TAMPA, Fla. - Hawai'i senior Stephanie Brandt was honored at the NCAA Championship Banquet with the Elite 88 award, a new NCAA award that recognizes the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average that is on one of the teams at the final championship venue in each of the NCAA's 88 championships.
Brandt is the first Division I women's volleyball recipient of that honor. Also honored for having the top GPAs on their respective teams were Jessica Granquist (Minnesota), Heather Kisner (Texas) and Heather Tice (Penn State).