ULM Warhawks

MONROE, La. – ULM volleyball's red-shirt junior Catherine Griffith has been named Second Team All-Louisiana by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association as announced on Sunday (Dec. 16). Griffith was the only Warhawk to start in all 30 matches this season.
 
In 2018, Griffith appeared in 103 of the Warhawks' 104 sets.  She led the Warhawks in total attacks (609), attack percentage (.286), kills (2.28 per set, 235 total), solo blocks (28), and points (3.04 per set).

The Raleigh, North Carolina native ranked second for ULM in blocks (100 total, .97 per set), fourth in service aces (14), and had at least four kills in every match, surpassing double-digit kills five times.
 
Early in the 2018 campaign, Griffith recorded the fifth-best single game attack percentage in conference (.722, vs MVSU) and was selected to the Redhawk Invitational All-Tournament Team.
 
The second team was made up of three middle blockers in Loyola's Tylar Beckham, Kaitlyn Grice from New Orleans and Catherine Griffith from ULM, along with a pair of outside hitters in Keegan Nelms from McNeese and Desire Neal from Dillard. Senior Channing Burleson held down the second squad, while Xavier setter Eva Le Guillou rounded out the seven-member team.
 
The teams were voted on by the volleyball media relations members in the state based on school nominations. Voters could not vote for athletes or coaches from their schools. Players were selected on a 12-1 voting scale, while liberos were voted upon in a second category on a 2-1 basis.
 
FIRST TEAM
POS, NAME/SCHOOL/CLASS/HOMETOWN/NOTES (PTS)
RS, Taylor Bannister/LSU/So./Missouri City, Texas
OH, Kayla Black/Xavier/So./Spring, Texas
RS, Erika Hansel/Tulane/Jr./Genoa, Ill.
OH, Hali Wisnoskie/UL-Lafayette/So./ Columbus, Texas
MB, Dayna Kern/Tulane/Sr./Vancouver, British Columbia
OH, Hannah Brister/Northwestern State/So./Paincourtville, La.
L, Kaylie McHugh/Tulane/Jr./Davie, Fla.
 
SECOND TEAM
POS, NAME/SCHOOL/CLASS/HOMETOWN/NOTES (PTS)
MB, Tylar Beckham/Loyola/Jr./New Orleans, La
MB, Kaitlyn Grice/New Orleans/Sr./Valrico, Fla.
S, Eva Le Guillou/Xavier/So./Velizy-Villacoublay, France
OH, Keegan Nelms/McNeese/Jr./Santa Fe, Texas
OH/MB, Desire Neal/Dillard/Fr./Sacramento, Calif.
MB, Catherine Griffith/ULM/R-Jr./Raleigh, N.C.
L, Channing Burleson/Northwestern State/Sr./Midland, Texas
 
HONORABLE MENTION
Lindsay Flory, LSU; Vivica Price-Spraggins, Xavier; Hanna Rovira, UL-Lafayette; Makala Heidelberg, Tulane; Lexie Douglas, Tulane; Raigen Cianciulli, LSU
 
SUPERLATIVE AWARDS
Player of the Year – Taylor Bannister, LSU
Libero of the Year – Kaylie McHugh, Tulane
Freshman of the Year – Makala Heidelberg, Tulane
Coach of the Year – Pat Kendrick, Xavier