HELENA, Mont. -- Seven Montana Tech volleyball student-athletes earned Academic All-Conference honors, the Frontier Conference office and award sponsors Billings Clinic and Logan Health announced this week.

Graduate student Jelena Jablanov; seniors Olivia LaBeau and Alexis Umland; juniors Abby Clark, Malia Harris, and Kinnidi Willmore; and sophomore Rhys Layton all made the grade for the Orediggers.

Student-athletes must be sophomores or above and maintain 3.25 cumulative grade-point average to be eligible. A total of 57 volleyball players from across the Frontier made the grade.

Montana Tech's volleyball team checked in 17th in the latest NAIA national rankings and carries a 19-9 record and the No. 2 seed into this weekend's conference tournament at MSU-Northern. Tech earned a first-round bye by means of its 11-4 conference record and will face the highest remaining seed from the first round in the late semifinal Friday at 7:30 p.m.

2024 Montana Tech Volleyball Academic All-Conference Honorees

Name		Year	Major	Hometown
Jelena Jablanov		Graduate	Business & Information Technology	Novi Sad, Serbia
Kinnidi Willmore		Junior	Exercise and Health Science	Claremont, Calif.
Abby Clark		Junior	Metallurgical & Materials Engineering	Fort Benton, Mont.
Malia Harris		Junior	Chemistry	Anaconda, Mont.
Olivia LaBeau		Senior	Interdisciplinary Arts Sciences	Billings, Mont.
Rhys Layton		Sophomore	Business & Information Technology	Eagle, Idaho
Alexis Umland		Senior	Exercise and Health Science	Lolo, Mont.

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