Allred and Ehlers Receive 2023 AVCA Top Flight Award - Coastal Carolina University Athletics

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Coastal Carolina beach volleyball duo of Madison Allred and Raychel Ehlers was recognized as a 2023 Top Flight Award winner by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).

The pair received the award at the No. 4 flight.

The AVCA Top Flight Award was created by the AVCA to honor pairs of beach volleyball student-athletes that have tremendous success throughout the season. In order to qualify, the pair must play at least 15 matches at a specific flight and win at least 75 percent of their matches at that flight.

Ehlers and Allred finished the season with a team-best 27-10 overall record playing primarily at the No. 4 flight, including wins over nationally-ranked No. 13 Cal Poly, No. 20 Washington, No. 10 Georgia State, No. 14 Florida Atlantic, and No. 16 South Carolina. The pair additionally owned the team's second-longest winning streak of the season, winning nine-straight matches from March 8-22.

The duo went 21-5 overall at the No. 4 flight, 5-4 overall at the No. 2 position, and 1-1 on court No. 5.

Allred and Ehlers become the fourth pair in CCU beach volleyball history to pick up the AVCA Top Flight Award honor, joining the team of Anett Nemeth and Kalin Eske in 2019, Irena Drobnjak and Sarlota Svobodova in 2021, and Hanford and Honzovicova last year in 2022.

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Players Mentioned

Madison Allred

Irena Drobnjak

Raychel Ehlers

Kalin Eske

Sarlota Svobodova

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