NEW ORLEANS | Abryanna Cannon and Anna Loberg were selected all-Sun Belt Conference first team, while Sarah Gooch was named to the league's second team on Wednesday as announced by the conference office.

The all-conference honors bring South's program total to 44, while the two first-team selections are the 16th and 17th in program history, the second-team selection is the 25th.

Abryanna Cannon | Graduate Senior | Novi, Mich. | Outside Hitter
Cannon has been one of the top offensive weapons in the Sun Belt Conference in her fifth and final season, as she leads the club in kills (327), kills per set (3.43), points (385.0) and points per set (3.93). She also ranks among the league leaders in both kills (eighth) and points (fifth), and has played all around the rotation as she has registered 244 digs (2.49 per set), 55 total blocks and 19 aces. Cannon has recorded four or more kills in a set 36 times this season with 16 of six or more and posted 14 double-doubles – which are among the Top 10 in a single-season at South – with all but three coming in league play. She also has 20 double-digit kill efforts and has recorded seven or more kills in all but two matches this fall. 

Anna Loberg | Redshirt Junior | Geneva, Ill. | Setter
One of the top floor generals in the league, Loberg ranks second in the Sun Belt in assists (991) and assists per set (10.11). In league play, South's offense ranks second in assists and hitting percentage, and third in kills. Loberg averaged 11.13 assists per set during South's 10-match win streak, which saw the Jags sweep five-straight conference series. She leads the team with 24 service aces, and has 227 digs (2.32 per set). Loberg is also second on the team with nine double-doubles. She is also an offensive threat as she has 55 kills. Twice during the season, she was named the Sun Belt Conference Setter of the Week. The redshirt junior, recorded 30 or more assists in 19 of her 26 matches, 10 with 40 or more, a pair of 50-assists performances, and a career-high 65 assists in the season finale versus Coastal Carolina. 

Sarah Gooch | Sophomore | Apopka, Fla. | Outside Hitter
One of the up-and-coming offensive threats in the SBC in her first season in Mobile since transferring from West Virginia, Gooch ranks second on the team in kills (276) and kills per set (2.82), and 316.0 points and 3.22 points per set coming off the bench, while also recording 17 aces, 95 digs and 36 total blocks. She emerged as another offensive threat in SBC play as she averaged 3.23 kills per set, which ranked 10th in the league. She has 23 sets with four or more kills – second-most on the club – including 10 of five or more. Of her 23 sets with four or more, 21 have come in Sun Belt play. She has twice recorded 10 kills in a single set, both against league foes (at James Madison and vs. Coastal Carolina), and led the club in kills in 10 matches. Entering the postseason, Gooch has recorded nine or more kills in 16 of her last 20 matches, including 13 of her last 15, and 12 in double figures over the 20-match stretch. She has 13 matches of 10 or more kills, with 11 coming against SBC foes, and has four matches with a .400 or better hitting percentage. During South's season-best 10-match win streak, she recorded 120 kills and averaged 3.16 kills per set. In the regular-season, series-finale versus Coastal Carolina, she recorded 42 kills (4.20 per set).

South Alabama – the third seed in the East – will open up postseason play on Friday versus Georgia Southern – seeded second in the East Division – at the Sun Belt Conference Championship. First serve versus the Eagles is set for 7 p.m. at the Foley Event Center in Foley, Ala. Tickets may be purchased online through the Foley Sports Tourism Box Office, and are sold on a daily basis and are $10 per day for adults and $5 per day for children ages 12 and under. Students of Sun Belt Conference institutions are admitted free with a valid student ID. 

2024 Sun Belt Volleyball Awards
Player of the Year: Tori Hester, Troy
Offensive Player of the Year: Tori Hester, Troy
Defensive Player of the Year: Daedrianna Cail, Arkansas State
Libero of the Year: Sarah Martinez, Arkansas State
Setter of the Year: Ryann Torres, Texas State
Newcomer of the Year: Daedrianna Cail, Arkansas State
Freshman of the Year: Elise Marchal, App State
Coach of the Year: Brian Gerwig, Arkansas State

First-Team All-Sun Belt
Maya Winterhoff, App State
Daedrianna Cail, Arkansas State
Sarah Martinez, Arkansas State
Jalyn Stout, Coastal Carolina
Reagan Barth, Georgia Southern
Brenya Reid, James Madison
Abryanna Cannon, South Alabama
Anna Loberg, South Alabama
Jade Defraeye, Texas State
Ryann Torres, Texas State
Smanatha Wunsch, Texas State
Tori Hester, Troy

Second-Team All-Sun Belt
Addison Heidemann, App State
Ava Leahy, App State
Elise Marchal, App State
Kaitlin Whitlock, Arkansas State
Ashlyn Lovett, Georgia Southern
Kirsten Barrett, Georgia Southern
Annie Smith, James Madison
Cami Hicks, Louisiana
Mio Yamamoto, Louisiana
Myah Conway, Old Dominion
Sarah Gooch, South Alabama
Sunni Sheppard, Southern Miss

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