Kansas senior third baseman Val Chapple has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team for the second consecutive year.

Chapple, who has been the Jayhawks’ starting third baseman for the past four years, has a 4.0 cumulative GPA and graduated last December with a secondary physics education degree. She since has started working toward her master’s in education. She was also named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team this season for the third time.