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Campbell's Femi Alabi Named to the ESPN The Magazine / Academic All-District Volleyball Team

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell University sophomore Femi Alabi has been named to the ESPN The Magazine / Academic All-District 3 Volleyball University Division second team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) the organization announced Thursday.

A starter at outside hitter, Alabi has a 4.00 grade point average in advanced computer science.

The 6-foot-3, Jos Nigeria native leads the team in kills (350) and is second on the team in kills per game (3.30), hitting percentage (.339), blocks (115) and blocks per game (1.08). Alabi ranks fourth in the Atlantic Sun in blocks, fifth in the hitting percentage and 10^th in kills per game.

Alabi has almost nine and a half times the number of kills and over seven and a half times the number of blocks she did her freshman campaign. She has posted double-figure kills in 11 of her last 12 matches, including 19 or more kills in eight of those 11. During that 11-match stretch, Alabi is averaging a lofty 4.8 kills per game, which would shatter the CU single-season record by almost half a kill.

Earlier this season, Alabi posted the third-highest single-game hitting percentage in Campbell history hitting .714 with 11 kills and one error in 14 attempts against Winston-Salem State. She has hit over .400 in 11 matches and has 18 double-figure kill matches over the course of the season. Her season hitting percentage will go down as the second highest all-time behind senior Rachel Templin who is hitting .345 heading into CU's final match of the season tonight.

Alabi is just the fourth Fighting Camel volleyball player to receive CoSIDA Academic All-District honors and the first since Crystal Brim received it for the second time in 2002.

Campbell student-athletes have earned Academic All-America® honors from CoSIDA 13 times since 1988, most recently last spring when Michael Priest was selected in baseball. CU athletes have gained Academic All-District 3 recognition in each of the last 13 years, including this season with men's soccer's Devin Sheppard receiving First Team honors for the second-consecutive season.

Alabi was one of two Atlantic Sun volleyball players to gain Academic All-District honors. Sarah Buhr of East Tennessee State was selected to the Academic All-District 4 second team.

CoSIDA's 1800 members in the United States and Canada nominate players for ESPN The Magazine / Academic All-America® recognition. To be eligible, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade-point average and be a starter or key reserve on his or her team.

CoSIDA members vote on the all-district teams, then a national panel selects the Academic All-America squads. District 3 includes all NCAA Division I schools in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.