Megan Gebhardt of Wayne State College was selected to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America Volleyball Team, receiving First Team honors.
The award is voted by College Sports Information Directors of America and recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. Gebhardt is a graduate student setter and carries a 4.00 grade point average in the classroom majoring in finance.
It’s the second straight season that Gebhardt has received Academic All-America honors after being a Second Team selection last season. She is also the second player in school history to receive First Team Academic All-America honors, joining Jennifer Hefner, who accomplished the feat in both 2009 and 2010.
On the court this season, Gebhardt averaged 9.87 assists, 2.20 digs and 0.73 blocks per set for the Wildcats, ranking 10th in the NSIC in assists per set. She led Wayne State with a team-high six double-doubles this season, including 19 assists and 12 digs in a 3-0 loss at No. 7 Southwest Minnesota State in the first round of the NSIC Tournament on Nov. 6. Gebhardt had a season-high 51 assists with 10 digs, also against Southwest Minnesota State, in a 3-2 regular season setback on Sept. 8.
Gebhardt has earned the Cunningham Scholar Female Athlete of the Year at Wayne State the last two seasons and is now a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American and All-District honoree. She earned her undergraduate degree in just three years with a perfect 4.0 grade point average and is pursuing a master’s degree currently in finance while also maintaining a 4.0 grade point average.
