proud of how she represents herself and Indiana University."
Harnish is pursuing a degree in Human Development and Family Studies with a minor in Youth Development. Harnish would like to go into a career helping younger children, ideally on the education side, educating children on public health issues or youth development education.
On the court Harnish is a leader as well, being the only team captain this year. Harnish has led by example by recently becoming the 12th player in school history to reach 1,000 career digs. Harnish currently ranks ninth in IU school history for career digs with 1,028.
Harnish is deeply involved in community service in Bloomington, volunteering her time at several organizations such as the Boys and Girls Club, Pinnacle School and Girls Inc.
This past summer Harnish went outside of her community and traveled to Vietnam and part of the Coach for College Program, mentoring eighth and ninth graders in life skills, teaching math and coaching volleyball to children in rural Vietnam.
First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.
Next up for Harnish and the Hoosiers, they host Nebraska on Saturday November 7 at 7:00 p.m. at University Gym.
A committed student-athlete, Harnish is a two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and last year received the Indiana Scholastic Achievement Award, which honors the academic excellence of one student-athlete every year in each varsity sport.
"Courtney is very deserving of all the accolades she is receiving," IU head coach Sherry Dunbar-Kruzan said. "They are earned on a daily basis with her driven goals, work ethic and attitude. I'm proud of how she represents herself and Indiana University."
Harnish is pursuing a degree in Human Development and Family Studies with a minor in Youth Development. Harnish would like to go into a career helping younger children, ideally on the education side, educating children on public health issues or youth development education.
On the court Harnish is a leader as well, being the only team captain this year. Harnish has led by example by recently becoming the 12th player in school history to reach 1,000 career digs. Harnish currently ranks ninth in IU school history for career digs with 1,028.
Harnish is deeply involved in community service in Bloomington, volunteering her time at several organizations such as the Boys and Girls Club, Pinnacle School and Girls Inc.
This past summer Harnish went outside of her community and traveled to Vietnam and part of the Coach for College Program, mentoring eighth and ninth graders in life skills, teaching math and coaching volleyball to children in rural Vietnam.
First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.
Next up for Harnish and the Hoosiers, they host Nebraska on Saturday November 7 at 7:00 p.m. at University Gym.
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