TLU senior Jaci Chambers named to Women's Volleyball All-SCAC Second Team

SEGUIN, Texas – Texas Lutheran senior setter/defensive specialist Jaci Chambers (Baytown/Goose Creek Memorial) has been named to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s Women's Volleyball All-SCAC Second Team.

Chambers, a four-year letter-winner for the Bulldogs, helped TLU to a 20-16 overall record in the 2019 regular season.

With action still to come in the 2019 SCAC Volleyball Championship in Seguin, TLU already has won 11 more matches this season than last season, when the Bulldogs were 9-21.

Chambers, the SCAC Backrow Player of the Year in 2018, moved to setter in 2019. She played in 35 of 36 matches and averaged 5.50 assists and 4.12 digs per match.

Chambers also served 30 aces and collected 107 kills.

For her career, Chambers has 153 kills, 1,673 assists, 2,089 digs and 87 aces.

The Bulldogs went 9-9 in SCAC play this year and qualified for the 2019 SCAC Championship as the No. 6 seed.

TLU faces No. 3 seed Southwestern at 6 p.m. Friday in TLU’s Memorial Gymnasium. The match is the second of two quarterfinal matches on Friday. A complete SCAC Volleyball Championship schedule can be found here: https://scacsports.com/ tournament/fall/volleyball/ 19championships/2019_vb_ bracket.pdf.

2019 All-SCAC Women’s Volleyball Teams and Awards

2019 SCAC Volleyball Player-of-the-Year
Avery Tuggle                           Trinity                                      Jr.              OH           Cedar Creek, Texas

2019 SCAC Volleyball Backrow Player-of-the-Year
Kaylyn Latin                            St. Thomas                                Jr.              L                Houston, Texas

2019 SCAC Freshman-of-the-Year
Meaghan Hohman               Colorado College                  Fy.            RS             Orinda, Calif.

2019 SCAC Coach-of-the-Year
Julie Jenkins                            Trinity                                        31-4 overall / 17-1 SCAC / AVCA #6 ranking

2019 All‐SCAC Women’s Volleyball First Team
Avery Tuggle                           Trinity                                        Jr.              OH           Cedar Creek, Texas
Jordan Mullen                       Colorado College                  Sr.             OH           Parker, Colo.
Lizzy Counts                            Colorado College                  Sr.             S                Oakland, Calif.
Haley Harris                            Colorado College                  Sr.             OH           Brier, Wash.
Emily Ellis                                Trinity                                        So.            MB           Georgetown, Texas
Lauren Crabtree                   Southwestern                         So.            RS/S        Dallas, Texas
Annie Rose Leggett              Trinity                                        Jr.              OH           Austin, Texas
Georgia Mullins                    Colorado College                  So.            MH           Olathe, Kansas

2019 All‐SCAC Women’s Volleyball Second Team
Kaylyn Latin                            St. Thomas                                Jr.              L                Houston, Texas
Jaci Chambers                         Texas Lutheran                     Sr.             DS            Baytown, Texas
Riley Brantley                         Southwestern                         Fy.            MB           Clear League City, Texas
Emma Hewlin                        Colorado College                  Jr.              MH           Victoria, British Columbia
Mari Prazak                             Austin College                       So.            L                Fort Worth, Texas
Kayla Lofland                          Schreiner                                  Fy.            OH/DS   San Antonio, Texas
Abigail Porras                        Dallas                                          So.            RS             El Paso, Texas
Dayjah Whyte                        Dallas                                          So.            MH           Round Rock, Texas

Coaches voted for 16 players for All‐SCAC with 16 points awarded for a first‐place vote, 15 points for a second‐place vote, 14 points for a third‐place vote, etc., down to one point for a 16th‐place vote. Player‐ of‐the‐Year, Freshman‐of‐the‐Year and Backrow Player‐of‐the‐Year voting were done on a vote‐by‐vote basis, as was Coach‐of‐the‐Year. In all cases, coaches could not vote for themselves or their own players.