Simon Fraser University libero Alison McKay was honoured last week as Great Northwest Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Conference by head coaches.
It is the first major post-season award for the Clan volleyball program, now in its fifth year of competing in NCAA.
Joining McKay on the All-Conference team as an honourable mention was freshman middle blocker Tessa May.
McKay was voted GNAC Defensive Player of the Year after anchoring the Simon Fraser defense.
The Port Moody native finished second in the GNAC and finished ranked ninth in NCAA Div. II with an average of 6.09 digs per set. She paced a Clan defense that led the GNAC and was ranked 21st in Div. II with 18.53 digs per set. McKay finished with 30 or more digs six times, topped by a 42-dig performance in the season finale -- the eighth best in GNAC history in a four-set match.
Clan fall to Sonoma State
Despite a game-high 28 points from Max Barkeley, the Simon Fraser University men’s basketball team was defeated 76-58 by the Sonoma State Seawolves to wrap up their two-game California swing.
A quick start by the Seawolves left SFU trailing 28-14 at halftime, but the visiting Clan outscored Sonoma 31-28 the rest of the way.
SFU hosts Seattle Pacific on Thursday, 5 p.m. at the West Gym.
