EAST PEORIA, Ill.—University of Southern Indiana Volleyball landed three players on the All-Great Lakes Valley Conference teams in an announcement by the league office Thursday afternoon.
Sophomore outside hitter Leah Anderson (Bloomington, Illinois) earned first-team honors, while senior setter Casey Cepicky (St. Louis, Missouri) and junior middle hitter Taylor Litteken (Foristell, Missouri) collected second-team honors.
Anderson, who earned first-team All-GLVC honors last spring, averaged a team-high 3.51 points and GLVC-best 0.61 service aces per set during the regular season. She is currently second on the team with 2.70 kills and 2.82 digs per frame.
Cepicky also is earning second-team All-GLVC honors for the second straight season after finishing sixth in the GLVC with a team-high 9.18 assists per set during the regular season. A GLVC Defensive Player of the Week earlier in the year, Cepicky also is averaging 1.10 points, 0.65 attacks, 2.53 digs and 0.57 blocks per frame, all while posting a .337 attacking percentage. She ranks No. 3 all-time at USI with 3,975 career assists and No. 7 with 1,181 career digs.
Litteken collects All-GLVC honors for the second straight year after earning second-team accolades a year ago. Litteken finished the regular-season ranked No. 3 in the GLVC with a team-best .358 attacking percentage, was second on the team with 0.88 blocks per set and fourth on the team with 2.29 kills per game.
In addition to USI’s All-GLVC honorees, senior middle blocker Sidney Hegg (Menasha, Wisconsin) was USI’s James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award nominee. Hegg finished the regular-season ranked No. 6 in the league in blocks.
USI takes on Rockhurst University Friday at 8:30 p.m. in the opening round of the GLVC Volleyball Championship Tournament at the EastSide Centre in East Peoria, Illinois.
