Briggs Named AVCA All-American Third Team
LEXINGTON, Ky. – WKU Volleyball’s own fifth-year senior Paige Briggs landed on her third American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American list, third team, the coaches’ organization announced Wednesday morning. Her first team nomination to go along with Honorable Mention accolades in 2020-21 and 2022, Briggs is now the sixth Hilltopper to earn at least three All-America statuses on The Hill.
Being rewarded for an impeccable fifth-year on The Hill, Briggs was named the Conference USA Alyssa Cavanaugh Player of the Year award for the first time in her career. Additionally, the Ortonville, Michigan native earned First Team All-Conference and All-Tournament MVP as she is now the only player in league history to earn five First Team All-Conference honors. Earlier this month, Briggs repeated for a second season as the AVCA’s South Region Player of the Year, along with her fifth All-Region mark in her career.
She closed the season totaling 457 kills and a .329 hitting clip – the second highest in the nation from any player who took 1,000+ swings. A full six-rotation player, she also compiled 275 digs, a 95.9% success rate in serve-receive, and led the Red and White with 58 aces from the service line in 2023. Briggs owns two program records from this season: most kills in a single match (35) against Western Michigan, and most aces in a single match (10) against Sam Houston.The 5’10” hitter leaves the program third all-time in career kills (1,838), third all-time in career service aces (181), and second-all time in career attempts (4,455). She has played in 155 matches on The Hill – the most of any other player – while being the only Hilltopper in program history with five NCAA tournament berths and a perfect 68-0 career regular-season record in Conference USA.
Briggs’ honors marks the 29th All-American accolades for WKU, with 11 different Hilltoppers combining for the mark in program history. She graduated from WKU in May 2023 with a degree in visual studies and finished up her fifth-year eligibility earning a certificate in leadership studies. Briggs was just drafted on Monday in the inaugural season of the Pro Volleyball Federation to the Omaha Supernovas.
