Falcon setter Kat Krtnick (Sr., Fridley, Minn.) has been named to the second College Sports Information Directors of America/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 volleyball team.

Earlier this year Krtnick was named to the first All-WIAC team and was named the WIAC volleyball Scholar-Athlete. She was named to the first All-WIAC team for the second straight season.

Krtnick, the team's setter, led the Falcons with 1,645 assists. That total was third all time in a single season. She ended her career with 4,297 assists which is third on the career all-time list. She was second on the team with 522 digs which is the seventh most in a single season. She established a career digs record with 1,799. She had 126 kills, 32 aces and 58 blocks. Krtnick was named the team's Player of the Week once in 2006.

Krtnick not only performed well on the floor throughout her career, but she did outstanding work in the classroom and in the campus community.

She's compiled a 3.768 cumulative grade point average while majoring in biomedical sciences and marketing. She will earn minors in professional writing, business and government. Krtnick has been named to the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll after the 2004, 2005 and 2006 school years. She has been named to the UWRF Dean's List after every semester (six). She earned the Kenneth M. White (2004) and Marcel K. Lynum (2004, 2005) scholarships. Krtnick has earned freshman, sophomore and junior merit.

Krtnick, who earned honorable mention to the All-WIAC team in 2004, was ranked 13th in the Oct. 22 NCAA Div. III statistics report in assists per game (12.21). She helped the Falcons win the 2003 WIAC championship and was named the team's Rookie of the Year that season. In 2004 and 2005 she was named the team's Hardest Worker and in 2005 she was named the team's Co-Player of the Year. Krtnick has been a team captain in 2005 and 2006. She has been named the team's Player of the Week seven times in her career.

This year she is a Student Senate athletic representative. She has been a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee throughout her career at UWRF. She has been the chair of the Recreation Committee (2004-06), a member of the health & human performance department Facilities Committee (2005-06), a member of the Facilities and Fees Board (2005-07) and a member of the Bookstore Committee (2005-06). Krtnick has worked as a special events and promotions manager of the Recreation staff. Krtnick worked for the UWRF public affairs office as a marketing communications and journalism intern during the 2005 and 2006 Kansas City Chiefs Summer Training camp.

The Academic All-America program honors male and female student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing field and in the classroom. Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA, a 2,000 member organization consisting of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.

To be eligible, a student-athletes must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Since the programs inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.