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Addie VanderWeide and Olivia Fiebing know how to be successful in the classroom and on the volleyball court.

The Hope College teammates have been selected for the 2023 Academic All-America® volleyball teams as chosen by College Sports Communicators. VanderWeide, an outside hitter, is one of nine first-team selections in NCAA Division III. Fiebing, a libero, is one of 10 third-team honorees.

Last month, they helped the Flying Dutch finish runner-up at the NCAA Division III Championships and sweep MIAA regular-season and tournament titles.

VanderWeide (Grand Rapids, Michigan / Grand Rapids Christian HS) and Fiebing (Traverse City, Michigan / Central) are the third set of Hope volleyball teammates to be named to Academic All-America® teams in the same season. 

They join the pairs teammates: Tracy Westra and McKenna Otto (2021 fall) and Lauren Hazekamp and Jayne Kessel (2015).

Other members of the Flying Dutch to be chosen for Academic All-America® Volleyball teams: Otto (2021 spring), Adair Cutler (2020), Jenna Grasmeyer (2014) and Kim Grotenhuis (2000).

Westra and Grotenhuis were both first-team selections.

A business major, VanderWeide was named American Volleyball Coaches Association Co-National Player of the Year,  AVCA Region 7 Player of the Year and MIAA MVP. The junior also received AVCA First Team All-America, AVCA All-Region and All-MIAA First Team honors.

VanderWeide set a Hope single-season record with 535 kills in 35 matches.

A political science major, Fiebing played in every match this season. The senior averaged a team-best 4.48 digs per set.

The Division III CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2022-23 Division III Academic All-America® programs.
 
For more information about the CSC Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com.