Drury University juniors Kyrie Hopkins and Austin Warren earned All-Great Lakes Valley Conference Second Team honors on Thursday as the league announced its post-season award-winners.
Lewis senior Stephanie Sagat was named the league's Player of the Year, while Flyers' coach Lorelee Smith earned Coach of the Year honors. Kristina Kerrigan of Indianapolis was selected the conference Freshman of the Year by voting done by the league's 15 coaches.
Hopkins and Warren have helped the Panthers of first-year coach Ashleigh Shear wrap up the program's first winning season since 1993 and claim a berth in the GLVC Tournament's eight-team field, which begins play Friday in Romeoville, Ill. Seventh-seeded Drury (16-13) takes on second-seeded Indianapolis in a 2:30 p.m. first-round match.
GLVC HONORS
Player of the Year: Stephanie Sagat, Sr., Lewis
Freshman of the Year: Kristina Kerrigan, Fr., Indianapolis
Coach of the Year: Lorelee Smith, Lewis
ALL-GLVC FIRST TEAM
Outside Hitters
Lyndsay Callahan, Jr., Indianapolis
Maggie McGovern, So., Rockhurst
Stephanie Sagat, Sr., Lewis
Middle Hitters
Weslie Gaff, So., Missouri-St. Louis
Kim Nemcek, Jr., Northern Kentucky
Setters
Cheneta Morrison, Jr., Indianapolis
Rachel Ruedi, Jr., Lewis
Opposite Hitter
Erin Higgins, So., Missouri-St. Louis
Libero/Defensive Specialist
Kyleigh Turner, Sr., Indianapolis
ALL-GLVC SECOND TEAM
Outside Hitters
Liz Cook, Jr., Missouri-St. Louis
Julie Meyer, So., Missouri S&T
Noelle Peterson, So., Northern Kentucky
Middle Hitters
Kyrie Hopkins, Jr., Drury
Emily Levy, Jr., Rockhurst
Setters
Jenna Schreiver, Fr., Northern Kentucky
Austin Warren, Jr., Drury
Opposite Hitter
Addie Kramer, So., UW-Parkside
Libero/Defensive Specialist
Carolyn Holstein, Jr., Missouri-St. Louis
ALL-GLVC THIRD TEAM
Outside Hitters
Emily Beckman, Jr., Bellarmine
Kristina Kerrigan, Fr., Indianapolis
Brittani Oliver, Jr., Southern Indiana
Middle Hitters
Sara deBuhr, Sr., Lewis
Tami Gleason, Jr., UW-Parkside
Setters
Lyndsay Kooi, Fr., Quincy
Melanie Pund, Sr., Southern Indiana
Opposite Hitter
Kourtney Crawford, Fr., Indianapolis
Libero/Defensive Specialist
Ashlee Lindish, Sr., Lewis