CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Atlantic Coast Conference Co-Champions Florida State and Pitt, along with Louisville, all earned a pair of volleyball season awards to headline the 2023 ACC Volleyball honors announced Monday. ACC season awards, as well as the All-ACC teams, were determined by a vote of the league’s 15 head coaches.
Outside hitters Audrey Koenig of Florida State and Anna DeBeer of Louisville shared ACC Player of the Year honors, while DeBeer’s teammate, libero Elena Scott was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year.
Pitt’s Rachel Fairbanks was tabbed the ACC Setter of the Year and the Panthers’ Olivia Babcock was voted the ACC Freshman of the Year.
All five award winners were named to the All-ACC First Team with Babcock also landing on the All-Freshman team.
After leading the Seminoles to a 23-8, 16-2, regular season record and first ACC Championship since 2012, Chris Poole was named the ACC Coach of the Year for the third time in his career and for the first time since 2011.
Koenig averaged 3.42 kills per set, hitting at a .308 clip with a .420 kill percentage and 10 double-doubles in league play to lead Florida State to its first ACC title since 2012. The junior posted 236 kills, 192 digs (2.78 per set), 33 blocks, 14 service aces and 10 assists on the year. The Wesley Chapel, Florida, native also claimed back-to-back ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors this season.
DeBeer totaled 216 kills, averaging 3.32 per set in conference play, to guide Louisville to a No. 2 seed in the 2023 NCAA Tournament. She hit .250 and recorded a .406 kill percentage in her junior campaign. The Louisville, Kentucky, native posted a career-high 29 kills in a gritty five-set thriller against Pitt on November 18 – the most kills in a five-set ACC game this season. She became a member of Louisville’s 1,000-kill club this season, while adding 59 digs, 23 service aces, 15 blocks and 12 assists. DeBeer earned two ACC Offensive Player of the Week awards this season.
Scott led the ACC with 4.43 digs per set and totaled 288 digs in conference play. The three-time ACC Defensive Player of the Week had seven matches with 20 or more digs this season. The junior libero recorded her 1,000th dig this year and posted the second-most digs in an ACC match this season with 29. She added 73 assists, served…
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