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Kucerkova Named CoSIDA Academic All-American Volleyball Player of the Year
Senior receives honor for second year in a row

Karla Kucerkova named the CoSIDA Academic All-American Volleyball Player of the Year.

Dec. 4, 2003

WASHINGTON - For the second year in a row, Karla Kucerkova, (Olumouc, Czech Republic/Brno) has been named the CoSIDA Academic All-American Volleyball Player of the Year.

Kucerkova’s academic accomplishments during her graduate studies in Business Administration continue her history of success at American. With a 3.98 GPA, Kucerkova continues to strive for excellence and is the only athlete in AU history to receive this award two years in a row.

As Kucerkova looks onto post-season play in the first round of the NCAA tournament against the University of Maryland this Friday, she leaves behind a legacy of accomplishments at American. She is not only the first American University athlete to be honored as All-American Player of the Year, but also the only athlete from the area to be named to the Academic All-American Team. For the third year in a row, Kucerkova has also been honored as the Patriot League Player of the Year and was named to the 2003 All-Patriot League First Team for the third year.

Currently ranked sixth in the nation for kills per game with 5.78, she has led the Patriot League in kills for the past three seasons. Kucerkova has been breaking down American University records during her career as well. She recently broke both the AU records for career kills and kills per game.

Kucerkova and the rest of the Eagles will appear at the Comcast Center this Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. as they face off against the University of Maryland Terrapins.

American University, which fields a 19-sport NCAA Division I athletics program featuring 10 women’s sports and nine for men, completed its second year of membership in the Patriot League. Since joining the Patriot League, the University has captured league championships in men’s cross country, women’s cross country, women’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball, and a regular-season title in men’s basketball.

Chartered by an act of Congress in 1893, American University features students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and more than 160 nations worldwide.