Four Jackets Receive All-ACC Honors – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

THE FLATS – The No. 5-seeded Georgia Tech volleyball team (22-6, 13-5 ACC) was honored with four All-ACC selections as voted on by the league’s head coaches, the conference office announced on Monday. Junior outside hitter Bianca Bertolino and senior outside hitter Tamara Otene were awarded First Team All-ACC honors with freshman opposite Larissa Mendes and freshman setter Heloise Soares were named to the All-Freshmen Team.

This marks the fifth season in a row, since 2019, that Georgia Tech will have multiple representatives on all-conference first team, the second longest streak in the conference. It is the first time Bertolino has been named to the first team after earning Second Team (2022) and All-Freshman team (2021) honors in her career. It is the first All-ACC honor for Otene.

Mendes and Soares become the 25th and 26th Jackets to be named to the All-Freshmen team in program history. Tech owns the second most All-Freshman team selections in ACC history, just one behind Duke. This is the seventh time in program history and just the second time in the Michelle Collier era that the Jackets will have multiple representatives on the All-Freshman team – also 2018 (Brambilla and Dowd).

Bianca Bertolino | Jr. | OH | San Guillermo-Santa Fe, Argentina

Bianca Bertolino was the catalyst for Georgia Tech all season, positively affecting each point in a variety of ways. She is the only Power 5 pin hitter to finish the season with 300+ kills, 250+ digs and 50+ aces all while posting an incredible .974 receiving percentage as a primary passer in serve/receive. She was named ACC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 23 and leads the ACC with 61 aces (.59/set). She leads all Power 5 pin-hitters in aces and is 5th overall in Division I in aces/set. She made 7 aces in Georgia Tech’s four-set win over Louisville, the second most aces in a single match by a Power 5 player this season. She becomes the 24^th Yellow Jacket in program history and the 7^th in the Michelle Collier era to be named to the All-ACC First or Second teams in back-to-back seasons.

Tamara Otene | Sr. | OH | Auckland, New Zealand

One of the most versatile attackers in the country, Otene secured a 300 kill/300 dig season, registering a team-best 361 kills and 306 digs, the third most among Power 5 pin hitters. Otene was the most prolific attacker on the roster, serving as the go-to for out of system sets, while also serving as the best defensive non-DS/L in the ACC. She was named ACC…