BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of West Florida volleyball team had a record six student-athletes named to the 2015 All-Gulf South Conference Volleyball Team, it was announced Monday. This marks the first time in the history of the conference that six volleyball student-athletes from one team earned All-GSC honors in the same year.
 
Senior Autumn Duyn (Venice, Fla./Venice HS) earns All-GSC First Team honors for the fourth time in her career, becoming the first player in program history and the seventh player in conference history to be earn first team all-conference honors four times. Duyn became the only player in UWF volleyball program history to rank in the top two in career digs (1,482) and career kills (1,339) this season. She ranks fifth in the GSC in kills per set (3.12) this season and ranks second on the team in digs per set (3.34).
 
Joining Duyn as All-GSC selections are Monique StCyr (Williamsburg, Va./Jamestown HS), Tori Martella (Jacksonville, Fla./Providence HS), Kathryn Torre (Highland, Ill./State College of Florida), Cora Bidlack (Randolph, N.J./Randolph HS) and Corisha Smith (Inwood, W.Va./Musselman HS).
             
StCyr earns All-GSC First Team honors for the first time in her career after leading the conference in service aces per set (0.52) this season. The sophomore setter ranks second in the GSC in assists per set (10.59) and is one of two student-athletes in the conference to compile 1,000 assists this season. StCyr also tallied 106 kills during the regular season and ranks third on the team in digs (256) and digs per set (2.51).
 
Martella also earns All-GSC First Team honors for the first time in her career after ranking second in the GSC in digs per set (4.89) this season. The junior is the only libero in the conference to amass over 500 digs on the year. Martella became one of seven players in the history of the program to reach the 1,000-career digs milestone this season and currently ranks fourth on the career digs list at UWF (1,184).
 
Torre earns All-GSC Second Team honors after leading the GSC in blocks (109) and blocks per set (1.09) this season. The junior also ended the regular season ranked fourth in the conference it attack percentage (.330) and ranks fourth on the team in kills (224).
 
Smith earns All-GSC Second Team honors after finishing the regular season ranked seventh in the conference in kills per set (2.94) and second on the team in total kills (259). The junior was effective from the service line this season as well tallying 21 service aces.
 
Bidlack earns her second career All-GSC Second Team nod after an impressive all-round junior campaign. The outside hitter ranks third on the squad in kills (247) and kills per set (2.49) and also ranks second on the team in total blocks (75).
 
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2015 All-Gulf South Conference Volleyball Team
 
All-GSC First Team
Jessica Codato, VSU
Andrea De Leon, UNA
Elizabeth Dowd, SU
Autumn Duyn, UWF
Natasha Fomina, UNA
Susanna Peonia, VSU
Monique StCyr, UWF
Briana Sandifer, UWA
Tori Martella, UWF
Alexis Gillis, CBU
Haley Snyder, UAH
 
All-GSC Second Team
Corisha Smith, UWF
Lexie Bradley, UNA
Natalia Campos, VSU
Lea Jaklen, VSU
Cora Bidlack, UWF
Silvia Sartori, Lee
Ceciley Blanchard, UU
Kathryn Torre, UWF
 
GSC Player of the Year: Jessica Codato, VSU
GSC Freshman of the Year: Silvia Sartori, Lee
GSC Coach of the Year: Stephanie Radecki, UNA
 

All-GSC Notes:
- The GSC has had five student-athletes from the same team earn All-GSC honors in the same year 10 times. (North Alabama, 2011; West Florida, 2011; Harding, 2010; Arkansas Tech, 2010; West Florida, 2010; West Alabama, 2008; North Alabama, 2006; Harding, 2005; North Alabama, 2010; Arkansas Tech, 2000).
- Seven student-athletes have earned All-GSC First Team honors four times in their respective careers in conference history. (Becky Stitt, Alabama Huntsville, '95-'98; Ronda Price, North Alabama, '96-'99; Ellen LaFiore, Alabama Huntsville, '98-'01; Yana Ninova, North Alabama, '00-'03; Ashley Moffitt, North Alabama, '00-'03; Emily Miller, Alabama Huntsville, '02-'05; Autumn Duyn, West Florida, '11-'15).