MIAMI (April 19, 2017) – FIU beach volleyball standouts Lina Bernier, Anabela Sataric and Kari Peterson have been named to the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) All-Academic Team, as announced by the league office on Wednesday.    
 
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Bernier, a redshirt freshman from San Juan, Puerto Rico, currently boasts a 3.91 grade point average (GPA) in biomedical engineering. On the sand, Bernier holds an impressive 24-9 record and a 7-5 mark in CCSA matches. She has five wins each at the Nos. 2, 3 and 4 positions and a 9-3 record at No. 5.
 
Sataric holds a 3.91 GPA in international business. A senior from Biberis, Switzerland, Sataric is 22-10 on the year and 6-6 in CCSA contests. Sataric holds a 13-4 record at the No. 4 position and a 5-2 mark at the No. 5 spot.  She is also 2-2 at No. 3 and 1-1 at No. 2.

Peterson, a junior from Boca Raton, Florida, has a 3.99 GPA in psychology. On the sand she is 13-12 on the season, while posting an 8-5 mark at the No. 2 spot.
 
The Panthers, ranked No. 10 in the nation, are 21-12 on the year entering the CCSA Tournament which begins this weekend in Emerson, Georgia. FIU enters the three-day, 10-team event as the No. 5 seed and will face the fourth-seed South Carolina Gamecocks on Friday, April 21, at 10:30 a.m. and the eight-seed Tulane Green Wave at 3 p.m.
 
On Saturday, the Panthers butt heads with Florida State at 12 p.m. before closing out pool play at 3 p.m. against ninth-seeded UNCW at 3 p.m.
 
The semifinals will take place on April 22, beginning at 9 a.m., with the championship match having a 1 p.m. first serve.
 
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and Riccardo Silva Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offer more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes $8.9 billion each year to the local economy. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.