Ohio Valley Conference

Chattanooga’s Neva Clark was named the OVC Beach Volleyball Player of the Year for the third consecutive year. The Mocs Corina Vale teamed with Clark to earn their second straight Pair of the Year honors as voted on by the league’s head coaches and communication directors. UT Martin’s Lauren Mariscal was selected as Freshman of the Year while the Coaching Staff of the Year award went to Chattanooga for the second consecutive season.
 
Clark, a senior from Woodstock, Ga., went 22-6 overall while compiling a 10-0 OVC mark at the No. 1 spot. She becomes the first player to earn the honor three times.
 
A sophomore from Wilmington, N.C., Vale paired with Clark to post a 22-6 overall mark and a 10-0 OVC record at the No. 1 spot. The pair also earned All-OVC First Team honors.
 
Mariscal, a freshman from Naperville, Ill., compiled an 11-2 record and finished 6-1 in the OVC. The first year teamed with Jenna Vallee at the No. 3 spot and went 12-1.

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 championship mark of 10-0 while going 23-5 overall. It marked the second time the Mocs claimed a conference title, their first outright title. This is the third time the Van Horn’s have been named Staff of the Year after initially earning the award in 2021.
 
All-Conference
 
Joining Clark & Vale are fellow teammates Joy Courtright (Sr., Arrington, Tenn.) & Julia Lawrence (So., Merrick, N.Y.), and  McKenna Faychak (Jr., Delray Beach, Fla.) & Maddie Lecik (Jr., Forest, Va.); Morehead State’s Irene Wogenstahl (Gr., Crestview Hills, Ky.) & Bella Marita (So., Florence, Ky.); UT Martin’s Olivia O’Keefe (Sr., Scottsdale, Ariz.) & Kayla Bryant (R-So., Louisville, Ky.).

Making up the second team are: Chattanooga’s Paige Gallentine (Gr., Fenton, Mich.) & Kaye Gresham (Sr., Marietta, Ga.) and Ansley Gulledge (So., Canton, Ga.) & Sydney Jackwin (Jr., St. Petersburg, Fla.); Lindenwood’s Kate Bockhorst (Jr., Foristell, Mo.) & Nyah Wilson (Sr., Advance, Mo.) and Abby Jacobs (Jr., Hilton Head, S.C.) & Annalie McWhorter (So., O’Fallon, Mo.); UT Martin’s Sydney Eckhardt (Sr., Readington, N.J.) & Reagan McGee (So., Norfolk, Va).

Earning All-Freshman honors with Mariscal are fellow Skyhawk Kylie Surratt (Maryland Heights, Mo.), Lindenwood’s Kaelyn Putz (Phoenix, Ariz.), Morehead State’s Hollan Everett (Norris City, Ill.) and Tennessee Tech’s Alayna Pierce (Genoa, Ill.).