SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The Santa Clara women's volleyball team had four players named to the Academic All-District® team, selected by College Sports Communicators on Tuesday.
Elena Radeff,
Alyssa Eimer,
Grace Flanagan and
Lauren Grover each landed on the team for the first time in their careers.
The four Academic All-District® honors are the most in program history. The College Sports Communicators organization updated its selection process last year, with qualified candidates automatically landing on the all-district list. Those on the list also receive consideration from a committee for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. The academic and athletic standards were elevated last year, with student-athletes needing at minimum a 3.5 cumulative Grade Point Average and must have played in 90% or more of the team's contests or started at least 66% of them.
ELENA RADEFF
Radeff carries a 3.559 GPA in her fourth year as a finance major after a 3.850 GPA in the spring term. Elena played in 26 matches for the Broncos this season, starting in nine. She became a reliable force for the Broncos, leading the team in kills for the final six games of the season, tying a career high 20 kills vs. Saint Mary's on Nov. 23., hitting a career high .630 in the final match of the season vs. Gonzaga on Nov. 27. Radeff has received WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll Silver Honors twice in 2020-21 and 2021-22, WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll Bronze Honors in 2022-23, All-WCC Honorable Mention in 2023, and All-Academic Honorable Mention in 2023. In four seasons at SCU, she has 451 career kills, averaging 2.45 kills per set. Radeff was selected to the 2024 WCC All-Academic Team earlier this year.
ALYSSA EIMER
Eimer carries a 3.939 GPA in her second year as an accounting major after a 3.825 GPA in the spring term. Eimer played in 23 of the team's 28 matches this season as a defensive specialist recording 40 assists, 11 service aces, and 77 digs, averaging 1.18 digs per set. She had a career high 10 assists and tied a career high three service aces vs. Notre Dame on Aug. 31. She had a season high 13 digs vs. San Jose State on Sept. 15. Eimer received WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention honors earlier this year.
GRACE FLANAGAN
Flanagan carries a 3.936 GPA in the second year of her studio art major after a 3.825 GPA in the spring term. She played in 27 matches this season for the Broncos, starting in every contest. She led the Broncos with 31 service aces this year, tallying a career high five aces on Oct. 10 at Oregon State. She also led the team with 95 blocks, averaging 0.92 blocks per set. She had a career high nine blocks on Nov. 23 vs. Saint Mary's, and a career high 10 kills in the season opener on Aug. 30 against Villanova and on Nov. 2 at Saint Mary's. Flanagan earned All-WCC Honorable Mention for contributions this season, as well as earned WCC-All Academic Honorable Mention honors earlier this year.
LAUREN GROVER
Grover finished her final year with the Broncos carrying a 3.723 GPA in her marketing major after a 3.940 GPA in the spring term. Lauren played in 23 matches for the Broncos this season, starting in 20. She tied a career high with 16 kills against Gonzaga, had a career high 17 digs here at Leavey Center versus Fresno State, and recorded a career high 4 blocks at Pacific. Grover added four double-doubles this season, with the last coming at Saint Mary's on Nov. 2. Lauren claimed WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll Silver Honors three times from 2022 to 2024, as well as 2023 WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention. She was selected to the 2024 WCC All-Academic Team earlier this year.
