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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- It was a storybook season for volleyball senior
M.E. Hargan with a plethora of accolades on and off the court, and she's added yet another to her trophy case. Hargan earned a spot on the prestigious Division I Academic All-America team, as selected by the College Sports Communicators. Hargan is a third-team honoree.
Only 21 student-athletes among the thousands in DI earned Academic All-America, and she is the lone representative from the Ohio Valley Conference.
"I am super honored and grateful to be recognized at this high level for all the hard work I've been putting in the last couple of years," she said.
She is the seventh all-time Eagle volleyball student-athlete to be an Academic All-American and the first since Olivia Lohmeier in 2021. Others include Emma Keough (2011), Holly Evans (2010), Missy Blanford (1988), Kristen Pedersen (1982) and Tessa Fraki (1982).
Hargan was first named academic all-district and earned that honor for the third consecutive season. She also earned the highest individual scholastic award in the league, the OVC Scholar Athlete.
Hargan, from Elizabethtown, Ky., wrapped up her indoor collegiate career in November as the 2025 Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Year and was named Honorable Mention AVCA All-South Region. She has a 3.88 lifetime grade point average in veterinary science.
She led the Ohio Valley Conference with 493 kills this season (27th nationally), averaging 4.61 kills per set and ranking 15
th in the country in NCAA Division I. Her 569 points (5.32 points per set average) ranked 21st in the nation overall and 11th in per set.
One of Morehead State's most prolific hitters, Hargan finished her career with 1,488 kills - ranking third in program history for the modern era (2008-present when rally scoring changed to 25-point sets). Her 493 kills this season were the third-highest total in the modern era in the Eagle record book. Hargan finished with three seasons in the top 10 in program history for kills.
Her 2,575 total attacks' tally is the second-highest in the program's modern era. She also finished with 956 career digs, ranking ninth in the records. Her 98 career service aces and 36 career block solos both rank 10
th in the program, as does her 439 career sets played.
