In August, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga volleyball players spoke confidently about how they were going to end a 16-year streak in which the program had failed to win a Southern Conference championship.
They did their part with a 24-5 overall record, a 13-3 mark in conference play and the program’s first SoCon regular-season title since 1999.
And on Wednesday, they were rewarded for it.
UTC’s Travis Filar was named SoCon coach of the year, two seasons after the Mocs went 4-27. Also, junior hitters Allie Davenport and Kristy Wieser were selected to the all-conference first team, while senior libero Catherine Chason and sophomore setter Lauren Greenspoon were chosen to the second team.
In addition, Chason was selected as the SoCon student-athlete of the week, recognizing her 3.83 grade point average as an early childhood education major as well as her 54 digs in two key road wins last weekend.