RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference unveiled its annual all-conference honors and superlative awards for volleyball on Tuesday evening at an awards banquet on the eve of the start of the conference tournament. In that unveiling, Erika Hernandez, Henley Hooks and Savannah Meyer garnered All-GAC recognition for a second-straight year.
 

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Last season, Hooks headlined the trio with first-team honors while Hernandez and Meyer were second-team selections. Hernandez was additionally tabbed the league's Newcomer of the Year. This year, Hooks repeats as a first-team honoree while Hernandez and Meyer were named Honorable Mention.
 
Meyer is now a three-time All-GAC player with Hooks and Hernandez being two-time selections.
 
Both seniors on this year's team, both Hooks and Meyer eclipsed the 1,000-kill milestone earlier this year and both sit just over 1,100 entering the GAC Tournament.
 
Hooks is the team-leader in kills and ranks sixth in the league with 343 total kills. She is also the team-leader and ranks seventh in the GAC in points scored with 380. The Benton native is currently posting single-season career bests in kills (343), kills/set (3.18), points (380.0) and blocks (62.0).
 
Meyer ranks third on the team in kills with 246, putting her position to register her third-straight season with at least 250 kills. She has also registered a career-high in digs this season with 301. while
 
Hernandez is two kills ahead of Meyer with 248. The team-leader in attack percentage at .369, Hernandez also ranks third in that category in the GAC. She has also improved in every stat category from her breakout freshman campaign a year ago.
 
The Golden Suns also had 12 players receive academic awards by way of the GAC Academic Honor Roll, which is presented by: Conway Regional Health System.