ST. LOUIS – Indiana State juniors Karinna Gall and Kaitlyn Hamilton earned Missouri Valley Conference honors Monday, as the Sycamore duo were both named to the MVC Honorable Mention Scholar-Athlete Team.
 
Gall, an outside hitter from Belleville, Illinois, has a 3.91 cumulative GPA as a special education major with a concentration in middle school math teaching. She was second on the Indiana State roster in both kills (194) and digs (278), with her 3.20 digs per set ranking in the top 15 in the MVC. Gall recorded the first 20-20 match by a Sycamore since 2017 in October with a 23-kill, 21-dig effort in a win over Missouri State. She finished with double-digit kills in seven matches and double-digit digs on 15 occasions.
 
Hamilton, a right-side hitter from Lawrence, Kansas, has a 3.81 cumulative GPA as a nursing major. She led Indiana State in kills with 248, while her 2.82 kills per set ranked 16th in the MVC. Hamilton had double-digit kills a team-leading 14 times, notching a career-high 17 in two matches this season. She also contributed a career-high 105 digs, along with 52 blocks, on the defensive end. Hamilton recorded the first double-double of her career during the final homestand of the season with 17 kills and 11 digs against Belmont.
 
The criterion for the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team parallels the CSC (College Sports Communicators) standards for Academic All-America voting. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA (on a 4.00 scale). Also, students must have participated in at least 75-percent of the regular-season matches. Student-athletes must have reached sophomore status in both athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen were not eligible).
 
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