Lawrenceville, Ga. - Senior Outside Hitter Alyssa Davis has been named to the 2021 All-SCAC Volleyball Third Team, the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference announced on Thursday.
Davis (Leonard, Texas) lands on the third team for the second-consecutive season and is the first player in the division III era (2011-present) to be named All-SCAC twice. Davis is also just the second Centenary volleyball player in program history (D1 or D3) to be named all-conference more than once as Kim Bolin was named to the All Trans-America Athletic Conference team in 1997 and 1998.
"Alyssa Davis is arguably one of the most dynamic athletes the Centenary Volleyball program has ever had, said Centenary head coach Ashley McDonough.
"She is a phenomenal person and a well-rounded student-athlete who somehow makes time for the intense training and off court work this sport requires while working for Dress for Success, the Centenary Fitness Center, and Centenary Admissions as an ambassador."
"Alyssa is a Peer-Mentor through the office of integrated advising, the head orientation leader for freshman orientation, a member of the Black Student Union, a SAAC representative, and is a founding member of the student Diversity and Inclusion committee in Athletics. We are so proud of her for this well-deserved honor."
Only three players have been named all-conference during the current D3 era – Davis twice, her teammate and fellow senior Rachel Demerjian (Glendora, Calif.) who was named to the Second Team All-Conference squad in 2018, and Desiree Frey earned Second Team honors in 2016.
Davis, despite missing the final 11 games of the season due to injury, still finished fourth in the SCAC in kills with 303. She added 258 digs and 17 aces in 22 matches played. She also posted a .232 hitting percentage, tops on the team, and currently ranks in the top five in the division III era in six different statistical categories.
She topped 1,000 career kills on Oct. 1 in a home match against Schreiner, recording 20 kills and now ranks second all-time in the D3 era in program history in kills with 1,082 and is just 74 away from the record. Davis is also only 169 kills shy of the school's all-time record for kills, D1 or D3.
Davis posted double-digit digs and kills in the same match an impressive 11 times this season and topped 20 kills three times including a season-high 26 against St. Thomas on Oct. 9. Her season high in digs was 23 on Sept. 4 versus Mary Hardin-Baylor.
Davis is a two-time member of the SCAC Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll, been named to the SCAC All-Sportsmanship Team, and served as an officer on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
Centenary finished the 2021 season 15-22 overall and 2-14 in conference play. The Ladies finished 9-2 at home with an impressive eight sweeps and went 13-8 against non-conference competition.
See the complete team here: https://www.scacsports.com/sports/wvball/2021-22/releases/all_scac
See the Ladies' complete 2021 season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wvball/2021-22/schedule
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