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Panna Ratkai and Nikki Jones
Nicole Jones and Panna Ratkai Earn Academic All-League Honors
11/19/2024 3:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
INDIANAPOLIS - Purdue Fort Wayne women's volleyball student-athletes Nicole Jones and Panna Ratkai were named to the Horizon League's All-Academic Team, the league announced on Tuesday (Nov. 19).
Jones owns a 3.87 GPA in the psychology program and was a CSC Academic All-District in 2022. She was a four-time Horizon League Academic Honor Roll recipient as well. On the court, she is one of two setters in a 6-2 system that has dished out 1,521 assists that ranks third in the country. She was named the Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational MVP earlier this season and dished out the 1,000th assist of her career on her Senior Day.
Ratkai has a 3.76 GPA in her pursuit of two majors in communications and organizational leadership. She was an All-Academic Team Honorable Mention as a redshirt-freshman and an Academic Honor Roll recipient in the spring of 2024. The reigning Horizon League Offensive Player of the Year owns seven Player of the Week awards in her career and is the only active sophomore in the NCAA with over 1,000 kills in her career. She leads the Horizon League with 4.61 kills and 5.26 points per set in league play.
Jones and Ratkai are also both valued members of the media services department.
The Mastodons will begin their postseason run on Friday (Nov. 22) when they play No. 4 seed Green Bay in the quarterfinal of the Horizon League Championship in Dayton, Ohio.
Jones owns a 3.87 GPA in the psychology program and was a CSC Academic All-District in 2022. She was a four-time Horizon League Academic Honor Roll recipient as well. On the court, she is one of two setters in a 6-2 system that has dished out 1,521 assists that ranks third in the country. She was named the Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational MVP earlier this season and dished out the 1,000th assist of her career on her Senior Day.
Ratkai has a 3.76 GPA in her pursuit of two majors in communications and organizational leadership. She was an All-Academic Team Honorable Mention as a redshirt-freshman and an Academic Honor Roll recipient in the spring of 2024. The reigning Horizon League Offensive Player of the Year owns seven Player of the Week awards in her career and is the only active sophomore in the NCAA with over 1,000 kills in her career. She leads the Horizon League with 4.61 kills and 5.26 points per set in league play.
Jones and Ratkai are also both valued members of the media services department.
The Mastodons will begin their postseason run on Friday (Nov. 22) when they play No. 4 seed Green Bay in the quarterfinal of the Horizon League Championship in Dayton, Ohio.
2024 Valeo #HLVB All-Academic Team
Emma Walker, Cleveland State
Abby Gardner, Green Bay
Calli Gentry, Green Bay
Kara Erdmann, Milwaukee
Lakyn Graves, Milwaukee
Natalie Schmitz, Milwaukee
Lucy Cluxton, Northern Kentucky
Nicole Jones, Purdue Fort Wayne
Panna Ratkai, Purdue Fort Wayne
Jaidan Hockman, RMU
Sam Ott, Wright State
Abbie Householder, Youngstown State
Honorable Mentions
Liberty Torres, Cleveland State
Madi Malone, Milwaukee
Rachel Rossman, Oakland
Emily Wichmann, Oakland
Tatum Otolski, RMU
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