Eleven Nab Academic Accolades

STANFORD, Calif. – The Stanford men’s volleyball team had 11 student-athletes selected to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation All-Academic team, the conference announced today.

The Cardinal paced all 12 MPSF schools in honorees for the second consecutive year. MPSF champion UC Irvine had eight players recognized, while UC San Diego totaled six members.

Redshirt seniors Daniel Tublin and Grant Delgado both collect their third career honors. Tublin, who has already earned his undergraduate degree in public policy, is working towards a master's in the same field with a 3.85 GPA. Delgado, who holds a 3.26 cumulative GPA, will graduate this June with majors in management science and engineering and geophysics.

Senior Spencer Haly (management science and engineering) and juniors Madison Hayden (science, technology and society), Conrad Kaminski (mechanical engineering) and James Shaw (science, technology and society) all earn their second career honors.

Senior Sean Kemper (computer science), junior Alex Stephanus (math), redshirt sophomore Gabriel Vega (electrical engineering) and redshirt freshmen Clay Jones and Kevin Rakestraw are all being recognized for the first time in their careers.

Players must be at least a sophomore academically, have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00, and play in at least 50 percent of the team’s competition to make the All-Academic team.