MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The SSAC announced the 2024 Barnes & Noble College Volleyball Scholar-Athlete Team and Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Mobile’s Dazsha Dean Middleton was named Barnes & Noble College Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The senior business management major posted a 3.86 GPA in the classroom. On the court, she was named SSAC Volleyball Player of the Year after averaging 2.23 kills and 0.9 blocks per set with a .368 attack percentage. She helped the Rams to the 2024 SSAC Volleyball Regular Season and Tournament Championships.
2024 Volleyball Scholar-Athlete Team
Dazsha Dean Middleton, Mobile*
Layton Adams, Mobile
Tatum Beech, Mobile
Simone Moreau, Loyola
Ellie Connor, Loyola
Sophia Ortega, UT Southern
Rae Ann Hall, Blue Mountain Christian
Additional Notes
- To be eligible, student-athletes must be a sophomore or above in both academic and athletic standing, must be starters or important reserves, have at least a 3.3 cumulative GPA and have competed in 50% of competitions
- Graduate students are not eligible, and transfers must have completed one semester at the school
- Loyola’s Ellie Connor leads with a 3.97 GPA, followed closely by Blue Mountain Christian’s Rae Ann Hall (3.94) and Middleton
- Tatum Beech earned Co-Setter of the Year honors and was joined as a First-Team All-Conference selection by Hall, Simone Moreau and Sophia Ortega. Layton Adams was a Second-Team honoree