ST. LOUIS – Drake senior outside hitter Amanda Platte (Mount Vernon, Iowa) was selected to the Missouri Valley Conference Volleyball Scholar-Athlete First Team, the league office announced Tuesday, Nov. 25.

Platte, a three-year starter, smashed 184 kills as a senior and had more than 700 kills in her career. She finished with a career-high 171 digs her senior season. She helped the Bulldogs win 11 matches in 2014, which is more than the previous two seasons combined (7).

Platte, who earned scholar-athlete honorable mention accolades as a sophomore and junior, is an outstanding student with a 3.83 grade point average in accounting, finance and economics. She will graduate in May and has already accepted a position with KPMG in Des Moines.

42 student-athletes were nominated for the Valley's scholar-athlete team. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA (on a 4.00 scale). Also, students must have participated in at least 75 percent of the regular-season matches. Student-athletes must have reached sophomore status in both athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen were not eligible).