EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Ohio Valley Conference announced Wednesday evening that junior outside hitter Leah Anderson (Bloomington, Illinois) has earned the first All-OVC award in University of Southern Indiana Volleyball history. Anderson was named to the All-OVC Second Team after receiving votes from the league’s head coaches and communications directors.
The two-time All-Great Lakes Valley Conference award recipient collects her first postseason honor in the NCAA Division I era as a Screaming Eagle after tallying the sixth-most kills in the conference with 347. To go along with her offensive abilities at the net, Anderson nabbed a team-high 316 digs and 28 aces to pair with 53 blocks.
In 107 sets played, Anderson was able to secure 14 double-doubles with 20 double-digit kill performances and 17 double-digit dig showings. She collected a career-high 26 kills in the match against the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on October 22 before receiving a season-high 20 digs in the final match of the season against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on November 12. She ended the 2022 campaign on a 10-match double-digit kills streak where she accumulated 153 kills.
In a historic season, Anderson was able to reach three milestones in her fourth year at USI. She became the 15th player to reach the 1,000-kill plateau and the 13th player to earn 1,000 career digs, making her the fifth player in program history to reach 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career. Anderson finished the season third in service aces with 167, seventh in kills with 1,231, and 10th in digs with 1,106 all-time.
Eastern Illinois University’s Giovana Larregui Lopez received the most votes and was named OVC Player of the Year. Tennessee Tech University’s Jordan Karlen was voted as OVC Setter and Freshman of the Year while Southeast Missouri State University’s Tara Beilsmith tallied OVC Defensive Player of the Year. University of Tennessee at Martin’s head coach Jaclynn Wilson received the OVC Coach of the Year honor after leading the Skyhawks to an OVC regular season championship.
The Eagles ended the year with a 1-28 overall record, going 1-17 within the conference. USI earned its only win against former GLVC foe,…
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