Dartmouth Lands Four on Academic All-District I Volleyball Team

HANOVER, N.H. — College Sports Communicators (CSC, formerly CoSIDA) announced today its Academic All-District volleyball teams and Dartmouth's Grace Wiczek, Taite Ryan, Ali Silva and Natalie Grover were among the honorees recognized from District I.

To be considered, student-athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's contests and have a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale), have completed at least one full calendar year and reached sophomore athletic eligibility. Dartmouth's four recipients will now go on the ballot for CSC Academic All-America consideration with first, second, and third-team honorees to be announced next month.

Wiczek recently received Academic All-Ivy honors after returning to the court for the first time since 2019 A senior from Park City, Utah, Wiczek ranked third on the team in kills per set (2.16) and recorded a season-high 13 kills against Lehigh to help lead the Big Green to an undefeated run through the Dartmouth Invitational.

Another senior, Ryan, made consistent contributions both offensively and defensively as she ranked second on the team in digs per set (2.66) and averaged 1.16 kills per set. The Winnetka, Illinois native racked up 16 kills against the eventual Ivy League Tournament Champion, Yale, in the regular season's first meeting of the two teams and posted a season-high 17 against Seton Hall.

Silva, a third senior to earn recognition, bolstered Dartmouth's defensive efforts with 78 total digs on the season and made contributions at the service line. The Walnut Creek, California native racked up 17 service aces on the season, including a career-high four in a senior day win over Columbia.

A junior from Menlo Park, California, Grover helped Dartmouth earn a season-opening win over Sacred Heart in the UC Irvine Invitational with a season-high 11 kills. She later posted six kills for the Big Green in a Dartmouth Invitational match against Merrimack, and seven against Princeton.

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