{"id":240872,"date":"2026-04-21T20:45:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/240872\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:45:20","slug":"six-beach-volleyball-athletes-honored-as-academic-all-asun-selections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/240872\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Beach Volleyball Athletes Honored as Academic All-ASUN Selections"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\u00a0JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville University beach volleyball placed a program-record six student-athletes on the ASUN Academic All-Conference Team, the league announced this week.<\/p>\n

The six selections mark the most in program history and tie for the most of any school in the ASUN this season, alongside North Florida and Austin Peay.<\/p>\n

Representing the Dolphins are Katie Martinez<\/a>, Claire Mrukowski<\/a>, Meredith Mrukowski<\/a>, Morgan Perry<\/a>, Kate Taylor<\/a>, and Hayden Garnett<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville’s group was highlighted by exceptional performance in the classroom, with four student-athletes posting a cumulative GPA of 3.97 or higher, including perfect 4.0 marks from both Martinez and Claire Mrukowski<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Martinez, a senior majoring in Education for Instruction, earned a 4.0 GPA while also pursuing minors in Communication Sciences & Disorders and Health Sciences. Claire Mrukowski<\/a>, also a senior, holds a 4.0 GPA in Health Sciences & Exercise Science.<\/p>\n

Meredith Mrukowski<\/a> nearly matched that mark with a 3.98 GPA as a senior majoring in Health Sciences & Psychology, while Perry recorded a 3.97 GPA as a Biology major.<\/p>\n

Taylor, a senior majoring in Health Sciences with minors in Chemistry and Exercise Science, posted a 3.94 GPA and will graduate a year early. Garnett rounded out the group with a 3.79 GPA as a senior majoring in Marketing & Business Analytics.<\/p>\n

The recognition highlights Jacksonville’s continued commitment to excellence both on the sand and in the classroom, as the Dolphins continue to set new standards for the program.<\/p>\n

For the full list of ASUN Academic postseason honors, visit the conference’s official release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Story Links \u00a0JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville University beach volleyball placed a program-record six student-athletes on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-240872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}