AUSTIN, Texas - Urbana University's
Courtney Niesen has been named to the 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Women's Volleyball Second Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). She's one of 22 individuals to be awarded Academic All-America® at the DII level.
Niesen, a junior libero from Cincinnati, recently earned AVCA All-Region Second Team and All-MEC First Team honors following the 2019 season.
This fall, Niesen finished fifth in the nation with 710 digs and 10th in digs per set (5.92) while helping Urbana reach the MEC Finals for the first time in school history. She was twice named MEC Defensive Player of the Week, garnering one of the weekly awards after breaking the school single-match digs record with 44. Niesen is already the school's DII era career leader in digs (1,625) and aces (208), while holding the single-season mark in digs (745).
The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 Division II Academic All-America® teams program.
