Women's Volleyball January 31, 2023 Louisville’s Tillman, Pitt’s Gray Headline 2022 Volleyball All-ACC Academic Team GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Louisville’s Amaya Tillman and Pitt’s Serena Gray have been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Volleyball Scholar-Athletes of the Year for the second consecutive year and headline the sport’s All-ACC Academic Team announced Tuesday. Tillman is a graduate student at Louisville earning her Master of Education in Counseling and Personnel Services (M.Ed. CSP). The middle blocker from Topeka, Kansas, was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year a American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Third-Team All-American and earned AVCA East Regional First Team honors. Tillman helped lead Louisville to its second consecutive ACC Championship, back-to-back NCAA semifinal appearance and first ever appearance in the NCAA Championship in program history. Tillman’s 1.46 blocks per set and 166 total blocks led both the ACC and Louisville while ranking 12th nationally. She posted a season-best 10 blocks at Pitt during the regular season and registered 15 games with five or more blocks as Louisville led the conference and finished third in the nation in blocks with 354. Tillman added 244 kills hitting .333 with 19 aces for the Cardinals. This is Tillman’s fourth All-ACC Academic Team honor in as many seasons with the Cards, capping off the 2022 season as a NCAA Elite 90 Award Winner. She has made the Dean’s List every semester at Louisville, has been named a three-time Dean’s Scholar and Red & Black Scholar, and was tabbed to the ACC Honor Roll in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Gray led Pitt to its fourth ACC Championship and a repeat appearance in the NCAA Semifinals in Pitt’s seventh consecutive and 18th overall NCAA Tournament. She was First-Team All-ACC, an AVCA East Coast All-Region selection, a AVCA First-Team All-American and a VolleyballMag.com Fourth-Team All-American. Gray also earned CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-America honors – one of two Panthers ever to earn Academic All-American, AVCA All-American and All-Conference honors in the same season. Gray started all 34 matches for Pitt while leading the Panthers on an 18-game winning streak – the longest in program history and what was the longest active streak in the NCAA. The Temple City, California, native ranked second in the ACC and No. 18 in the NCAA with a season hitting percentage of .396. Gray posted the fifth-most total blocks in the league with 131. Syracuse’s Polina Shemanova claimed All-ACC Academic Team honors for the fifth time in her career. Louisville’s Aiko Jones and Florida State’s Emma Clothier both earned their fourth All-ACC Academic Team Honors. Twenty-one student-athletes who earned All-ACC honors this season also secured spots on the academic team, highlighted by season award winners Tillman and Raquel Lazaro (ACC Setter of the Year). Four student-athletes on the All-ACC Freshman Team earned All-ACC Academic Team honors. All 15 ACC volleyball programs are represented on the All-ACC Academic Team with ACC Co-Champion Pitt leading the conference with 13 student-athletes, followed by Virginia with 12, Boston College with 11 and Duke, Louisville, Notre Dame and Virginia Tech with 10. The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards were established in September of 2007 to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in their respective sports. Candidates for the awards must have maintained a 3.0-grade point average for their careers, as well as a 3.0 for each of the last two semesters. Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0-grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. In addition, student-athletes must compete in at least 50 percent of their team’s contests. 2022 ACC Volleyball Scholar-Athletes of the Year Amaya Tillman****, Louisville, MB, Sport Administration Serena Gray**, Pitt, MB, Applied Developmental Psychology 2022 All-ACC Academic Volleyball Team Kate Brennan, Boston College, MB, Leadership & Administration Izzy Clavenna, Boston College, RS, Neuroscience Julia Haggerty, Boston College, MB/OPP, Accounting for Finance / Marketing Katrina Hedberg-Jensen, Boston College, OH, Biology Silvia Ianeselli, Boston College, OH, Economics Sophia Lambros, Boston College, S, Management & Leadership / Marketing Grace Milliken, Boston College, MB, Management Anna Murphy**, Boston College, L, Accounting for Finance / Marketing / Political Science Grace Penn, Boston College, S, Management & Leadership / Marketing Jane Petrie, Boston College, S, Management & Leadership Nikki Steinheiser, Boston College, OH, Applied Psychology & Human Development Sophie Catalano, Clemson, OPP, Pre-Business Ani Clark**, Clemson, MB, Management Azyah Dailey, Clemson, OH, Sociology Colleen Finney, Clemson, MB, Philosophy Becca Micelle, Clemson, DS, Sports Communication Mckenna Slavik***, Clemson, S, Communication Devan Taylor, Clemson, L, Bioengineering Taylor Atkinson, Duke, Undeclared Devon Chang, Duke, Master of Management Studies Lizzie Fleming**, Duke, Political Science Gracie Johnson**, Duke, Italian Studies Kerry Keefe, Duke, Undeclared Moorea Wood, Duke, Neuroscience Rachel Richardson, Duke, Undeclared Sydney Tomlak, Duke, Undeclared Nikki Underwood, Duke, Undeclared Sydney Yap, Duke, Statistical Science Lauryn Burrows, Florida State, L/DS, Sport Management Emma Clothier****, Florida State, MB, Public Health Andjelija Draskovic, Florida State, S, Social Science Emery Dupes, Florida State, L/DS, Business Marketing Audrey Koenig**, Florida State, OH, Biology Ava Pitchford, Florida State, S, Management Information Systems Audrey Rothman, Florida State, OH, Marketing Bella D'Amico, Georgia Tech, S, Business Administration Nicole Drewnick, Georgia Tech, S, Business Administration Laura Fischer, Georgia Tech, RS/MB, Business Administration Erin Moss, Georgia Tech, MB, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Paola Pimentel, Georgia Tech, L/DS, Business Administration Ayden Bartlett, Louisville, Sustainability Cara Cresse, Louisville, Undecided Anna DeBeer***, Louisville, Exercise Science Alexa Hendricks, Louisville, L/DS, Exercise Science Aiko Jones****, Louisville, MS Communications Raquel Lazaro, Louisville, S, MS Sport Administration Nena Mbonu, Louisville, Business Cecillia Rush, Louisville, Biology Elena Scott**, Louisville, S, Undecided Amaya Tillman, Louisville, MB, M. Ed CSP Nyah Anderson, Miami, OH, Biology Abby Casiano, Miami, MB, Religious Studies Naylani Feliciano, Miami, L, Health Science Janice Leao, Miami, MB, Management Milana Moisio, Miami, L, Education Savannah Vach, Miami, S, Taxation (MS) Alanys Viera, Miami, S, Broadcast Journalism Parker Austin, North Carolina, OH, Exercise and Sport Science Anita Babic, North Carolina, S, Undecided Ella Bostic, North Carolina, S, Undecided Olivia Diaz, North Carolina, L, Exercise and Sport Science Maddy May, North Carolina, L, Exercise and Sport Science Kaya Merkler, North Carolina, MH, Psychology Liv, Mogridge, North Carolina, MH, Studio Art Carson Overbeck, North Carolina, L, Global Studies Mabrey Shaffmaster**, North Carolina, OH, Exercise and Sport Science Ava Brizard, NC State, OH, Business Administration Naomi Cabello, NC State, S, Sport Management Priscilla Hernandez**, NC State, DS/L, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management Martyna Leoniak, NC State, OH, Exploratory Studies Elaisa Villar, NC State, DS/L, Sport Management Hannah Wander, NC State, DS, Biological Sciences Madison Williams, NC State, OH, Sport Management Maisie Alexander, Notre Dame, DS/L, Undecided Clare Delaplane, Notre Dame, OH, Business Analytics Cailey Dockery, Notre Dame, DS/L, Neuroscience Behavior Nancy Kane, Notre Dame, DS/L, American Studies Charity McDowell, Notre Dame, MB, Preprofessional Studies Hattie Monson***, Notre Dame, DS/L, Science-Business Avery Ross, Notre Dame, OH, Science-Business Lauren Tarnoff, Notre Dame, MB, Design Lucy Trump, Notre Dame, OH, Preprofessional Studies Kaylyn Winkler, Notre Dame, MB, Management Lexis Akeo***, Pitt, S, Accounting Ashley Browske**, Pitt, DS/L, Psychology Courtney Buzzerio, Pitt, RS, Health Services Julianna Dalton, Pitt, OH, Communication: Rhet & Comm Cam Ennis, Pitt, OH, Management Rachel Fairbanks, Pitt, S, Undeclared Cat Flood, Pitt, OH, Media & Prof Communications Serena Gray, Pitt, MB, Applied Developmental Psych Dillyn Griffin, Pitt, DS/L, Undeclared Emmy Klika, Pitt, DS/L, Undeclared Chiamaka Nwokolo, Pitt, MB, Legal Studies Sabrina Starks, Pitt, MB, Psychology Valeria Vazquez-Gomez, Pitt, OH, Sociology Alyssa Bert, Syracuse, L, Teaching and Curriculum Riley Hoffman, Syracuse, S, Psychology and Neuroscience Raina Hughes, Syracuse, MB, Psychology Viktoriia Lokhmanchuk, Syracuse, OH, Public Health Polina Shemanova*****, Syracuse, OH, Broadcast and Digital Journalism Lauren Woodford, Syracuse, S, Bio Engineering and Computer Science GG Carvacho, Virginia, OH, Sociology Gabby Easton, Virginia, S, Educational Psychology (MED) Kate Johnson, Virginia, DS/L, Arts & Sciences Ashley Le, Virginia, S, Arts & Sciences Mattison Matthews, Virginia, MB, Kinesiology Madison Morey, Virginia, DS/L, Media Studies Mary Shaffer**, Virginia, RS, Commerce Abby Tadder, Virginia, MB, Arts & Sciences Grace Turner**, Virginia, OH, Educational Psychology (MED) Heyli Velasquez, Virginia, DS/L, Arts & Sciences Chloe Wilson, Virginia, RS, Psychology Veresia Yon, Virginia, MB, Higher Education (MED) Hanna Borer, Virginia Tech, Criminology Elayna Duprey, Virginia Tech, Sport Media Analytics Ava Francis, Virginia Tech, Communication Logan Mosley**, Virginia Tech, Human Development Mara Perry, Virginia Tech, Criminology Sydney Petersen, Virginia Tech, Public Health Brie Postema**, Virginia Tech, Human Development Cera Powell, Virginia Tech, Public Health Madison Slagle, Virginia Tech, Agriculture and Life Science Anabel Zier, Virginia Tech, Experimental Neuroscience Rian Baker, Wake Forest, S, Undecided Paige Crawford, Wake Forest, OH, Undecided Emma Farrell, Wake Forest, L, Undecided Andrea Fuentes, Wake Forest, S, Management (MS) Megan Merril, Wake Forest, DS, Health & Exercise Science Olivia Murphy, Wake Forest, OH/RS, Undecided Emmy Ogogor, Wake Forest, MB/RS, Health & Exercise Science Ashley Slater**, Wake Forest, OH/RS, Health & Exercise Science Peyton Suess, Wake Forest, OH/RS, Health & Exercise Science Kalani Whillock, Wake Forest, DS, Undecided