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Grande Selected First-Team Academic All-American
March 12, 2018 | Women's Basketball
MUNCIE, Ind. - Junior guard Carmen Grande has been named to the 2017-18 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America First Team, the organization announced Monday. Grande becomes only the second player in program history to earn the honor and the first since Kate Endress in 2004-05.
Grande ranks second nationally in assists per game (9.2) and second in total assists (275). She currently has 678 career assists and became the program's all-time leader at Western Michigan Saturday, Feb. 10. Grande is currently seventh on the Mid-American Conference all-time assists list and was tabbed to the Third Team All-MAC team along with receiving MAC All-Defensive Team honors.
Grande ranks fourth on the team in scoring at 11.5 points per game. She scored a career-high 25 points this season in a win against Eastern Michigan Feb. 7, and was featured on the Top 10 Plays on ESPN's SportsCenter. Grande has 13 career double-doubles and 23 games with double-figure assists.
This season Grande helped the Cardinals to a perfect 11-0 non-conference start with wins over Purdue, Vanderbilt, Butler and Western Kentucky. The Cardinals are 24-6 and awaiting a bid to the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) after falling to Western Michigan, 65-54, in the MAC Tournament quarterfinals last week.
Grande ranks second nationally in assists per game (9.2) and second in total assists (275). She currently has 678 career assists and became the program's all-time leader at Western Michigan Saturday, Feb. 10. Grande is currently seventh on the Mid-American Conference all-time assists list and was tabbed to the Third Team All-MAC team along with receiving MAC All-Defensive Team honors.
Grande ranks fourth on the team in scoring at 11.5 points per game. She scored a career-high 25 points this season in a win against Eastern Michigan Feb. 7, and was featured on the Top 10 Plays on ESPN's SportsCenter. Grande has 13 career double-doubles and 23 games with double-figure assists.
This season Grande helped the Cardinals to a perfect 11-0 non-conference start with wins over Purdue, Vanderbilt, Butler and Western Kentucky. The Cardinals are 24-6 and awaiting a bid to the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) after falling to Western Michigan, 65-54, in the MAC Tournament quarterfinals last week.
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