CSC Announces Volleyball Academic All-District® Awards
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Three student-athletes from the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) volleyball team were named to the 2022 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Team.
Senior
Gabriela McHugh, junior
Taylor Robertson, and sophomore
Daija Jackson earn the honors for the first time in their careers. According to UNCG record books, these three Spartans make it a total of eight honorees in program history.
Kayla White earned the recognition last year.
To be eligible, nominated student-athletes must be a starter or important reserve with a minimum 3.50 cumulative grade-point average in her second year at the current institution and must have played in at least 50 percent of the team's games.
The Southern Conference had 19 student-athletes represented on the 2022 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Volleyball Academic All-District® Team.
Gabriela McHugh
Senior | Setter | Ashley, Indiana
- Has a 3.54 GPA while majoring in Marketing
- Played in all 30 matches this season for the Spartans
- 2021 All-SoCon first team
- 2022 Preseason All-SoCon Team
- Chancellor's List (Spring 2022)
- Dean's List (Fall 2021, Spring 2021)
- All-SoCon Honor Roll (2021)
- 2022 team captain
- SoCon Setter of the Month
- 6x SoCon Setter of the Week
- Spartan-Aggie Tournament All-Tournament Team
- Spartan-Aggie Tournament MVP
- Spartan Elite Award (Spring 2022)
- 3,575 total assists to sit third all-time in UNCG history
- Career - 9.61 assists per set, third all-time in UNCG history
Taylor Robertson
Junior | Outside Hitter | Roanoke, Virginia
- Has a 3.84 GPA while majoring business administration, will graduate in May
- Played in all 30 matches this season
- Averaged 2.81 kills per set this season to lead the team
- 2021 SoCon Commissioner's Medal Recipient
- Chancellor's List (Spring 2022, Fall 2021)
- Dean's List (Spring 2021)
- SAAC member (2020-present)
- 2022 SAAC Executive Board and Treasurer
- 2022 volleyball team captain
- 2022 Tussle in the Triad All-Tournament Team, Aggie/Phoenix Volley for Unity All-Tournament Team, Chucktown Throwdown All-Tournament Team
Daija Jackson
Sophomore | Middle Hitter | Fletcher, N.C.
- Has a 3.78 grade-point average (GPA) while studying Kinesiology
- Led the team with a .303 hitting percentage this season
- Played in 29 matches this season
- Finished third on the team with 2.06 kills per set
- SAAC member from 2021-present
- Chancellor's List (Spring 2022, Fall 2021)
- Regularly volunteers at Goodwill of Greensboro and Adopt a Stream
- Member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (2021-present)
The Spartans finished their season with a 10-20 overall mark and 4-12 in SoCon play.
About College Sports Communicators
College Sports Communicators (CSC) was founded in 1957 and is a 3,200+ member national association for strategic, creative and digital communicators across intercollegiate athletics in the United States and Canada. The current name of the organization was adopted following a
membership-wide vote on Aug. 31, 2022.
From its founding in 1957 until the 2022 name change, the organization was known as College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The name change signaled a major step in a larger strategic plan to highlight the association's evolution and expansion. The move better aligns with the association's membership makeup and further positions the organization to support and advocate for its members who serve in the communications, digital and creative college sports industry, regardless of position or title.
The organization, which celebrated its 65th year during the 2021-22 academic year, is the second oldest management association in all of intercollegiate athletics. College Sports Communicators became an affiliated partner with NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics) in December of 2008.
