FGCU's Whetstone Voted #ASUNBVB Scholar-Athlete of the Year
FGCU's Whetstone Voted #ASUNBVB Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Beach Volleyball All-Academic Team
ATLANTA, Ga. - The ASUN Conference announced FGCU's Kayla Whetstone as the 2021 Beach Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Whetstone highlighted the 10-person All-Academic Team, announced by the league office on Friday.
A Texas native, Whetstone becomes the first Eagle to earn the Scholar-Athlete of the Year award in ASUN Beach Volleyball history. An Economics and Finance major with a 3.89 grade-point average, she led FGCU in wins this year with 23 along with her partner Kacie Johnson. The senior went 22-8 in the second slot and picked up one win on court one during the season. Whetstone became the program's all-time wins leader posting a 67-24 (.736) career record. She is the only Eagles player with multiple 20-win seasons and holds the single-season wins record at 24. Whetstone defeated five nationally-ranked teams this season, finding wins over No. 11 FAU, No. 13 FIU (twice), No. 14 Stetson and No. 19 Georgia State. The 2021 Scholar-Athlete of the Year is also a three-time President's List and Dean's List recipient, a seven-time Athletic Director Honor Roll honoree and a 2021 Kavanagh Eagle Scholar-Athlete award co-winner.
The All-Academic Team recognizes student-athletes who excel both on the field and in the classroom. All members of the team boast a 3.30 cumulative grade point average or better and participated in at least half of their team's games.
2021 ASUN Beach Volleyball All-Academic Team
*Kayla Whetstone, FGCU (3.89 | Sr. | Arlington, Texas | Economics & Finance)
*Giovanna Borgiotti, FGCU (3.90 | Gr. | Vienna, Va. | M.S. Health Science)
*Yasmin Kuck, Stetson (3.83 | Sr. | Montpellier, France | Business Administration)
Kendra Lukacs, Coastal Carolina (3.83 | Gr. | Alberta, Canada | M.S. in Communication)
Shaylee Befus, Jacksonville (4.00 | Jr. | Brighton, Colo. | Kinesiology Pre-Med)
Morgan Dees, Jacksonville (4.00 | Sr. | Marietta, Ga. | M.S. Speech Pathology)
Giao Huynh, Jacksonville (3.93 | So. | Melbourne, Fla. | Nursing)
Catie Ladner, North Alabama (3.85 | Jr. | Lizana, Miss. | Biology)
Lauren Galinis, North Florida (3.76 | Gr. | Delray Beach, Fla. | MBA)
Taryn Griffey, North Florida (3.75 | Gr. | Wildwood, Mo. | MBA)
* - Denotes unanimous selection
ASUN Conference, Atlanta, Ga. - the only DI conference headquartered in the ATL, our footprint's primary media, sports, business, transportation and cultural hub
The ASUN, a Division I conference member of the NCAA, boasts a membership of institutions that share visionary leadership, bold ambition and creative innovation. As a nimble adaptive conference, unafraid to blaze a national pathway for better service to our student-athletes, teams, and institutions, the ASUN has a proud history of firsts, national academic and athletic achievements and a conference culture that walks the walk with its four ASUN Beams. Students First! Rise. Connect. Impact. #ASUNBuilt by Bellarmine (Louisville), Central Arkansas (Conway), Eastern Kentucky (Richmond), FGCU (Fort Myers), Jacksonville (Fla.), Jacksonville State (Jacksonville, Ala.), Kennesaw State (Ga.), Liberty (Lynchburg, Va.), Lipscomb (Nashville), North Alabama (Florence), North Florida (Jacksonville, Fla.), and Stetson (DeLand, Fla.).