Hood Receives Class Star Award for Academics

Hannah Hood, a freshman outside hitter on the Texas A&M volleyball team, has received the Class of 2015 Class Star Award for Academics, the Texas A&M Class Councils announced.

Courtesy: Texas A&M Athletics

Release: 03/26/2012

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Hannah Hood, a freshman outside hitter on the Texas A&M volleyball team, has received the Class of 2015 Class Star Award for Academics, the Texas A&M Class Councils announced.

A 4.0 student from Austin, Texas (Westlake High School), Hood is currently a general studies major with aspirations of enrolling in the business honors program in the near future.

Presented by the Texas A&M Class Councils, Class Stars is a university-wide awards program that annually recognizes outstanding members of each class in five separate categories: academics, athletics, leadership, service and spirit. One student per class was selected in each category for a total of 20 awards across the freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior classes.

Athletically, Hood was the only freshman on A&M's 2011 volleyball squad that finished the year 23-8 after advancing to the NCAA Championship second round.

Hood and the Aggies continue their spring exhibition season as they compete at the F.A.S.T. Tournament at Reliant Center in Houston on Saturday, March 31. They conclude the spring competition schedule at the College Showcase, to be held at the Dallas Convention Center on Saturday, April 21.

The complete list of Class Stars is as follows:

Class of 2012

Academics- Will Barry

Athletics- Thomas Ross Stripling

Leadership- Tyrus Borck

Service- Emily Sterling

Spirit- Matthew Van Dine

Class of 2013

Academics- Ali El-Halwagi

Athletics- Tyler Naquin

Leadership- Cole Burdette

Service- Molly Mertz