Evans Earns Third Consecutive All-ACC Honor
12/2/2019 3:54:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
GREENSBORO, N.C. – For the third consecutive season, junior Melissa Evans has received All-ACC honors. Evans was named one of 14 athletes on the All-ACC Second Team Monday afternoon, as announced by the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Between the first and second teams, 28 athletes represented 12 schools. Pitt and Georgia Tech led the conference with six honorees apiece.
Evans is one of five active players to have received their third or fourth All-ACC honor as she joins Florida State's Taryn Knuth and Pitt's Kayla Lund as the only juniors to have three All-ACC honors. Additionally, Evans becomes just the third player in program history to receive three ACC postseason honors.
In her junior season, Evans tallied a team-best 408 kills which currently ranks second in the ACC. She is the second player in the rally-scoring era of the program to eclipse 400 kills, behind Julia Brown who did so in both 2016 and '17. Her 408 kills are third in rally scoring era of the program and brings her career total to 959.
Evans averaged 3.55 kills per set this season, which ranks seventh in the ACC, and recorded double-digit kills in 24 of 28 matches she played in. She also had five 20+ kill matches, including two with a career-high 23 kills. In 2019, Evans recorded a .218 hitting percentage and averaged 1.15 digs per set. Additionally, she ranked third on the team with 73 blocks.
The Wolfpack finished this season 11-19 with a 6-12 record in conference play. NC State played a total of eight teams who advanced to the 2019 NCAA Tournament. Led by Evans, the Pack is set to return 14 players from this season's roster.
FIRST TEAM ALL-ACC
Payton Caffrey, Sr., OH, Florida State
Taryn Knuth, Jr., MB, Florida State
Julia Bergmann, Fr., OH, Georgia Tech
Mariana Brambilla, So., OH, Georgia Tech
Kodie Comby, Sr., MB, Georgia Tech
Matti McKissock, So., S, Georgia Tech
Aiko Jones, RFr., OPP, Louisville
Lauren Harrison, RFr., OH, North Carolina
Charley Niego, So., OH, Notre Dame
Zoe Nunez, So., S, Notre Dame
Kayla Lund, Jr., OH, Pitt
Chinaza Ndee, Jr., RS/MB, Pitt
Layne Van Buskirk, Sr., MB, Pitt
Polina Shemanova, So., OH, Syracuse
SECOND TEAM ALL-ACC
Amaka Chukwujekwu, Jr., MB, Boston College
Kaylin Korte, Jr., OH, Clemson
Jasmyn Martin, Jr., OH, Florida State
Mikaila Dowd, So., OH, Georgia Tech
Kayla Kaiser, So., MB, Georgia Tech
Anna Stevenson, Jr., MH, Louisville
Elizaveta Lukianova, Jr., OH, Miami
Melissa Evans, Jr., OPP, NC State
Sydney Bent, So., OH, Notre Dame
Caroline Meuth, Fr., OH, Notre Dame
Lexis Akeo, Fr., S, Pitt
Hali Hillegas, Sr., L, Pitt
Stephanie Williams, Sr., OH, Pitt
Caitlyn Della, Sr., MB, Wake Forest
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Kayla Lund, Pitt
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Taryn Knuth, Florida State
SETTER OF THE YEAR: Matti McKissock, Georgia Tech
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Julia Bergmann, Georgia Tech
COACH OF THE YEAR: Michelle Collier, Georgia Tech
Between the first and second teams, 28 athletes represented 12 schools. Pitt and Georgia Tech led the conference with six honorees apiece.
Evans is one of five active players to have received their third or fourth All-ACC honor as she joins Florida State's Taryn Knuth and Pitt's Kayla Lund as the only juniors to have three All-ACC honors. Additionally, Evans becomes just the third player in program history to receive three ACC postseason honors.
In her junior season, Evans tallied a team-best 408 kills which currently ranks second in the ACC. She is the second player in the rally-scoring era of the program to eclipse 400 kills, behind Julia Brown who did so in both 2016 and '17. Her 408 kills are third in rally scoring era of the program and brings her career total to 959.
Evans averaged 3.55 kills per set this season, which ranks seventh in the ACC, and recorded double-digit kills in 24 of 28 matches she played in. She also had five 20+ kill matches, including two with a career-high 23 kills. In 2019, Evans recorded a .218 hitting percentage and averaged 1.15 digs per set. Additionally, she ranked third on the team with 73 blocks.
The Wolfpack finished this season 11-19 with a 6-12 record in conference play. NC State played a total of eight teams who advanced to the 2019 NCAA Tournament. Led by Evans, the Pack is set to return 14 players from this season's roster.
FIRST TEAM ALL-ACC
Payton Caffrey, Sr., OH, Florida State
Taryn Knuth, Jr., MB, Florida State
Julia Bergmann, Fr., OH, Georgia Tech
Mariana Brambilla, So., OH, Georgia Tech
Kodie Comby, Sr., MB, Georgia Tech
Matti McKissock, So., S, Georgia Tech
Aiko Jones, RFr., OPP, Louisville
Lauren Harrison, RFr., OH, North Carolina
Charley Niego, So., OH, Notre Dame
Zoe Nunez, So., S, Notre Dame
Kayla Lund, Jr., OH, Pitt
Chinaza Ndee, Jr., RS/MB, Pitt
Layne Van Buskirk, Sr., MB, Pitt
Polina Shemanova, So., OH, Syracuse
SECOND TEAM ALL-ACC
Amaka Chukwujekwu, Jr., MB, Boston College
Kaylin Korte, Jr., OH, Clemson
Jasmyn Martin, Jr., OH, Florida State
Mikaila Dowd, So., OH, Georgia Tech
Kayla Kaiser, So., MB, Georgia Tech
Anna Stevenson, Jr., MH, Louisville
Elizaveta Lukianova, Jr., OH, Miami
Melissa Evans, Jr., OPP, NC State
Sydney Bent, So., OH, Notre Dame
Caroline Meuth, Fr., OH, Notre Dame
Lexis Akeo, Fr., S, Pitt
Hali Hillegas, Sr., L, Pitt
Stephanie Williams, Sr., OH, Pitt
Caitlyn Della, Sr., MB, Wake Forest
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Kayla Lund, Pitt
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Taryn Knuth, Florida State
SETTER OF THE YEAR: Matti McKissock, Georgia Tech
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Julia Bergmann, Georgia Tech
COACH OF THE YEAR: Michelle Collier, Georgia Tech
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