ROCK HILL, S.C. --- The Tusculum University women's volleyball team saw three of its members recognized by the South Atlantic Conference on Wednesday (Nov. 20). Madison Adkins earned first team honors, while Martina Foster landed on the third team. Addison McLarty collected All-Freshman Team laurels.

This marks the second career honors for both Adkins (third team in 2023) and Foster (all-freshman in 2022).

Adkins, a senior from Olive Hill, Kentucky, excelled in her role at the Tusculum setter in 2024 and is just one of two Pioneers to play in all 102 sets. She recorded 911 assists at an 8.93 per set rate, good for third and fourth in the SAC, respectively. Adkins is second on the team with a career-best 297 digs and third in both service aces (25) and total blocks (49). She upped her career-high in assists to 50 twice and digs to 24 during her last campaign. Adkins became the seventh in program history to record at least 2,000 assists in a career, reaching the milestone on Senior Night against Lenoir-Rhyne.

Foster, a junior from Hickory, North Carolina, joins Adkins as the other Pioneer to see action in every set this season. The middle blocker finished with the second-most kills on the squad (240) on the best hitting percentage (.254). She also led the team with 30 aces and 70 blocks, adding a collegiate-best 89 digs. Foster ranks in the top-25 in the conference in kills, hitting percentage, and blocks, while in the top-10 in aces. Foster set new career-highs in kills (18, twice), aces (5), digs (11), and total blocks (7), notching her first double-double against Mars Hill on September 24 with 18 kills and 11 digs. She currently ranks eighth in career blocks (243) at Tusculum.

McLarty, an outside hitter from Acworth, Georgia, marks the third-straight season that Tusculum has earned a spot on the All-Freshman Team (Foster in 2022 and Caley Sosnowski in 2023). She finished with a team-best 261 kills on a 2.84 per set rate, which both rank seventh in the SAC. Her attacks per set average of an even 10.0 rank seventh in Tusculum season history and puts her second for a career. McLarty's attempts (920) and rate are both good for fourth in the league. McLarty also added eight assists, six aces, 101 digs, and 27 total blocks (12 solo, 15 assists) in her first year at the collegiate level.

Tusculum advanced to the South Atlantic Conference Tournament for a sixth-straight year, finishing the season with a 13-14 overall record under first-year head coach Hannah Barrett.

2024 SAC Volleyball All-Conference
First Team
Madison Adkins, Tusculum
Kayli Cleaver, Lenoir-Rhyne
Averie Dale, Lenoir-Rhyne
Maddie Hurst, Carson-Newman
Laela Jimenez, Mars Hill (L)
Emily Johnson, Wingate
Sydney Morland, Wingate
Maya Van Heyst, Wingate

Second Team
Emerson Ahsmuhs, Carson-Newman
Blair Cherry, Carson-Newman
Brantley Chipley, Anderson
Maddie Hoffman, Wingate (L)
Kristen Moehring, Lincoln Memorial
Ellie Nieporte, Anderson
Ava Reeves, Anderson
Gabby Saye, Wingate

Third Team
Agata Bogdanska, Lincoln Memorial
Emily Campbell, Anderson
Abigail Curtis, UVA Wise (L)
Martina Foster, Tusculum
Katilyn Grant, Mars Hill
Mia McMillen, Limestone
Lorna Stacherski, Wingate
Jenna Vogen, Lenoir-Rhyne

All-Freshman
Brooke Aeschliman, Lenoir-Rhyne
Emerson Ahsmuhs, Carson-Newman
Cayla Gilmore, Coker
Maddie Hurst, Carson-Newman
Alyssa Kornegay, Mars Hill
Addison McLarty, Tusculum

Player of the Year
Sydney Morland, Wingate

Freshman of the Year
Maddie Hurst, Carson-Newman

Coach of the Year
Lauren Tekavec, Wingate

Statistical Champions
Hitting Percentage: Sydney Morland, Wingate (.458)
Kills Per Set: Kristen Moehring, Lincoln Memorial (3.77)
Assists Per Set: Ellie Nieporte, Anderson (10.25)
Blocks Per Set: Cassidy Farley, UVA Wise (1.31)
Service Aces: Laela Jimenez, Mars Hill (37)
Digs Per Set: Laela Jimenez, Mars Hill (6.15)
Team Hitting Percentage: Wingate (.302)
Team Assists Per Set: Wingate (13.70)
Team Kills Per Set: Wingate (14.65)
Team Winning Percentage: Wingate (.926)
Team Opponent Hitting Percentage: Mars Hill (.119)
Team Blocks Per Set: Mars Hill (2.30)
Team Service Aces Per Set: Wingate (2.02)
Team Digs Per Set: Mars Hill (20.45)