2011-12 Sand Volleyball News
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May 17, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Stetson University student-athlete Katie DiGirolamo is the new Atlantic Sun Conference representative to the NCAA National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
May 07, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Championships in golf and softball and strong showings in tennis and volleyball led Kennesaw State University to the 2011-12 Atlantic Sun Conference Women’s All-Sports Race title.
May 04, 2012
MACON, Ga. – The Atlantic Sun Conference honored Stetson's Katie DiGirolamo as the 2012 Sand Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
April 30, 2012
Gulf Shores, Fla. – Stetson's Julie Bassett/Kaley Melville and North Florida’s Dagnija Medina /Emily Strack completed play on Sunday at the AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championship.
April 27, 2012
With the 2012 sand volleyball season complete, first-year volleyball coaches Steve Loeswick (UNF Florida), Michelle Collier (Jacksonville) and Damian Elder (Mercer) place their stamp on their programs.
April 27, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Stetson's duo of Julie Bassett/Kaley Melville and North Florida’s tandem of Dagnija Medina /Emily Strack begin play today at the AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championship.
April 27, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Mercer’s John Gregory Joseph and Cassandra Roy and ETSU’s Desmond Pierce are the three newly elected Atlantic Sun Student Athlete Advisory Committee officers for the 2012-13 year.
April 25, 2012
MACON, Ga. – East Tennessee State University holds the top spot in the Atlantic Sun All-Sports Standings with just the baseball and softball championships remaining.
April 24, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Teams and fans desiring to sport the success of their favorite A-Sun spring sports can get the latest “Champions” merchandise via the A-Sun’s official online store, ASunStore.com.
April 22, 2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – UNF picked up three honors, including two pair titles, Stetson claimed two pairs titles and FGCU got one of its own on the final day of the 2012 A-Sun Sand Volleyball Championship.
April 20, 2012
Four and a half years ago, Holly Youngquist's older sister Brooke was completing her career as a standout volleyball player for Florida Gulf Coast University.
April 19, 2012
MACON, Ga. – The A-Sun will make history April 20-22, conducting the first NCAA Division I sand volleyball conference championship at the Dolphin Beach Volleyball Courts on the Jacksonville University campus.
April 18, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Jacksonville's Kathryn Kane and Sammie Strausbaugh won the program's second Atlantic Sun Sand Volleyball Pair of the Week honor.
April 16, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Stetson's Julie Bassett and Kaley Melville and UNF’s Dagnija Medina and Emily Strack will represent their schools and the A-Sun at the AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championship.
April 11, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Steton's tandem of Maren Rygh and Alexa Stonish won the program's second Atlantic Sun Sand Volleyball Pair of the Week honor after posting a 2-1 record on the week.
April 07, 2012
MACON, Ga. – The Mercer sand volleyball team booked the program's first victory on Saturday, topping Tulane 3-2 at the Mercer sand volleyball complex.
April 04, 2012
MACON, Ga. - Jacksonville's Kendall Courtney and Cari Whitmire earned JU's first-ever Atlantic Sun Sand Volleyball Pair of the Week honor.
March 28, 2012
MACON, Ga. - North Florida's Nicole Baran and Allison Shirley earned the second-ever Atlantic Sun Sand Volleyball Pair of the Week honor.
March 24, 2012
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida Gulf Coast sand volleyball team picked up its first win of the season and went 1-2 on Saturday during Day 1 of competition at the Seminole Sand Battle.
March 21, 2012
MACON, Ga. – Stetson's Julie Bassett and Alexa Stonish earned the first-ever Atlantic Sun Sand Volleyball Pair of the Week honor, announced Wednesday by the league office.
March 20, 2012
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – The North Florida sand volleyball team partnered with SUPJax and Mother Ocean in hosting a beach clean-up project Sunday afternoon at Jacksonville Beach.
March 14, 2012
DELAND, Fla. - Stetson sand volleyball split a pair of games against Tulane on Wednesday. The Hatters opened strong topping the Green Wave 5-0 and fell in the second game 2-3.
March 09, 2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The North Florida sand volleyball team made history Friday afternoon posting a 4-1 victory over crosstown rival Jacksonville in the program's inaugural match.
February 23, 2012
MACON, Ga. – A-Sun Senior Associate Commissioner Sherri Booker is an at-large administrator to the newly formed AVCA Sand Volleyball National Championship Selection Committee.
January 23, 2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville University has named former University of South Florida standout Michelle Collier as the eighth head coach of the Dolphins volleyball program on Monday.
January 18, 2012
MACON, Ga. –Mercer University has selected Damian Elder as the new head volleyball coach in an announcement made by Director of Athletics Jim Cole on Tuesday.
January 04, 2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – University of North Florida Director of Athletics Lee Moon announced the hiring of Steve Loeswick as the head coach for the UNF volleyball program.
November 22, 2011
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Florida Gulf Coast University Athletic Department has added women’s sand volleyball as a varsity program, as competition commences in the spring of 2012.
October 28, 2011
MACON, Ga. – The Atlantic Sun Conference became the first NCAA conference to declare sand volleyball a championship sport on Thursday.
September 26, 2011
The University of North Florida Athletic Department will be increasing to 19 sports following the announcement that sand volleyball will be added as a varsity program.
September 26, 2011
Jacksonville University approved sand volleyball as a varsity sport for the 2011-12 academic year during their spring Board of Trustees meeting.