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Rice University Athletics
Cunningham Awarded C-USA Fall Spirit of Service Honor
12/12/2018 9:56:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
IRVING, Texas - Lee Ann Cunningham of Rice Volleyball has been named one of 13 recipients of the Conference USA Fall Spirit of Service Award as announced by the conference office on Wednesday.
The C-USA Spirit of Service award is designed to recognize the community service efforts of the league's student-athletes, based upon significant community service, good academic standing and participation in their elected sport. The Spirit of Service Award will be presented three times throughout the year, with the recently announced honorees representing Conference USA's fall sports: football, soccer, volleyball and cross country.
Cunningham, a junior libero from Louisville, Ky., was named an AVCA All-American Honorable Mention and an AVCA South All-Region Honorable Mention. She was selected to the C-USA First Team for the first time in her career and was a four-time recipient of the C-USA Defensive Player of the Week. Cunningham led the Owls in total digs (574; 2nd C-USA) and digs per set (4.86; 3rd C-USA) and posted 20 or more digs in 12 matches while helping anchor a Rice defense that led all of C-USA in opponent's hitting percentage (.165).
A triple major in Political Sciences/Spanish & Portuguese/Policy Studies, Cunningham was named to the Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 Second team with a 3.79 GPA and has been named to the C-USA Academic Honor Roll twice, and last season earned a spot on the C-USA All-Academic Team.
Outside of the classroom and off of the court, Cunningham continues to be involved in the community. Cunningham volunteered at a English as a Second Language School at West University Baptist Church in Houston serving as a teacher's assistant. Through various service opportunities in Houston and back home, Cunningham totaled over 80 service hours, including time spent working with the Houston Food Bank. In addition, she's actively involved in FCA and SAAC.
2018 Fall C-USA Spirit of Service Honorees
Mary Manser, Charlotte, Women's Soccer
John Marting, Florida Atlantic, Men's Cross Country
James Morgan, FIU, Football
Chase Hancock, Marshall, Football
Brent Stockstill, Middle Tennessee, Football
Dominique James, North Texas, Women's Soccer
Deirde Bradley, Old Dominion, Women's Soccer
Lee Ann Cunningham, Rice, Volleyball
Olawumi Akinniyi, Southern Miss, Women's Soccer
Victoria Young, UAB, Volleyball
Briana Arellano, UTEP, Volleyball
Jalen Rhodes, UTSA, Football
Julien Lewis, WKU, Football
The C-USA Spirit of Service award is designed to recognize the community service efforts of the league's student-athletes, based upon significant community service, good academic standing and participation in their elected sport. The Spirit of Service Award will be presented three times throughout the year, with the recently announced honorees representing Conference USA's fall sports: football, soccer, volleyball and cross country.
Cunningham, a junior libero from Louisville, Ky., was named an AVCA All-American Honorable Mention and an AVCA South All-Region Honorable Mention. She was selected to the C-USA First Team for the first time in her career and was a four-time recipient of the C-USA Defensive Player of the Week. Cunningham led the Owls in total digs (574; 2nd C-USA) and digs per set (4.86; 3rd C-USA) and posted 20 or more digs in 12 matches while helping anchor a Rice defense that led all of C-USA in opponent's hitting percentage (.165).
A triple major in Political Sciences/Spanish & Portuguese/Policy Studies, Cunningham was named to the Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 Second team with a 3.79 GPA and has been named to the C-USA Academic Honor Roll twice, and last season earned a spot on the C-USA All-Academic Team.
Outside of the classroom and off of the court, Cunningham continues to be involved in the community. Cunningham volunteered at a English as a Second Language School at West University Baptist Church in Houston serving as a teacher's assistant. Through various service opportunities in Houston and back home, Cunningham totaled over 80 service hours, including time spent working with the Houston Food Bank. In addition, she's actively involved in FCA and SAAC.
2018 Fall C-USA Spirit of Service Honorees
Mary Manser, Charlotte, Women's Soccer
John Marting, Florida Atlantic, Men's Cross Country
James Morgan, FIU, Football
Chase Hancock, Marshall, Football
Brent Stockstill, Middle Tennessee, Football
Dominique James, North Texas, Women's Soccer
Deirde Bradley, Old Dominion, Women's Soccer
Lee Ann Cunningham, Rice, Volleyball
Olawumi Akinniyi, Southern Miss, Women's Soccer
Victoria Young, UAB, Volleyball
Briana Arellano, UTEP, Volleyball
Jalen Rhodes, UTSA, Football
Julien Lewis, WKU, Football
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