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Volleyball
19-10/8-8 BIG 12
BRIANA LYNCH
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• Earned its first-ever at-large bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball
Championship • The squad posted a program-best, 8-8 conference mark for the second consecutive year to finish third overall in the Big 12 • West Virginia was one of seven Big 12 schools to qualify for the NCAA Tournament, marking the second-most schools for a conference at the NCAA Tournament • The team opened the season 10-0 for the first time since 2017 • West Virginia swept No. 23 Michigan in a match on Sept. 3 • The team went on to tally its first win at Iowa State, as well as a season sweep over
Oklahoma for the first time in program history • Coach Reed Sunahara tallied his 400th career win in a match against No. 23 Michigan on Sept. 3 • Six individuals finished the season in the top 10 of four Big 12 categories: Lacey Zerwas ranked second with 10.35 assists per set, Skye Stokes ranked second with .55 service aces per set, Alexa Hasting ranked fourth with 4.02 digs per set, Briana Lynch ranked fifth with a .345 hitting efficiency, Adrian Ell ranked seventh with 3.47 kills per set and
Natali Petrova ranked eighth with .32 service aces per set • In the NCAA, two Mountaineers ranked in the top 50, including Stokes, who finished in seventh in service aces per set, and Zerwas, who finished 47th in assists per set • For the sixth straight year, WVU was named a recipient of the AVCA Team Academic
Award • Zerwas was named to the 2021 Academic All-America Third Team for the first time in her career. She is the second Mountaineer all-time to garner the award • Three Mountaineers earned All-Midwest Region All-Big 12 honors, including Lynch, Ell and Zerwas • Ell, Hasting and Zerwas were named to the 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District 2
Volleyball First Team • Nine Mountaineers earned a spot on the 2021-22 Academic All-Big 12 Volleyball Teams, including six first-team members. Two Mountaineers earned their awards with a 4.0 grade point averages (Zerwas and Hasting)
ADRIAN ELL
TEAM
• AVCA Team Academic Award
ATHENA ARDILA
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
ADRIAN ELL
• All-Big 12 First Team • AVCA All-Midwest Region • CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 First Team • Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll • Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 28) • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 27)
ALEXA HASTING
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll • CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 First
Team • Co-Captain
KRISTIN LUX
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
BRIANA LYNCH
• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll • Preseason All-Big 12 Team • AVCA All-Midwest Region First Team • All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Aug. 30) • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 13) • WNU Invitational All-Tournament Team • ODU Invitational All-Tournament Team
MVP
EMMY OGOGOR
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
MADISON PAGE
• Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Aug. 31) • Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
NATALI PETROVA
• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
MARIELENA SOMOZA
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
SKYE STOKES
• ODU Invitational All-Tournament Team
ALISON THOMAS
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
NATALIE WINTER
• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
LACEY ZERWAS
• Academic All-America Third Team • Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll • CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 First Team • Co-Captain • AVCA All-Midwest Region • All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Invitational All-Tournament Team • ODU Invitational All-Tournament Team