Hartmann becomes Loyola's first First Team All-SSAC selection since Samantha Worsham earned the distinction in 2012.
Following standout performances during the 2016 season, Loyola University New Orleans volleyball middle blocker's Allison Hartmann (SO/Slidell, La.) and Tylar Beckham (FR/New Orleans, La.) earned conference accolades at this evening's Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) volleyball awards banquet in Montgomery, Ala.
A force on both sides on the net, Hartmann was named First Team All-SSAC, while Beckham earned SSAC All-Freshman Team honors in her first season wearing the maroon and gold.
Hartmann was the go-to option for the Wolf Pack during the regular season – leading the squad and ranking third in the league with 353 kills, while ranking sixth in the conference with 87 blocks. The Slidell native recorded at least 10 kills in 19 matches this season, highlighted by a career-high 20-kill performance against Middle Georgia State in September.
She ended the regular season ranked 48th in the NAIA with a .306 hitting percentage, which puts her at No. 5 on the list of highest single season hitting percentage in Wolf Pack history.
Despite 2016 being just her second season at Loyola, Hartmann sits just four blocks (183) behind Desha Beamer (2000-03) for No. 10 on the Wolf Pack career blocks list.
Hartmann becomes Loyola's first First Team All-SSAC selection since Samantha Worsham earned the distinction in 2012.
A transfer NCAA DI University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Beckham had the highest hitting percentage of any freshman (11th overall) in the conference at 0.227 and the second highest kills per set of any freshman (14th overall) in league with 2.5 per contest.
She ranked second on the team with 293 kills and 33 total blocks. Beckham collected at least 10 kills 13 times this year, including a 20-kill performance against William Carey in October.
Entering the tournament as the seventh seed, the Wolf Pack dropped its opening round match of the 2016 SSAC Championships 3-1 to No. 3-seeded Coastal Georgia. Loyola will return to the Cramton Bowl Multiplex tomorrow, Nov. 10, to take on No. 2-seeded Bethel at 12:30 p.m. before squaring off against No. 6-seeded Dalton State at 3:00 p.m.
2016 Volleyball Awards
Player of the Year: Eloisa Sales (Bethel)
Setter of the Year: Cayley Meiners (Coastal Georgia)
Libero of the Year: Jessica Bagwell (Mobile)
Freshman of the Year: Mirella Gatterdam (Mobile)
1st-Team
Eloisa Sales - Bethel
Cayley Meiners - Coastal Georgia
Hannah Buck - Mobile
Jessica Bagwell - Mobile
Kyra White - Coastal Georgia
Alllie Shannon - Coastal Georgia
Kaylee Ginnings - Bethel
Alysa Klassen - Faulkner
Hannah Wentland - Mobile
Yumi Garcia - Bethel
Rachel Amundson - Coastal Georgia
Shayla Smith - Bethel
Allison Hartmann - Loyola
Julianne Wilkes - Faulkner
2nd-Team
Hannah Seale - Mobile
Alex Karche - Mobile
Mirella Gatterdam - Mobile
Anna Metzle - Dalton State
Cassie Bailie - Faulkner
Jasmine Jones - Brenau
Samantha Nichols - Mobile
Grace Hardin - Dalton State
Genesis Mejias - Martin Methodist
Chassidy Harris - William Carey
Chakia Hinkle - Martin Methodist
Jessyca Watson - Bethel
Alyssa Keeve - Coastal Georgia
Savannah Wilbanks - Brenau
All-Freshman
Mirella Gatterdam - Mobile
Julianne Wilkes - Faulkner
Yumi Garci - Bethel
Daijah Washington - Faulkner
Samantha Nichols - Mobile
Tylar Beckham - Loyola
Savannah Wilbanks - Brenau
