Wittenberg Volleyball Standout Kimmie Dyer Earns Academic All-District Honors

Springfield, Ohio — Wittenberg University volleyball standout Kimmie Dyer, class of 2012 from Copley, Ohio, has been recognized for the combination of her athletic and academic accomplishments with first-team Capital One Academic All-America College Division All-District 7 honors.

The honor is the first for Dyer in her collegiate career. She was selected as a result of online voting conducted recently by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Student-athletes who make the first-team in district voting are considered for Academic All-America awards.

Dyer, a business major, carries a 3.74 grade point average while participating in a wide variety of extracurricular activities at Wittenberg, including the University Honors Program, the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Delta Gamma Sorority.

Dyer earned first-team All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) honors in 2011 after topping the team in kills with 289 and ranking second in digs with 254. She also added 42 service aces to rank second on the team, and her .280 attack percentage was third-best on the team and ranked 10th in the conference. Dyer was credited with just eight reception errors in 290 attempts during the 2011 season.

Dyer was a second-team All-NCAC honoree in 2010, and she has no fewer than four all-tournament team awards to her credit in her career, including 2009 and 2010 NCAC All-Tournament team awards. Heading into the 2011 NCAA Division III Tournament, Dyer had 873 kills and 978 digs in her collegiate career.

The Tigers finished the 2011 regular season with records of 31-3 overall a perfect 16-0 in the conference after winning their 17th NCAC regular season and tournament championships. Wittenberg earned its 16th straight NCAA Division III Tournament bid (17th overall) and advanced to the second round with a win over Rose-Hulman yesterday.

Written By: Ryan Maurer

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