LEXINGTON, KY. – Coastal Carolina women's volleyball head coach
Steve Loeswick was named the 2023 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Southeast Region Coach of the Year, while
Jasmine Rivest was named AVCA Southeast All-Region and
Jalyn Stout earned AVCA Southeast All-Region Honorable Mention.
Rivest is one of 14 student-athletes from the region to receive the honor. The Southeast Region includes such schools as Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina, Missouri, and Kentucky.
Loeswick earned his first AVCA Southeast Region Coach of the Year and Sun Belt Coach of the Year honor at Coastal Carolina after guiding the Chanticleers to a 22-10 overall record and a 14-2 SBC record and to claim the Sun Belt regular season title before going on to win the Sun Belt tournament championship. Loeswick took over nine games into the season.
Rivest, the Chanticleers' floor captain, was named the Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Year and Player of the Year. She is also a three-time Sun Belt Player of the Week award winner this season. Rivest guided Coastal Carolina to a 13-match winning streak to open conference play and both the Sun Belt regular season and tournament titles. She was tabbed to the Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament team.
The Montreal, Quebec, native is 14th nationally and leads the SBC with 4.43 kills per set while totaling 492 kills in 111 sets. She is 20th nationally while leading the Sun Belt with 569 points and 5.13 points per set. The redshirt senior leads the Chants with 43 service aces and is third on the team with 310 digs and 61 blocks.
The outside hitter has tallied 18 double-doubles on the year and set the school record with 36 kills and 38.5 points in a five-match against Georgia State.
Stout has recorded an NCAA-record 14 triple-doubles while nearly averaging a triple double with 365 kills, 506 assists, and 319 digs in 32 matches played. She recorded 411.5 points, 35 blocks, and 28 service aces. The freshman setter recorded a career-high 25 kills in the opening weekend versus Charlotte, where she was named to the all-tournament team. Stout tallied double-digit kills 24 times, assists 29 times, and digs 20 times, and just missed recording a triple-double in three other matches by just one stat.
The Gainesville, Fla., native was named to the Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament team and the tournament's Most Outstanding Player in guiding the Chanticleers to the tournament title.
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