WASHINGTON — Dayton senior Lexie Almodovar was voted the Atlantic 10 Volleyball Player of the Year for the second straight year while UD coach Tim Horsmon repeated as Coach of the Year. Additionally, Loyola Chicago’s Bree Borum earned Setter of the Year accolades for the third straight year. Davidson junior Jordan Hummel and Saint Louis freshman Addy Brus also claimed major awards.

Hummel was named Libero of the Year while Brus earned Rookie of the Year.  The Atlantic 10 announced the five major awards along with the All-Conference, All-Rookie and All-Academic teams Friday prior to the start of the 2024 A-10 Volleyball Championship at Frericks Center in Davidson, N.C. The major awards, All-Conference Teams and All-Rookie Team were voted on by the A-10 head volleyball coaches. The All-Academic team was selected by the volleyball media relations directors.

Almodovar ranks seventh nationally with 4.92 kills per set and eighth with 5.59 points per set. An outside hitter from Noblesville, Ind., she has 12 double-doubles on the season including a career-high 28 kills along with 13 digs against South Florida. A three-time A-10 Player of the Week this season, she became the Dayton’s career kills leader with an 18-kill performance at Fordham. A four-time member of the A-10 All-Conference First Team and A-10 All-Championship Team, she was named AVCA Midwest Region Player of the Year in 2023. She was also named to the All-Conference First Team.

Borum crossed the 3,000 career assists plateau in the final game of the regular season against George Washington, moving into fifth all-time at Loyola. She averaged 9.34 assist per set and 3.05 in digs per set this season to lead the team in both categories, ranking No. 2 and No. 8 in the A-10 respectively. A Sterling, Ill., native, Borum ranked eighth nationally in triple-doubles (assists-kills-digs) with four, and she tallied 18 double-doubles (assists-digs) and three triple-doubles this year. Named A-10 Player of the Week twice, she was also named to the All-Conference First Team and the All-Academic Team.
 
Hummel ranked second in the Atlantic 10 in digs per set with 4.48 and in total digs with 497. Hailing from North Tonawanda, N.Y., she had eight matches with 20 or more digs and a season high 29 digs versus George Washington. She also ranked fifth in the Atlantic 10 with 42 aces. She was named A-10 Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 4.
 
Brus, an outside hitter from Cincinnati, Ohio, ranked second in the A-10 and 34^th nationally in total kills (428) and she was third in the league in kills per set (3.69). Brus also was second in the conference in total points (4.87), which stood 36^th nationally. She was third in the A-10 in points per set (4.20), and led the league and was 14^th nationally in total attacks (1,260). A three-time A-10 Rookie of the Week, Brus was also named to the All-Rookie Team.

Horsmon, Dayton’s all-time winningest coach, has 403 wins over 16 seasons at UD. That includes a perfect 18-0 Atlantic 10 record the last two seasons and a 28-1 mark overall in 2024, ranking 18th in the latest AVCA poll. The Flyers surrendered a record low two sets in league play this year, and the 18-0 conference record is the program's third undefeated conference season in the last four years. An eight-time A-10 Coach of the Year, he has led the program to 11 A-10 regular season titles and 12 A-10 Championship titles.

The 2024 Atlantic 10 Volleyball Championship begins with two Friday quarterfinal matches at 1 and 3:30 pm ET. Saturday’s semifinals are also at 1 and 3:30 pm ET and the championship final will be played Sunday at noon ET. All five matches of the A-10 championship will be streamed live on ESPN+. Player of the Year: Lexie Almodovar, Dayton All-Conference First Team
Isabel Decker, Davidson
Lexie Almodovar, Dayton     
Alyssa Miller, Dayton 
Alayna Yates, Dayton            
Salem Yohannes, George Washington
Bree Borum, Loyola Chicago
Julia Rienks, VCU       
Jasmine Knight, VCU 
 
All-Conference Second Team
Liana Sarkissian, Dayton
Ariel Helm, Duquesne
Whitley Moody, Fordham
Marta Cvitkovic, Loyola Chicago      
Ann Marie Remmes, Loyola Chicago
Addy Brus, Saint Louis          
Luckett Trinity, Saint Louis   
Lara Del Core, VCU   
 
All-Rookie Team
Kinsey Smith, Davidson                    
Meile Songaila, Davidson
Emersen Schrom, Duquesne
Avery Booker, George Mason           
Taylor Treahy, George Washington
Havyn Rolle, Rhode Island    
Addy Brus, Saint Louis          
Kaylan Jansen, Saint Louis    
Lara Del Core, VCU    
           
All-Academic Team
Kayla Davis, Davidson                       
Alayna Yates, Dayton
Elizabeth Drelling, Duquesne           
Whitley Moody, Fordham     
Olyvia Kennedy, George Mason       
Salem Yohannes, George Washington
Bree Borum, Loyola Chicago
Kate Aupperle, Saint Louis
Delaney Rice, Saint Louis