University of Tennessee Athletics
Johnson, Spani Earn Academic All-District Honors
February 02, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 2, 2012
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Two Lady Vol basketball players were selected to the District 3 Capital One Academic All-District Team as announced by CoSIDA on Thursday.
Graduate student and forward Glory Johnson and junior guard/forward Taber Spani captured Academic All-District First Team honors after being named to the Academic All-District Second Team last season.
Nominees for the All-District teams had to be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at her current institution and be nominated by her sports information director.
Johnson, a 6-3 athletic post, is a two-time SEC Player of the Week selection this season. The Knoxville native is averaging 13.5 ppg and 9.4 rpg while shooting 56.4 percent from the floor for the No. 8-ranked Lady Vols. After earning her undergraduate degree in just three years, she has a 3.6 GPA in graduate school and is working toward her masters in communication studies.
Spani is averaging 10.2 ppg and hitting 48.1 percent of her shots from beyond the arc this season. A native of Lee's Summitt, Mo., she missed nine games this winter after suffering a bone bruise, but has played in two of Tennessee's last three contests. Spani maintains a 3.91 GPA and is majoring in communications studies.
After earning All-District First Team honors, Johnson and Spani are now eligible to advance to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot later this month.
The Lady Vols are in action tonight when they play host to South Carolina at 7 p.m. on CSS.
