NEW ORLEANS – University of South Alabama volleyball middle blocker Kelley Hartman was named Second-Team All-Sun Belt Conference Tuesday, as announced by the league office.
Hartman finished the regular season ranked sixth in the Sun Belt in service aces per set (0.30), and ranked seventh in blocks per set (1.02) in conference matches. In 28 matches played, Hartman has posted a 2.60 kills-per-set average after recording a team-best 276 kills. She also leads the team in service aces (32), solo blocks (23), block-assists (77), total blocks (100) and blocks per set (0.94).
Hartman has recorded double-digit kill totals in 14 matches this season, including a career-high 20 at Georgia Tech on Aug. 31, while also posting a .487 hitting percentage. Against No. 15 Purdue on Sept. 15, she finished with 16 kills and five total blocks.
The Woodstock, Ga., native earned First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference honors last season, and also received American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Southeast honorable mention. She has also been named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List the past two seasons. Hartman is the first Jaguar since Mechell Daniel (2013-16) to earn All-Sun Belt honors in consecutive seasons.
Little Rock's Veronica Marin was named the Sun Belt Player of the Year, while Arkansas State's Carlisa May was voted as the league's Offensive Player of the Year. Sydney Alvis of Coastal Carolina was named Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year, and Texas State's Emily DeWalt earned Sun Belt Setter of the Year and Sun Belt Freshman of the Year. Texas State's Karen Chisum was voted the Sun Belt Coach of the Year.
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2018 SUN BELT VOLLEYBALL POSTSEASON HONORS
All-Sun Belt First Team
Emma Longley, Appalachian State (Jr., OH, Raleigh, N.C.)
Becky Porter, Appalachian State (Sr., S, Charlotte, N.C.)
Veronica Marin, Little Rock (Sr., MB, Tulcea, Romania)
Carlisa May, Arkansas State (Sr., OH, Lee's Summit, Mo.)
Sydney Alvis, Coastal Carolina (Sr., DS, Maidans, Va.)
Kyla Manning, Coastal Carolina (So., OH, Atlanta, Ga.)
Anett Nemeth, Coastal Carolina (Fr., OH, Pecel, Hungary)
Madison Hill, UTA (Jr., MB, Rockwall, Texas)
Madison Daigle, Texas State (Sr., MB, Baton Rouge, La.)
Emily DeWalt, Texas State (Fr., S, Helotes, Texas)
Cheyenne Huskey, Texas State (Jr., OH/S, Columbus, Texas)
Janell Fitzgerald, Texas State (Fr., OH, Mansfield, Texas)
All-Sun Belt Second Team
Emma Reilly, Appalachian State (So., DS, Evergreen Park, Ill.)
Kara Spicer, Appalachian State (So., MB, Peoria, Ariz.)
Carol Barbosa, Little Rock (Jr., MH, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Ellie Watkins, Arkansas State (Sr., S, Weldon Spring, Mo.)
Lauren Reichard, Georgia Southern (Sr., MH, Wrightsville, Pa.)
Hanna Rovira, Louisiana (Sr., OH, Baton Rouge, La.)
Hali Wisnoskie, Louisiana (So., OH, Columbus, Texas)
Kelley Hartman, South Alabama (Jr., MB, Woodstock, Ga.)
Cheyenne Hayes, Troy (So., OH, Newnan, Ga.)
Zhanelle Geathers, UTA (Sr., MB, Lindale, Texas)
Kylie Jedlicka, UTA (Jr., OH, League City, Texas)
Amy Pflughaupt, Texas State (Sr., OH, El Campo, Texas)
Sun Belt Player of the Year
Veronica Marin, Little Rock (Sr., MB, Tulcea, Romania)
Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year
Carlisa May, Arkansas State (Sr., OH, Lee's Summit, Mo.)
Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year
Sydney Alvis, Coastal Carolina (Sr., DS, Maidans, Va.)
Sun Belt Setter and Freshman of the Year
Emily DeWalt, Texas State (Fr., S, Helotes, Texas)
Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year
Becky Porter, Appalachian State (Sr., S, Charlotte, N.C.)
Sun Belt Coach of the Year
Karen Chisum, Texas State
