Volleyball | December 02, 2021

AIKEN, S.C. – University of South Carolina Aiken volleyball standout Alie Smith picked up AVCA all-region honors.

Smith garnered AVCA and D2CCA accolades this season.

Smith, a native of St. Johns, Fla., is coming off a season in which she became the first-ever PBC volleyball student-athlete to be named to the all-conference team five times. 

Smith led the league with 4.76 total points per set and 486 overall points on the season. She also was first in kills/set (4.15), fourth in aces (0.45/set), seventh in digs/set (3.45) and eighth in hitting percentage (.221). Smith finished the season ninth nationally in points per set and 12th nationally in kills per set. 

Smith posted a season-high 24 kills in the win over West Alabama, had a season-best 30 points against Carson-Newman and registered a season-high 24 digs against Lenoir-Rhyne. The 2020 PBC Player of the Year is the PBC's all-time leader in kills during the rally-scoring era (1,687) and holds the school record for double-doubles during the rally-scoring era (67). In 2021, she became just the third USC Aiken student-athlete to surpass 1,500 career kills.   
 

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.
Chloe Allen	Augusta	MH	Sr.
Natasha Bannister	Newberry	OH/MB	Gr.
Rachel Bewick	Lenoir-Rhyne	L	Sr.
Emiah Burrowes*	Tusculum	OH	Jr.
Regan Duty	Anderson	RS	Jr.
Shannon Kasprak	Wingate	S	Sr.
Noelle Knutsen	Anderson	MB	Sr.
Kennedy Muff	Flagler	S	So.
Taylor Prall*	Lenoir-Rhyne	OH	Sr.
Madison Roy	Anderson	S	Sr.
Sophie Schaff*	Wingate	MB	Gr.
Alie Smith	USC Aiken	OH	Sr.
Carly Sosnowski	Tusculum	L	So.
Julia Wheeler	Carson-Newman	OH	R-So.

HONORABLE MENTION

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.
Jordan Berglin	Flagler	OH	Fr.
Josie Curran	Limestone	RS	Fr.
Logan Garcia	Flagler	MH	Jr.
Ully Martins	Mars Hill	DS	Sr.
Maggie Young	Wingate	MB	Jr.

Southeast Region Player of the Year: Taylor Prall, Lenoir-Rhyne, OH, Sr.
Southeast Region Freshman of the Year: Jordan Berglin, OH, Flagler
Southeast Region Coach of the Year: Danielle Marante, Tusculum