UH Hilo senior outside hitter Bria Beale is really good in the classroom and on the volleyball court, and now has another student-athlete award to prove it. 

For the second time in her Vulcan career, Beale was named to the very select 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District Volleyball Team. The senior was one of just eight players named to the team among nominees from the three NCAA Division II conferences in the west region--The Pacific West Conference, the California Collegiate Athletic Association and the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. 

The Eastvale, Calif. native has a 3.90 grade point average. She graduated this past spring with a BA in Communications, a minor in Sociology and an undergraduate degree in Agriculture. This Fall, she will pursue a graduate degree in Counseling Psychology--Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

Beale was one of just two players from The PacWest Conference to be named to the team. She also earned the same award after the 2019 season.

The former UC Irvine player was named to the All-PacWest Hawaii Pod team this past spring and is also a two-time First Team All-PacWest selection, She led the conference in total kills (241) this spring and was second in kills per set (3.65). She led the PacWest in service aces (35) and was second in points per set (4.36). She was a First Team All-West Region selection in 2019. 

Heading into her final collegiate season in the Fall of 2021, Beale's name is already all over the UH Hilo career record book lists. Her 977 career kills ranks sixth all-time, her 99 service aces is fifth and her 855 digs lists seventh in the Vulcan record book. 

Beale now advances to the CoSIDA Academic All-American ballot. The Academic All-American team will be announced in early July.

2021 Spring CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 Team
Bria Beale, University of Hawaii Hilo, Sr., 3.90, Communications
Alexis Cardoza, Cal State San Bernardino, Sr., 3.58, Psychology                              
Brooke Foster, Northwest Nazarene University, Sr., 3.95, Graphic Design                 
Jalyn Hayes, Cal State San Bernardino, Sr., 3.85, Marketing/Graphic Design              Sami Hover, Biola University, Sr., 3.99, Biblical & Theological Studies                               
Lahra Weber, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Sr., 3.95, Chemistry                               
Cate Whiting, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Sr., 3.90, Civil Engineering                    Kira Zimmerman, Cal Poly Pomona, Jr., 3.83, Psychology