The Valpo volleyball team had a trio of players recognized on Monday as MVC Scholar-Athlete honorees, as the conference announced its Scholar-Athlete squads. Miranda Strongman (Wolverine Lake, Mich./Walled Lake Central [LIU]) was an MVC First Team Scholar-Athlete selection, while Bella Ravotto (Mishawaka, Ind./Marian) and Emma Hickey (Granger, Ind./Penn) both were named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team.

Strongman was a Second Team All-MVC selection this season. She averaged 2.20 kills/set on .302 hitting — the fifth-best hitting percentage in a single season by a Valpo player in the 25-point era and eighth-best across all eras — and 0.87 blocks/set. Strongman owns a perfect 4.00 GPA in Valpo’s health administration graduate program,

Ravotto receives the third MVC Scholar-Athlete recognition of her career this year, as she was previously a First Team choice last season and an Honorable Mention recipient in 2021. Ravotto averaged 2.26 kills/set and 3.03 digs/set this season, ranking 14^th in the MVC in the latter category. She has racked up 1,641 digs over her five years at Valpo, placing her eighth in program history. Ravotto owns a 3.96 GPA in Valpo’s health administration graduate program.

Hickey ranks fourth in the Valley and 14^th nationally with 5.25 digs/set. The sophomore libero became the fastest player in program history and in MVC history to 1,000 career digs earlier this year and already ranks 14^th in program history in career digs. In the classroom, Hickey carries a 3.93 GPA as a civil engineering major.