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SAN BRUNO, Calif. — Junior Carly Lowry headlined three University of San Francisco beach volleyball players Wednesday that earned 2019 West Coast Conference All-Academic honors, as she landed on the WCC All-Academic First Team, with two others being named honorable mention.
 
Lowry, a Communication Studies major with a 3.82 Grade Point Average, is the first Don to land on the WCC All-Academic First Team since 2017 (Dane Miller). She earned honorable mention accolades in her first year of eligibility for the award last season. Emily Zinger, with a 3.64 GPA in kinesiology, and Camille Araujo, with a 3.26 GPA in psychology, both earned 2019 WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention honors.
 
Lowry played as part of the Dons' No. 1 pair alongside Anna Dalla Vecchia all season long. She and Dalla Vecchia went 2-2 at the WCC Championship on Friday and Saturday in Santa Monica. They pushed the No. 1 pair from defending champion and No. 5-ranked Pepperdine to three sets. Lowry and Dalla Vecchia also went 2-1 at the Sacramento State Tournament on March 15-16, including beating San Jose State for the second time this season. The duo beat Pac-12 member Utah's No. 1 pair in three sets on March 8, and capped the regular season with a sweep victory at the No. 1 pairs over Pacific.
 
Zinger was part of the Dons' No. 2 pair with Madelyn LaFollette. The duo was competitive all season long against top-ranked teams, playing within three points in sets against Saint Mary's, Stanford and California. Araujo played mostly at the No. 4 pairs spot for USF, teaming with Victoria Rogers. She earned key victories at the WCC Midseason Tournament on March 29-30 to help the Dons finish third, including wins over Portland and Santa Clara (twice). She went 6-0 on the season versus two-year college opponents.

2019 WCC Beach Volleyball All-Academic First Team

Name	School	Class	GPA	Major
Brook Bauer	Pepperdine	So.	3.48	Business Administration
Lindsey Calvin	Saint Mary's	Sr.	3.88	English
Sarah Chase	Saint Mary's	R-Jr.	3.96	Kinesiology
Maddie Dilfer	Pepperdine	Gr.	3.68	Global Business
Alex Holt	Pacifc	Gr.	4.00	Education Concentration and Organizational Leadership
Lindsey Knudsen	Saint Mary's	Sr.	3.97	Economics
Chloe Loreen	Santa Clara	So.	3.68	Mechanical Engineering
Carly Lowry	San Francisco	Jr.	3.82	Communication Studies
Jessie Prichard	LMU	Jr.	3.89	Communication Studies
Morgan Robinson	Portland	Gr.	3.90	Business Administration

2019 WCC Beach Volleyball All-Academic Honorable Mention
Camille Araujo, San Francisco; Katie Barker, Portland; Emily Bible, Saint Mary's; Skylar Caputo, Pepperdine; Lauren Cline, Pacific; Heidi Dyer, Pepperdine; Boo Laird, Saint Mary's; Nikki Lyons, Pepperdine; Megan Nash, LMU; Lauren Naatz, Portland; Veronica Nederend, LMU; Reghan Pukis, Portland; Gretchen Reinert, Santa Clara; Savannah Slattery, LMU; Sienna Young, Saint Mary's; Emily Zinger, San Francisco