Gates, Salmins Named CoSIDA Academic All-District
Justin Lutes
CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District Teams
Stevens Institute of Technology women's volleyball student-athletes, senior
Samantha Gates and junior
Kirsten Salmins, continue to reel in postseason awards today, as both Gates and Salmins were named CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District for Division III today.
Gates and Salmins were just two of seven members of the DIII District 2 team and automatically move on to the Academic All-America Team ballot. Academic All-American teams will be released later in November and divided into first-, second- and third-teams.
Gates, a Business & Technology major with a 3.78 grade-point average, was just named Empire 8 Conference Player of the Year yesterday after a superb senior season campaign that witnessed the Ducks go 26-6 overall. She paced the Empire 8 and Stevens with 1,100 assists in 110 sets played for an average of 10 helpers per set. Gates became the program's all-time leader in assists earlier this fall and currently owns 3,466 career assists to her credit.
Salmins holds a near perfect 4.0 GPA in Engineering with a 3.97. The Empire 8 tabbed Salmins as the conference's best Libero/Defensive Specialist of the Year yesterday for her play throughout the regular season. She posted 642 digs through 32 matches and 111 sets played, which averages out to 5.78 per set and the 15th best mark in the nation. She recorded the school's single-match digs record against Houghton College on October 12 with 43 in a four-set affair.
Stevens hosts the Empire 8 Championship this weekend as the No.1 seed. The Ducks open the tournament against No.4 Ithaca College at 12 p.m. on November 9, and if victorious, will take on the winner of No.2 Nazareth College and No.3 Elmira College on Sunday at noon.