Evans Tabbed Prep Volleyball All-Freshmen Honorable Mention

CULVER CITY, Calif. – Despite missing more than a month of the season due to injury, NC State volleyball's Melissa Evans has been named a Prep Volleyball All-Freshmen Honorable Mention Selection as one of the nation's top freshmen.

Evans also garnered a spot on the nine-member Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) All-Freshmen Team announced in November.

The Lone Tree, Colo., native played in 20 matches during the season starting 15 of those contests. She finished the year with 202 kills, the fifth most on the team.

Prior to suffering the injury, Evans was second on the Wolfpack with 161 kills through the first 13 matches. She recorded double-digit kills in her first five collegiate matches, highlighted by a pair of 20-kill performances against Missouri State and Auburn.

After tallying 35 kills over the first weekend of ACC play, Evans collected ACC Freshman of the Week honors. She logged 20 kills in her first collegiate conference match against UNC-Chapel Hill and put down 15 kills versus Notre Dame.

The NC State standout charted double-digit kills in 10 matches on the year, including 15 kills in the Pack's first NCAA Tournament win in program history against Oregon State. Evans compiled a .435 attacking percentage with 11 kills on 23 attempts with only one error in the Wolfpack's match versus Florida, the National Championship Runner-Up.

NC State's record-breaking season came to a close in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against second-ranked Texas.

The Pack finished the year with a 21-12 overall record, highlighted by a program record 15 ACC wins. NC State also compiled a perfect 10-0 mark in home ACC matches for the first time in program history.

PrepVolleyball.com 2017 All-Freshman First Team
— Yossiana Pressley, Baylor, OH
— Lexi Sun, Texas, OH
— Avery Skinner, Kentucky, OH
— Dana Rettke, Wisconsin, MB
— Lauren Sanders, Washington, MB
— Taryn Knuth, Florida State, MB
— Stephanie Samedy, Minnesota, RS
— Jazz Sweet, Nebraska, RS
— Madison Lilley, Kentucky, S
— Sydney Hilley, Wisconsin, S
— Jamye Cox, Michigan State, L
— Gabby Curry, Kentucky, DS

Second Team
— Meghan McClure, Stanford, OH
— T'ara Caesar, Georgia, OH
— Jen Mosser, UCLA, OH
— Lauren Witte, Ohio State, MB
— Tyanna Omazic, Illinois, MB
— Kennedy Redding, BYU, MB
— Taylor Bannister, LSU, RS
— Madison Goings, Oregon State, RS
— Ashley Shook, Texas, S
— Brynna DeLuzio, Colorado, S
— Hannah Gruensfelder, Ohio State, L
— Raigen Cianciulli, LSU, L

Honorable Mentions

Preslie Anderson, Cal, MB
Dani Barton, Utah, RS
Allye Beth Deaton, TCU, OH
Sarah Billiard, Virginia, OH
Brooke Botkin, USC, OH
Camille Conner, Texas A&M, S
Megan Cooney, Illinois, RS
Dani Dennison, TCU, L
Hailey Dirrigl, Arkansas, OH
Samantha Drechsel, Maryland, OH
Melissa Evans, NC State, OPP
Paige Hammons, Florida, OH
Kenzie Koerber, Utah, RS
Nicole Lennon, Rice, OH
Hannah Lockin, Baylor, S
Grace Loberg, Wisconsin, OH
Kayla Lund, Pitt, OH
Mac May, UCLA, OH/RS
Kylee McLaughlin, Oregon State, S
Leketor Member-Meneh, Missouri, OH
Mima Mirkovic, Cal, OH
Caitlyn Newton, Purdue, OH
Chinaza Ndee, Pitt, MB
Brie Orr, Iowa, S
Nia Robinson, Northwestern, OH
Erika Pritchard, Maryland, OH
Avery Rhodes, Iowa State, MB
Mikayla Robinson, South Carolina, MB
Bayleigh Scott, Ole Miss, MB
Payton Schwantz, Duke, OH
Claire Sheehan, Iowa, OH
Kaity Smith, Virginia Tech, OH
Paige Whipple, Arizona, OH

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