LEXINGTON, Ky. --- Tusculum University's Emiah Burrowes and Carly Sosnowski earned All-Southeast Region honorable mention laurels, which were handed out by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) on Wednesday (Nov. 23). This marks back-to-back campaigns that the pair garnered recognition by the organization.
Burrowes, a senior from Wesley Chapel, North Carolina, has had an illustrious career as a Pioneer. She has earned league honors in each full season thus far at Tusculum, adding to her consensus all-region selection as a junior. The outside hitter registered a team-best 316 kills (3.40 per set), 234 digs (2.52 per set), and 31 total blocks (.33 per set) after playing in all 93 sets in 2022.
Burrowes currently sits fourth in the record book in career attempts per set (8.72), ninth in kills (990), and 11th in hitting percentage (.218). Burrowes became the first player in program history to win both SAC Freshman (2019) and Player of the Year (2021) during a career.
Sosnowski, a graduate libero from Oxford, Florida, continues to add to her stellar resume. She earned conference honors for a second-straight season as she posted All-SAC first team plaudits in 2022 after being a second team choice in 2021. Sosnowski averaged 5.03 digs per set in her 25 matches, which are third in the league and 36th in the nation. She totaled 448 digs on the season, while her digs per set average is 11th in school history.
Sosnowski earned AVCA All-America honors in 2021 and was an All-Region standout en route to being named Tusculum Female Athlete of the Year. She finished her 84-match career with 1,503 digs, which are the fifth-most in TU history. She also totaled 61 service aces and 268 assists, including 104 this season.
2022 AVCA All-Southeast Region Team
MB - Alexis Diaz-Infante, Augusta
OH - Sara Goddard, Mars Hill
S - Abigail Hildenbrand, Carson-Newman
L - Laela Jimenez, Mars Hill
MB - Emily Johnson, Wingate
S - Shannon Kasprak, Wingate
MB - Noelle Knutsen, Anderson
OH - Molly Lambillotte, Wingate
OH - Katie Miller, Lander
S - Kennedy Muff, Flagler
MB - Brianna Warren, UNC Pembroke
OH - Jazmyn Wheeler, Augusta
OH - Julia Wheeler, Carson-Newman
MB - Maggie Young, Wingate
Honorable Mention
OH - Jordan Berglin, Flagler
OH - Emiah Burrowes, Tusculum
RS - Abigail Durham, North Greenville
RS - Emily Lammers, USC Aiken
MB - Taylor Roberts, Emmanuel
L - Carly Sosnowski, Tusculum
Southeast Region Player of the Year: Shannon Kasprak, Wingate
Southeast Region Freshman of the Year: Emily Johnson, Wingate
Southeast Region Coach of the Year: Shelton Collier, Wingate
