Volleyball: Wisnoskie and Rovira Receive All-Louisiana Recognition

Louisiana lands multiple representatives for the third consecutive season

LAFAYETTE – Hali Wisnoskie and Hanna Rovira represented the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Volleyball program on the Louisiana Sports Writers Association’s (LSWA) 2018 All-Louisiana Volleyball team.
 
Wisnoskie received first team honors for the second straight season, while Rovira was an honorable mention choice. It’s the third straight season the Ragin’ Cajuns have multiple honorees on the All-Louisiana Volleyball Team.
 
Both Wisonskie and Rovira picked up their second postseason award, adding to the All-Sun Belt Conference accolades received in November.
 
Wisnoskie surpassed the 300-kill mark a second straight season, netting 331 kills on a career-best 2.96 per set average during the 2018 campaign. She hit .200 or higher in 17 of her 21 double-digit kills performances and on four occasions posted 18 kills or more with a .350-plus hitting percentage.
 
Rovira produced a career-year to cap off her stay at Louisiana, surpassing both 200 kills and 100 digs for the first time in her collegiate career. She was a consistent producer on offense throughout the season, surpassing five kills in all but three of 30 matches contested.
 
Louisiana was one of five schools to have multiple players named to the All-Louisiana Volleyball team. The awards were voted on by the volleyball media relations members in the state based on school nominations.
 
Taylor Bannister (Louisiana State) was named Player of the Year, Kaylie McHugh (Tulane) was chosen Libero of the Year and Makala Heidelberg (Tulane) was voted the Freshman of the Year. Xavier head coach Pat Kendrick received Coach of the Year accolades.
 
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LSWA 2018 ALL-LOUISIANA VOLLEYBALL TEAM
FIRST TEAM
POS, NAME/SCHOOL/CLASS/HOMETOWN/NOTES
RS, Taylor Bannister/Louisiana State/So./Missouri City, Texas/1st Team All-SEC, 456 Kills
OH, Kayla Black/Xavier/So./Spring, Texas/AVCA NAIA All-Southeast Region 1st Team, GCAC POTY
RS, Erika Hansel/Tulane/Jr./Genoa, Ill./1st Team All-AAC, 297 kills, 75 total blocks
OH, Hali Wisnoskie/Louisiana /So./Columbus, Texas/ 2nd Team All-SBC, 331 kills
MB, Dayna Kern/Tulane/Sr./Vancouver, British Columbia/1st Team All-AAC, 131 total blocks
OH, Hannah Brister/Northwestern State/So./Paincourtville, La./2nd Team All-SLC, 314 kills
L, Kaylie McHugh/Tulane/Jr./Davie, Fla./Broke AAC single-season aces record w/56, 529 digs
 
SECOND TEAM
POS, NAME/SCHOOL/CLASS/HOMETOWN/NOTES (PTS)
MB, Tylar Beckham/Loyola/Jr./New Orleans, La./1st Team All-Conference, 337 kills, 146 blocks
MB, Kaitlyn Grice/New Orleans/Sr./Valrico, Fla./2nd Team All-SLC, 285 kills, 157 blocks
S, Eva Le Guillou/Xavier/So./Velizy-Villacoublay, France/AVCA NAIA All-SE Region HM, GCAC Setter of the Year, 1,011 assists
OH, Keegan Nelms/McNeese/Jr./Santa Fe, Texas/2nd Team All-SLC, 314 kills, 254 digs
OH/MB, Desire Neal/Dillard/Fr./Sacramento, Calif./1st Team All-GCAC, 330 kills
MB, Catherine Griffith/ULM/R-Jr./Raleigh, N.C./235 kills, 100 blocks
L, Channing Burleson/Northwestern State/Sr./Midland, Texas/1st Team All-SLC, 493 digs
 
HONORABLE MENTION
Lindsay Flory, Louisiana State; Vivica Price-Spraggins, Xavier; Hanna Rovira, Louisiana; Makala Heidelberg, Tulane; Lexie Douglas, Tulane; Raigen Cianciulli, Louisiana State
 
SUPERLATIVE AWARDS
Player of the Year – Taylor Bannister, Louisiana State
Libero of the Year – Kaylie McHugh, Tulane
Freshman of the Year – Makala Heidelberg, Tulane
Coach of the Year – Pat Kendrick, Xavier

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