COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Volleyball student-athletes Maya Sands, Jordan Iliff and Lauren Forbes were named to the Academic All-District Volleyball Team, the College Sports Communicators announced Tuesday.
The 2023 Academic All-District Volleyball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom.
Sands, Iliff and Forbes all earned the distinction for the first time in their careers Tuesday.
The trio is Mizzou’s first Academic All-District selections since Kylie Deberg in 2020. Missouri now has 13 CoSIDA/CSC All-District players.
Sophomore libero Maya Sands was selected to her first career Academic All-District Volleyball Team Tuesday.
The Rock Falls, Illinois, native, has a 4.00 GPA and is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s in Parks, Recreation, & Sport: Sport Management at Mizzou.
The 2023 AVCA Southeast All-Region selection led the SEC with a career-best 542 digs (4.71 digs/set) in 2023.
In the NCAA, Sands ranked 32nd overall for digs and produced double-digit digs in every match of Mizzou’s regular season (29 of 31 total matches).
Most recently, the 2023 SEC Libero of the Year logged back-to-back nine-dig performances in the 2023 NCAA Tournament against Delaware and top-ranked Nebraska, Dec. 1-2 in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Sands registered six performances of 24-plus digs (four 24-dig matches in 2023), along with 20 or more digs in 14 matches this season.
In SEC play, Sands paced the conference with 339 digs and 4.99 digs per set.
The 2023 All-SEC Team selection and two-time SEC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 16 and Nov. 13) grabbed a career-high 30 digs to go with two assists and an ace against Ole Miss on Oct. 15.
She also posted consecutive 23-dig performances against Texas A&M (Nov. 10) and Auburn (Nov. 12).
In the Mizzou single season record books, Sands ranks fifth overall for digs.
In her career, Sands has compiled 954 digs and is on the heels of 1,000.
Junior rightside hitter Jordan Iliff was named to her first career Academic All-District Volleyball Team Tuesday.
The St. Louis, native, currently has a 3.55 GPA and is studying Health Science at Missouri. Academically, she has earned 2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor…
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