BIG EAST Volleyball Annual Awards Released

Creighton's Jaali Winters is the 2018 BIG EAST Volleyball Player of the YearNEW YORK – The annual BIG EAST Volleyball major awards and All-Conference teams have been announced for the 2018 season on Wednesday. The BIG EAST Volleyball Championship presented by Jeep begins on Friday at Creighton’s D.J. Sokol Arena. St. John’s earned three of the top four awards for the season, including Libero of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Coaching Staff of the Year. Creighton senior Jaali Winters was named BIG EAST Player of the Year for the second major award of her career. St. John’s junior Amanda Sanabia was named Libero of the Year, which is the first time for the Red Storm since Lena Yee won the accolade three years in a row from 2006–08. The Freshman of the Year award was secured by Efrosini Alexakou, the second St. John’s rookie to collect the honor in three years.

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