Katherine Holtman Named Freshman of the Year and Joins Izabella Ortiz and Kyanna Creecy on All-SLC First Team
11/20/2024 11:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
NACOGDOCHES, Texas- The Southland Conference announced All-Conference teams for the 2024 volleyball season, Wednesday morning. Katherine Holtman was named Freshman of the Year and earned a spot on All-SLC First Team. Izabella Ortiz and Kyanna Creecy joined Holtman on All-SLC First Team.
Katherine Holtman made an instant impact on the Ladyjacks this season as she started in every match for the 'Jacks. She leads the team with 268 kills and is third with 73 blocks, and she averages 2.91 kills per set and .79 blocks per set this season. Holtman set her career high in kills with 20 against Incarnate Word and Southeastern Louisiana. She has recorded 13 matches with at least 10 kills and hit at least over .500 in four of those matches. Holtman also set her career high in blocks with five against UIW and has recorded at least three blocks in all but 10 matches this season. Holtman has also recorded six aces as she has stepped up to fill the role of a serving middle in the past week.
Izabella Ortiz has been a leader for the 'Jacks all year and ranks second on the team with 130 kills during conference play and hitting an incredible .476. She leads the conference in attack percentage and is fifth in blocks per set. Ortiz set a new career high with 20 kills in the match against Incarnate Word. She recorded double-digit kills in 10 conference matches this season before missing the last four due to injury. Ortiz entered the SFA record book twice with two conference matches where she recorded an .800 and an .818 attack percentage putting her sixth and tied for ninth in the record book. She is also a menace at the net with 84 blocks including eight matches with five or more blocks. Overall, Ortiz averaged 2.71 kills per set, 0.97 blocks per set, and 3.43 points per set. Ortiz is also ranked 43rd nationally with an overall hitting percentage of .370.
Kyanna Creecy built off of her amazing freshman season with a fantastic sophomore season. She recorded 113 kills and hit .385 in conference play with three of those matches having double-digit kills. Creecy entered the SFA history books as the only person to record a perfect attack percentage with at least 10 attacks as she went 11 for 11 against New Orleans on October 17th. She is ranked third in the conference in attack percentage, second in total blocks, and in blocks per set. Creecy has recorded 73 blocks in conference play including tying her career high against UIW with nine blocks. She has recorded three or more blocks in all but two conference matches this season. Overall, Creecy averages 1.98 kills per set, 1.28 blocks per set, and 2.76 points per set. Creecy is also ranked 47th nationally with an overall attack percentage of .368.
Katrinka Jo Crawford Award (Coach of the Year) - Jeremy White, Southeastern
Player of the Year - Cicily Hidalgo, Southeastern
Newcomer of the Year - Isabella Costantini, UTRGV
Freshman of the Year - Katherine Holtman, SFA
Setter of the Year - Isabella Costantini, UTRGV
Libero of the Year - Celianiz Cabranes, UTRGV
Southland All-Conference First Team
Audrey Pearce, MB - HCU
Calissa Allison, S - UIW
McKenzie Moore, OH - McNeese
Cicily Hidalgo, OH - Southeastern
Kyanna Creecy, MB - SFA
Katherine Holtman, MB - SFA
Izabella Ortiz, MB - SFA
Alex Hoglund, S - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Kyndal Payne, OH - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Leah Stolfus, MB - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Celianiz Cabranes, L - UTRGV
Isabella Costantini, S - UTRGV
Ilana De Assis, OH/RS - UTRGV
Claudia Lupescu, OH - UTRGV
Southland All-Conference Second Team
Kitana Tuufuli, OH - East Texas A&M
Emerald Jacobs, OH - HCU
Maja Malinowska, OH - Lamar
Bailey Tillman, L - McNeese
India Bennett, MH - Southeastern
Kyra McKelvey, OPP - Southeastern
Nadine Zech, OH - UTRGV
Katherine Holtman made an instant impact on the Ladyjacks this season as she started in every match for the 'Jacks. She leads the team with 268 kills and is third with 73 blocks, and she averages 2.91 kills per set and .79 blocks per set this season. Holtman set her career high in kills with 20 against Incarnate Word and Southeastern Louisiana. She has recorded 13 matches with at least 10 kills and hit at least over .500 in four of those matches. Holtman also set her career high in blocks with five against UIW and has recorded at least three blocks in all but 10 matches this season. Holtman has also recorded six aces as she has stepped up to fill the role of a serving middle in the past week.
Izabella Ortiz has been a leader for the 'Jacks all year and ranks second on the team with 130 kills during conference play and hitting an incredible .476. She leads the conference in attack percentage and is fifth in blocks per set. Ortiz set a new career high with 20 kills in the match against Incarnate Word. She recorded double-digit kills in 10 conference matches this season before missing the last four due to injury. Ortiz entered the SFA record book twice with two conference matches where she recorded an .800 and an .818 attack percentage putting her sixth and tied for ninth in the record book. She is also a menace at the net with 84 blocks including eight matches with five or more blocks. Overall, Ortiz averaged 2.71 kills per set, 0.97 blocks per set, and 3.43 points per set. Ortiz is also ranked 43rd nationally with an overall hitting percentage of .370.
Kyanna Creecy built off of her amazing freshman season with a fantastic sophomore season. She recorded 113 kills and hit .385 in conference play with three of those matches having double-digit kills. Creecy entered the SFA history books as the only person to record a perfect attack percentage with at least 10 attacks as she went 11 for 11 against New Orleans on October 17th. She is ranked third in the conference in attack percentage, second in total blocks, and in blocks per set. Creecy has recorded 73 blocks in conference play including tying her career high against UIW with nine blocks. She has recorded three or more blocks in all but two conference matches this season. Overall, Creecy averages 1.98 kills per set, 1.28 blocks per set, and 2.76 points per set. Creecy is also ranked 47th nationally with an overall attack percentage of .368.
Katrinka Jo Crawford Award (Coach of the Year) - Jeremy White, Southeastern
Player of the Year - Cicily Hidalgo, Southeastern
Newcomer of the Year - Isabella Costantini, UTRGV
Freshman of the Year - Katherine Holtman, SFA
Setter of the Year - Isabella Costantini, UTRGV
Libero of the Year - Celianiz Cabranes, UTRGV
Southland All-Conference First Team
Audrey Pearce, MB - HCU
Calissa Allison, S - UIW
McKenzie Moore, OH - McNeese
Cicily Hidalgo, OH - Southeastern
Kyanna Creecy, MB - SFA
Katherine Holtman, MB - SFA
Izabella Ortiz, MB - SFA
Alex Hoglund, S - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Kyndal Payne, OH - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Leah Stolfus, MB - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Celianiz Cabranes, L - UTRGV
Isabella Costantini, S - UTRGV
Ilana De Assis, OH/RS - UTRGV
Claudia Lupescu, OH - UTRGV
Southland All-Conference Second Team
Kitana Tuufuli, OH - East Texas A&M
Emerald Jacobs, OH - HCU
Maja Malinowska, OH - Lamar
Bailey Tillman, L - McNeese
India Bennett, MH - Southeastern
Kyra McKelvey, OPP - Southeastern
Nadine Zech, OH - UTRGV
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