Fort Myers, Fla. – After the historic season when the FGCU volleyball team won the ASUN Championship title and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament, the Eagles alongside Clayton on the Division I-AAA Athletic Directors Association’s All-Sports Standing List. The year is over.
“Our players have made a lot of efforts to position this program among the top volleyball schools in the country, both past and present. These efforts continue, but the 2021 group Thank you for recognizing the impact that has had on the journey, “Head coach said. Matt Botsford.. “This award highlights many achievements and successes that have been a memorable season for all of us. I am very proud of the team and can see them in the DI-AAA ranking. I’m happy to be able to do it. “
The Eagles summarized the historic season and posted a comprehensive record of 27-6 on the way to the ASUN Championship title and NCAA tournament berth. In the first round of the NCAA, Green and Blue were able to pass Texas Tech, but fell in the second round against final national champion Wisconsin. The Championship title and NCAA Bath marked the second time in program history (2018) for the Eagles to achieve both.
The 27 wins set the record for the program, alongside the 2016, 2018 and 2019 teams. Meanwhile, FGCU recorded the highest RPI of the year in 31st place.Over the last 5 seasons, the Eagles have 12th It surpasses Stanford, Pennsylvania State University, and Washington, but with 144, just behind Wisconsin and Minnesota, has won more than any other team in the country.
Courtney Van Lieu Selected as Senior Class Award Second Team All American. This honor was the pinnacle of Van Liew, one of the greatest players ever in a volleyball program.She together Dana AxnerWas selected as the first Top 30 as the first representative of the volleyball program since the 2010 award. After that, VanLiew became the first Eagle Volleyball player to be selected as a finalist in November and the fourth among all FGCU student athletes.
Erin Shomaker This is the third time Eagle has won praise, and the AVCA HonorableMentionAll-American has been tabbed. She led the FGCU with kills (413), kills per set (3.86), service ace (33) and points (478.5), adding 215 excavations and 58 blocks, and then the ASUN Player of the Year for the second year in a row. Won the honor of The Year.
It has been settled to join the ASUN All-Conference team with Shomaker, who was repeatedly selected unanimously by the All-ASUN First Team. Chelsea Rocky (First team) and Juliana Lentz And Acner were both the choices of the second team. Axner has been nominated for the ASUN All-Academic Team alongside Shomaker. Skyler English She closed the group as she was nominated for the ASUN All Freshman Team. In addition, Bot’s Ford was named the third ASUN Coach of the Year in his career.
Pepperdine won the All-Sports Trophy for the first time in 10 years and the fourth time overall. Providence and Gonzaga, respectively, joined Pepperdine to conclude the top three.
The following institutions outperformed the 2021-22 DI-AAAADA All-Sports in their respective sports.
| Autumn sports | |
|---|---|
| Cross-country (boys) | University of Portland |
| Cross country (women) | Providence College |
| Soccer (boys) | St. Louis University |
| Soccer (women) | Santa Clara University |
| Volleyball (women) | Creighton University Florida Gulf Coast University |
| Winter sports | |
| Basketball (boys) | St. Peter’s University |
| Basketball (women) | Creighton University |
| Swimming & diving (men’s) | * I-AAA institutions are not graded |
| Swimming & diving (women) | * I-AAA institutions are not graded |
| Athletics (Men’s indoor) | Fairleigh Dickinson University |
| Athletics (women’s indoor) | High Point University |
| Spring sports | |
| baseball | VCU |
| Golf (boys) | Pepperdine University |
| Golf (women) | Pepperdine University |
| Lacrosse (boys) | Boston University St. Joseph’s University University of Vermont |
| Lacrosse (ladies) | Loyola University Maryland |
| soft ball | California State Fullerton Loyola Merry Mount Wichita State University |
| Tennis (boys) | Pepperdine University VCU |
| Athletics (Men’s Outdoors) | University of Texas at Arlington |
| Athletics (Women’s Outdoors) | Binghamton University High Point University |
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Coach Bot’s Ford
Matt Botsford After being hired on February 10, 2014, he finished his eighth season as head coach of the FGCU Women’s Volleyball Program in 2021. During his tenure, the Botsford-led team set a total of 184-59 (.757) records, including 96-. 20 (.827) records in ASUN play. Including last year’s unprecedented spring season, he took the program to a height not seen in the Division I era (2007-present). At least 20 wins overall in 6 of the last 7 seasons, conference play each season. In 2018, he led the program to the first regular season championship (fourth overall) since 2012, leading to the first ASUN tournament title, NCAA tournament entry, NCAA tournament victory, and ranked team victory. I did. His first two campaigns resulted in an ASUN regular season runner-up, the next two led the Eagles to the tournament championship, and the team won three consecutive regular season titles, including a division title and an ASUN tournament runner-up. did. The 2021 spring season. On September 10, 2016, Botsford led the team to a five-set victory over Indiana at the Alico Arena. This marks the program’s first victory over the team from the Power-5 conference. In 2018, he won the team over Miami, Florida. This was the program’s first Road Power 5 victory, and the Eagles won a straight set against a hurricane at the neutral site in 2019.
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The FGCU team has joined together to win an incredible 92 conference regular seasons and tournament titles in just over 14 seasons at the Division I level. In addition, with just over 10 seasons of DI postseason qualifications, the Eagles have a total of 45 teams or individuals competing in the NCAA Championship. In 2022, the Men’s Golf Team became the first program to win at the NCAA Tournament’s large berth. The eight FGCU programs are ranked in the top 25 nationwide for each sport. This includes both women’s basketball (2021-22 No. 20), beach volleyball (2022 No. 20), men’s soccer (2018, 2019) and women’s soccer. (2018) As the latest four. In 2016-17, Green and Blue were ranked 6th in the DI-AAA Rearfield Directors Cup, the highest in the category, and were among the top 100 nationwide ahead of several Power-5 and FBS agencies. In 2018-19, the Eagles won the ASUN, and Florida’s top seven teams received the NCAA’s official award for academic performance in sports. The FGCU also earned a record 3.50 GPA in the classroom in the fall semester of 2020, surpassing undergraduate students in general college for 26 consecutive semesters. In five of the last six semesters (Autumn 2019-Autumn 2021), the Eagles reached another milestone as all 15 programs achieved a team GPA of 3.0 or higher each. Eagles also volunteered for a record 7,200 hours in 2017. It is recognized as one of the two runners of the Fiesta Bowl’s first NACDA Community Services Awards.
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