Ohio Valley Conference

Chattanooga’s Neva Clark was named the OVC Beach Volleyball Player of the Year for the second consecutive year. The Mocs Corina Vale earned Freshman of the Year honors as voted on by the league’s head coaches and communication directors. Clark and Vale were selected as the Pair of the Year while Coaching Staff of the Year went to Chattanooga.
 
Clark, a junior from Woodstock, Ga., went 14-11 overall while compiling a 9-1 OVC mark at the No. 1 spot. She becomes the first player to earn the honor twice.
 
A freshman from Wilmington, N.C., Vale paired with Clark to post a 14-11 overall mark and a 9-1 OVC record at the No. 1 spot. She was named to the All-Freshman team and picked up All-OVC First Team honors with Clark. She is the first Moc to earn the award.

The Chattanooga staff, consisting of Darin Van Horn (Head Coach) and Juliana Van Horn (Assistant Coach) earned Coaching Staff of the Year after leading their team to an OVC co-championship mark of 9-1 while going 16-9 overall. It marked the first time the Mocs claimed a conference title. This marks the second time the Van Horn’s have been named Staff of the Year after earning the award in 2021.
 
All-Conference
 
Joining Clark & Vale are fellow teammates Gylian Finch (Gr., Mount Morris, Ill.) & McKenna Faychak (So., Delray Beach, Fla.). UT Martin’s Dylan Mott (R-Jr., Hendersonville, Tenn.) & Sydney Eckhardt (Jr., Readington, N.J.), Addy Vaughn (R-Jr., St. Henry, Ohio) & Ryan Rednour (Sr., Huntertown, Ind.) and Lindenwood’s Maider Soto (Sr., Getxo, Spain) and Nyah Wilson (Jr., Advance, Mo.).

Making up the second team are: UT Martin’s Olivia O’Keefe (Sr., Scottsdale, Ariz.) & Jenna Vallee (Jr., Pornichet, France) and Kayla Carrell (Gr., Pensacola, Fla.) & Reagan McGee (Fr., Norfolk, Va.); Chattanooga’s Paige Gallentine (Sr., Fenton, Mich.) & Kaye Gresham (Jr., Marietta, Ga.) and Joy Courtright (Jr., Arrington, Tenn.) & Maddie Lecik (So., Forest, Va.); Tennessee Tech’s Madolyn Isringhausen (Jr., Edwardsville, Ill.) & Bella Powell (Sr., Palmyra, Ill.); Morehead State M.E. Hargan (So., Elizabethtown, Ky.) & Peighton Isley (Jr., Westfield, Ind.).

Earning All-Freshman honors with Vale and McGee are Chattanooga’s Julia Lawrence (Fr., Merrick, N.Y.), Morehead State’s Bella Marita (Fr. Florence, Ky.), and Lindenwood’s Annalie McWhorter (Fr., Louisville, Ky.)