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VOLLEYBALL

For the third consecutive year, the Trojans had two players receive All-Sun Belt honors, with Amara Anderson picking up her third All-Sun Belt award and Julia Brooks receiving her first award

Head coach Josh Lauer became the first coach in Trojan volleyball history to lead the Trojans to three consecutive winning seasons in conference play after going 9-7 in Sun Belt Conference action

For the first time in program history, the Trojans posted three victories over Power Five teams in the same season, with wins over Alabama, LSU and Virginia Tech

Troy made its second consecutive postseason appearance in the NIVC and hosted a postseason match for the first time in program history; Troy went on to beat Middle Tennessee in the first round

Julia Brooks was the only player in the conference to rank in the top 10 in four statistical categories (hitting percentage, kills/set, blocks/set and points/set) and was the only middle hitter in the top 10 in the kills/set and points/set; she accumulated double-digit kills in 19 of 27 matches.

Julia Brooks led the Trojans in kills with 325 on the year and posted a career-high 24 kills in Troy’s win against Georgia Southern

Cheyenne Hayes became the all-time kills leader in Troy history as she finished her career with 1,666. Her 146 matches played and 545 sets played also rank first all-time in program history. Hayes became the fifth Trojan in program history to record 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in her career

Amara Anderson moved into third all-time in Troy history with 4,502 assists. She is one of four players to amass 3,000 assists and 1,000 digs

Amara Anderson’s 59 assists against Georgia Southern were the most by a player in the Sun Belt in a single match all season

Lacey Jeffcoat moved into fourth place all-time in Troy history in digs, accumulating 1,626 in her Trojan career. She ranks second in program history, averaging 4.05 digs per set