FRISCO, Texas – Southeastern's Cicily Hidalgo is the Southland Conference Volleyball Student-Athlete of the Year, the league announced Thursday in conjunction with the All-Academic First and Second Teams.
Cicily earns student-athete of the year and a first-team all-academic selection with a 3.80 GPA in Business Administration. The senior from Opelousas, Louisiana, was also named Southland Conference Ahtlete of the Year and earned first-team all-conference accolades in November. She also was named to the AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention in December.
She averaged 4.32 points per set on the season, scoring 3.64 kills per set on a .261 attack percentage as well as 37 service aces on the year. Her score line included 66 total blocks on the season, 12 solo, while also contributing 3.14 digs per set.
Hidalgo finished her SLU career with 1,446 career kills, the second-most in program history, becoming just the second Lady Lion ever to cross 1,400 career kills. She also scored 1,646.0 career points while in the green and gold, also the second-most ever by a Lady Lion.
Southland Conference All-Academic Teams and Student-Athlete of the Year are voted upon by the head coach, sports information director and an academic/compliance staff member from each school. Voting for one’s own athletes is not permitted.
To be eligible for all-academic distinction, an athlete must hold a minimum 3.25 cumulative grade point average in the semester of the sport’s championship at the nominating school, and participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s competitions during the most recently completed season. Student-Athlete of the Year nominees must have held at least a 3.50 GPA and have completed at least two years of athletic competition at the nominating school, including the current season.
First Team All-Conference athletes who meet all-academic nomination criteria are automatically named all-academic.
Volleyball All-Academic First Team
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Class |
Hometown |
GPA |
Major |
| OH |
Reese Fetty |
East Texas A&M |
Gr. |
Farmersville, Texas |
4.0 |
Health Kinesiology & Sports Studies |
| MB |
Audrey Pearce |
HCU |
Sr. |
Aledo, Texas |
3.39 |
Kinesiology – Sport Management |
| OH |
McKenzie Moore |
McNeese |
Sr. |
Tomball, Texas |
3.32 |
Mass Communication |
| L |
Bailey Tillman |
McNeese |
Sr. |
Sugar Land, Texas |
3.87 |
Mass Communication |
| OH |
Cicily Hidalgo |
Southeastern |
Sr. |
Opelousas, La. |
3.80 |
Business Adminstration |
| MB |
Kyanna Creecy |
SFA |
So. |
McKinney, Texas |
3.72 |
Kinesiology |
| MB |
Katherine Holtman |
SFA |
Fr. |
Argyle, Texas |
4.00 |
Biology |
| MB |
Isabella Ortiz |
SFA |
Jr. |
Flower Mound, Texas |
3.60 |
Kinesiology |
| S |
Alex Hoglund |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
Gr. |
Berkely, Calif. |
3.88 |
Business Administration |
| OH |
Kyndal Payne |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
Sr. |
Haslet, Texas |
3.66 |
Biomedical Studies |
| MB |
Leah Stolfus |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
Sr. |
Denton, Texas |
3.71 |
Kinesiology |
| S |
Isabella Costantini |
UTRGV |
So. |
Curitiba, Brazil |
3.57 |
Nutritional Sciences |
| RS |
Ilana De Assis |
UTRGV |
Sr. |
Chapadao do Ceu, Brazil |
3.52 |
Kinesiology |
| OH |
Claudia Lupescu |
UTRGV |
Sr. |
Bucharest, Romania |
3.53 |
Criminal Justice |
Volleyball All-Academic Second Team
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Class |
Hometown |
GPA |
Major |
| DS/L |
Jade Smith |
East Texas A&M |
Sr. |
Houston, Texas |
3.57 |
Kinesiology & Sports Studies |
| S |
Grace McLaughlin |
HCU |
Sr. |
Lucas, Texas |
3.84 |
Kinesiology |
| DS/L |
Audrey Patton |
UIW |
Sr. |
Boca Raton, Fla. |
4.00 |
|
| OH/OPP |
Risa Sena |
UIW |
Sr. |
Long Beach, Calif. |
4.00 |
|
| MH |
Hannah Brewer |
Southeastern |
Sr. |
Benton, Ark. |
3.93 |
Business Administration |
| OH |
Reaghan Thompson |
Northwestern State |
Jr. |
Kemah, Texas |
3.65 |
Nursing |
| DS |
Brooklyn Jaeger |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
R-So. |
Fayetteville, Texas |
4.00 |
Kinesiology |