Women's Volleyball | 11/10/2022 2:27:00 PM

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Golden Eagles have won a lot of games by sweeping opponents, and now they have swept the 2022 WHAC Volleyball Player, Setter, and Libero of the Year awards to highlight the postseason honors. Senior Patsy Morris earned the WHAC Player of the Year and Libero of the Year, becoming the second player ever to do so, joining Amanda Suder of Madonna who did so in 2003. Sophomore Aubrey Lenz also earned WHAC Setter of the Year as Cornerstone dominated this season with a perfect 20-0 conference regular season record. CU also saw four athletes earn First Team All-WHAC, one earn Second Team All-WHAC, and Megan Lenhart earn Coach of the Year. 

Patsy Morris - Player of the Year and Libero of the Year
Senior Patsy Morris has had her best season to date in a Golden Eagle uniform and it has led to her earning WHAC Player of the Year and Libero of the Year. Morris has 715 digs this season, going over 700 for the first time in her career and ranks second all-time in career digs. She is top 10 in the NAIA in both digs and digs per set. Morris is just the second athlete in the WHAC to ever earn Libero of the Year and Player of the Year, joining Amanda Suder of Madonna in 2003. This is the first time in Morris' career that she has earned Libero fo the Year or Player of the Year. 

Aubrey Lenz - Setter of the Year
Sophomore Aubrey Lenz has been a standout since she stepped foot on campus in 2021, but she took a step up this season with 1282 assists to rank third in the NAIA. She averages 10.60 assists per set and is also dominant at the service line with an NAIA seventh best 61 service aces. Lenz is the first CU player to win Setter of the Year since Hope Leppink in 2017 and is just the second ever in CU history to do so. 

First Team All-WHAC 
Cornerstone saw four athletes earn First Team All-WHAC in the 2022 season with the formentioned Patsy Morris and Aubrey Lenz being two of those players. Senior's Kaylee Dykema and Olivia Keelean joined them on the First Team as the team's two kill leaders each with 340 this season. Dykema has been the best in the WHAC in hitting percentage as well with a .283 mark to go along with a team high 135 blocks. Keelean is an outstanding all-around player with 340 kills, 327 digs, 43 blocks, and 29 service aces in her senior season. 

Second Team All-WHAC 
Senior Rylie Walters also made an All-Conference Team, earning Second Team All-WHAC honors with her 289 kills and 355 digs. Walters is another outstanding all around player as she has always been dominant at the service line with a team second best 38 service aces in 2022. 

Coach of the Year
Head Coach Megan Lenhart has led Cornerstone to a 30 game win streak the longest in program history and their second WHAC Title in three years with a perfect 20-0 record. Lenhart has now won Coach of the Year twice in her four years at Cornerstone and she has accumulated 92 wins as a Golden Eagle as well as 301 for her career (209 of those being at Davenport). 

WHAC Champion of Character
Sophomore Emma Whitley was this year's nominee to the WHAC Champions of Character Team for the Golden Eagles as nominated by the coaching staff. The award goes to the player that best represents the five NAIA core character traits of respect, responsibility, servant leadership, sportsmanship, and integrity. Whitley has earned the honor for the first time in her career. 

WHAC All-Academic Team 
The four Golden Eagle seniors earned WHAC All-Academic honors for holding a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher. This years winners are Kaylee Dykema, Olivia Keelean, Patsy Morris, and Rylie Walters.