BOCA RATON, Fla. – On the same day as the play-in round of the 2022 Supply Heritage Landscape Supply Group Conference USA Championship, Rita Pleskevich of the Florida Atlantic University women’s basketball team has been named to the C-USA All-Academic Team. Pleskevich is just one of five to be recognized with the honor and the first Owl since 2016 to win the award.
The redshirt senior boasts a 3.765 GPA as a marketing and finance double major, and she is set to graduate in the spring. Pleskevich was honored to the Dean’s List, top 3% of college, as well as a C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll member.
On the court, Pleskevich is just as impressive. As a C-USA Honorable Mention choice, Pleskevich has started in all 29 games, averaging a team’s most 32.5 minutes per game. Pleskevich averages 11.2 points per game with a .381 shooting percentage (131-for-344), as well as pulls down 3.9 boards per game. She earned a career-high 21 points in the Owls’ win over UTEP and versus WKU, in which Pleskevich also tallied nine rebounds.
Pleskevich is the first Owl to be tabbed to the C-USA All-Academic Team since 2016 when Alison Gorrell did so. This also marks the fourth time an Owl has ever been named to the C-USA All-Academic Team.
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2022 C-USA Women’s Basketball All-Academic Team
Rita Pleskevich, Florida Atlantic, R-Sr., 3.76 GPA, marketing and finance
Dor Saar, Middle Tennessee, Sr., 3.95 GPA, business administration (management)
Courtney Whitson, Middle Tennessee, Jr., 3.71 GPA, English (secondary education)
Aaliyah Dunham, Marshall, Sr., 4.00 GPA, Master’s in Business Administration
Ariel Colon, FIU, Sr., 3.76 GPA, Criminal Justice
