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BAY CITY, Mich. -- Saginaw Valley senior Makenzie Frodle and Ferris State University junior Danielle Dowd claimed 2014 Capital One Academic All-America honors for their performance both on the floor and in the classroom this season. Both Frodle and Dowd were named to the Academic All-America Second Team. 

Ferris State's Danielle Dowd led the Bulldogs in her first season as the squad's libero with 437 digs on the year. She tallied 10 digs or more in 24 of FSU's 30 outings, including a personal career-high 31 digs earlier this year at rival Grand Valley State (Sept. 23). Overall, she averaged a squad-best 4.28 digs per set and added 33 assists and 21 service aces in 102 total sets while earning team Most Improved Player Award accolades.

Saginaw Valley's Makenzie Frodle posted a GLIAC-leading .330 hitting percentage, registering 258 on the season, an average of 2.77 per-set.  Frodle added a team-leading 80 blocks, an average of 0.86 per set.  Those 80 blocks ranked her ninth in the league.  Her cumulative GPA throughout her career as a student-athlete has stayed at a 4.00 as an English major at SVSU.

Frodle was selected to the All-GLIAC First Team, Daktronics, Inc. All-Midwest Region Second Team and AVCA All-Midwest Region Honorable Mention Team for the 2014 season as well.

The 2014 Capital One Academic All-America Teams, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), where released to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. Capital One has been the entitlement rights holder to CoSIDA's Academic All-America Teams program since 2011.

To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 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 program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 20,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.