Gill, an outside hitter from Baton Rouge, La., earned the honor after leading the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference with 3.9 kills per game, which ranked 21^st in the NAIA. She also ranked among the conference leaders in aces (50) and digs (284).

Despite missing five matches due to injury, Gill still made the Loyola record books for a single season, ranking 10^th with 444 kills. She eclipsed the 20-kill mark four times this season, including a career-best 25 against Belhaven University on Oct. 20. Gill had double figures in kills in all but three matches this year, with two of the contests being mostly played by Loyola's reserves.

Gill, in her sophomore season, was one of two underclassmen to make first team. Of the 14 total players named to either first or second team, she was the only one not from a NCAA Division-I program. 

Along with being named All-Louisiana, she also made All-GCAC for the second time and was recently named to the AVCA All-Mid South Region Team.

Freshman setter Samantha Worsham, who also made All-GCAC, came in third for Freshman of the Year honors with two votes.

LSWA ALL-LOUISIANA COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL TEAM

(NOTE: Six players picked on each team regardless of position based on points; Libero chosen on first and second team vote only, no points awarded).

First Team

Name, School/Pos/Cl/Hometown/Pts/Notes, Stats

Brittnee Cooper, LSU/MB/Sr./Houston, Texas/128/SEC POY, 371 kills, .390 hit %

Visnja Djurdjevic, Tulane/OH/So./Zitiste, Serbia/101/C-USA POY, 433 kills, .212 hit%

Sam Dabbs, LSU/S/Sr./San Antonio, Texas/71/All-SEC 1st tm, 1,067 assists

Marina Skender, LSU/OH/Sr./Zagreb, Croatia/58/All-SEC 1st tm, 378 kills, 29 aces

Lindsey Loyd, UNO/OH/Sr./Houston, Texas/47/All-SBC 1st tm, 3.34 kps, .269 hit %

Gina Gill, Loyola (NO)/OH/So./Baton Rouge, La./45/All-GCAC, 444 kills, .239 hit %

Nicky Valenti, UNO/L/Jr./River Ridge, La.//597 digs, 4.70 dps

Player of the Year - Brittnee Cooper, LSU

                Voting - Cooper 10, Kayla Williams (GSU) 1

Defensive Player of the Year - Nicky Valenti, UNO

                Voting - Valenti 6, Kara Jones (La. Tech) 2, Lauren Waclawczyk (LSU) 2, Lourena Beathley (SU) 1

Freshman of the Year - Priscilla Massengale, McNeese

                Voting - Massengale 4, Marija Milosavjlevic (TU) 3, Samantha Worsham (Loy) 2, Chelsey Goins (GSU) 1, Jennifer Brandt (Nicholls) 1

Newcomer of the Year - Nataliya Panova, Louisiana Tech

Coach of the Year - Fran Flory, LSU

                Voting - Flory 6, Sinisa Momic (TU) 2, Matt Sonnichsen (Tech) 2, Kim Young (GSU) 1

Second Team

Name, School/Pos/Cl/Hometown/Pts/Notes, Stats

Manieka Golden, Nicholls State/OH/Sr./Porter, Texas/38/262 kills, 3.12 kps

Rachel Lindelow, Tulane/S/Sr./Mandeville, La./35/All-C-USA 2nd tm, 29 service aces

KC Clayton, La. Tech/MB/Sr./Tucson, Ariz./32/All-WAC 2nd tm, .224 hit %

Kara Jones, La. Tech/MB/Jr./Moody, Texas/29/214 kills, .258 hit%

Michelle Williams, LSU/MB/So./Magnolia, Texas/26/228 kills, 30 service aces

Ksenija Vlaskovic, Tulane/OH/Sr./Pozarevac, Serbia/25/All-C-USA 2nd tm, 329 kills

Lauren Waclawczyk, LSU/L/So./San Antonio, Texas//392 digs, 28 service aces

Honorable Mention (earned 11-24 points)

Nicole Bowden (MB), McNeese; Kayla Williams (OH), Grambling; NataliyaPanova (OH), La. Tech; Lindsay Brown (L), Louisiana-Lafayette.