Anchante is BIG EAST Setter of the Year; Five Others Honored

NEW YORK – Marquette University's Yadhira Anchante was named the BIG EAST Conference Setter of the Year on Tuesday afternoon, while Carsen Murray, Aubrey Hamilton, Hattie Bray, Jenna Reitsma and Ella Foti also earned all-conference honors.

Murray, Hamilton, Bray and Reitsma all joined Anchante on the All-BIG EAST Team, while Bray and Foti earned BIG EAST All-Freshman Team honors.

MU enters postseason play with 26 victories, its most-ever at the end of the regular season and has done so after replacing five starters from last season, including the conference co-player of the year. The Golden Eagles also went a program-best 17-1 in league play and captured the conference tournament No. 1 seed after sweeping preseason favorite Creighton in the regular season finale on Saturday evening.

Anchante guided Marquette's offensive attack to a league-best .306 hitting percentage and 14.98 kills per set in BIG EAST action. The two-time NJCAA National Player of the Year posted 11.35 assists per set in league play and on the year is averaging 10.84 assists and 2.62 digs per set with 32 total service aces, 33 blocks and an individual hitting percentage of .406. She has a team-high 13 double-doubles and recorded her first NCAA triple-double against Butler on Sept. 24 with 10 kills, 46 assists and 13 digs.

Hamilton leads the Golden Eagles with 320 kills (3.37 per set) on the year and is hitting .248 with 2.18 digs and 0.52 blocks per set along with 23 total service aces. The junior transfer posted a season-high 18 kills in her season debut at No. 11 Kentucky and leads MU with 371 points (3.91/set).

An All-BIG EAST Preseason Team selection, Murray is sixth nationally in hitting percentage (.427) to lead the league. She also ranks second in blocks per set (1.10) and earned weekly league recognition four times this season, including offensive player of the week honors on Nov. 14.

Bray earned a redshirt last season with Murray and All-BIG EAST performer Savannah Rennie in starting middle blocker roles. She finished this regular season second to Murray in the conference in hitting percentage (.350) and averaged 2.10 kills and 0.77 blocks per set while starting all but one match.

Reitsma posted 2.72 kills and 2.72 digs per set with 33 total blocks while leading the Golden Eagles with 44 service aces. The Lowell, Michigan native plays all six rotations, had a career-high six aces in the sweep of UConn on Sept. 30 and has nine double-doubles on the year.

Foti burst onto the scene this year with a 12-kill, nine-dig performance in MU's Aug. 26 win at Kentucky and hit .400 with 12 kills and a pair of blocks in her native Madison against then-No. 6 Wisconsin on Sept. 2. For the season, she is hitting .314 with 2.22 kills and 1.19 digs per set with 24 total service aces and 35 blocks. Foti has been on Marquette's campus since the spring of 2021 but is on the all-freshman team after not being eligible to compete in 2020-21 as an early enrollee and earning a medical redshirt last fall.

Since the BIG EAST started naming an all-freshman team in 2019, only Hannah Vanden Berg has earned the honor from Marquette, though four other MU players have earned league freshman of the year recognition.

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2022 BIG EAST Conference Women's Volleyball Awards

2022 BIG EAST Volleyball Player of the Year
Norah Sis, Creighton, So., OH

2022 BIG EAST Volleyball Libero of the Year
Jaymeson Kinley, Butler, Jr., L

2022 BIG EAST Volleyball Setter of the Year
Yadhira Anchante, Marquette, So., S

2022 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year
Ava Martin, Creighton, Fr., OH

2022 BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year
Xavier: Head Coach Christy Pfeffenberger (Eighth Season), Associate Head Coach Ed Tolentino, Assistant Coach Andre Foster, Graduate Assistant Manager Mallory Bechtold, Student Manager Haley Aho

2022 All-BIG EAST Team
*Unanimous selections appear first and are ordered alphabetically by team name, last name.*

Jill Pressly, DePaul, Jr., OH*
Caylee Parker, UConn Sr., OH*
Norah Sis, Creighton, So., OH*
Kendra Wait, Creighton, So., S*
Yadhira Anchante, Marquette, So., S*
Carsen Murray, Marquette, Jr., MB*
Rachele Rastelli, St. John's, Gr., RS*
Giorgia Walther, St. John's, So., OH*
Carrigan O'Reilly, Xavier, Sr., S/RS*
Jaymeson Kinley, Jr., L, Butler
Ava Martin, Creighton, Fr., OH
Kiana Schmitt, Creighton, Sr., MB/RS
Hattie Bray, R.S. Fr., Marquette, MB
Aubrey Hamilton, Marquette, Jr., OH
Jenna Reitsma, Marquette, So., OH
Kiera Booth, Villanova, Jr., MB
Brooklyn Cink, Xavier, Sr., OH
Delaney Hogan, Xavier, Jr., MB

2022 All-Freshman Team
Ava Martin, Creighton, Fr., OH*
Hattie Bray, R.S. Fr., Marquette, MB*
Cora Taylor, Butler, Fr., S
Taylor Underwood, DePaul, Fr., OH
Ella Foti, Marquette, R.S. Fr., RS
Lucrezia Lodi, St. John's, Fr., OH

*Denotes a unanimous selection