TURLOCK, Calif.---  As announced by the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) this morning, Stan State duo of Gabby Rawson and Alex Byrd were named to the 2023 All-CCAA Volleyball Team as voted on by the league's twelve head coaches.  
 
Rawson and Byrd each were named to the Honorable Mention Team.  This is the second year in a row that Byrd and Rawson have earned All-CCAA honors.  Last year, the junior libero was named the 2022 CCAA Libero of the Year and selected to the First Team.  Byrd was named to the Honorable Mention Team in 2022.
 
Byrd finished her junior season with 117 total blocks including 24 solo blocks in the 96 sets she played in for the Warriors.  She played in all 27 matches for Stan State this season and recorded 149 kills in 391 attempts for a .276 hitting percentage.  Byrd is leading the CCAA with her 117 total blocks and 1.22 blocks per set average.  She is 16^th in the nation in blocks per set and 17^th in total blocks.  

The Stockton native's 117 total blocks are second on the Warriors' single season top ten list.  Her 1.22 blocks per set is the first in Stan State's top ten list in the NCAA DII Era of volleyball.  During her career, she has recorded 54 solo blocks (fifth on the career list) and 237 total blocks (sixth on the career list).
 
Byrd's season highs this season were 11 kills (vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills, Nov. 11, 2023), three digs (three times), and eight total blocks (vs. Alaska Anchorage, Sept. 9, 2023).
 
Rawson finished her season with 512 digs for a 5.39 digs per set average.  She led the CCAA in both statistical categories.  The Warrior libero is 13^th in the nation in digs per set and 26^th in total digs.  Her 5.39 digs per set this season places her second on the single season list at Stan State. 
 
This season, Rawson was three times named the CCAA Defensive Player of the Week.  She was named to the Denali State Bank Ice Block Classic All-Tournament Team in Fairbanks, Alaska, Sept. 7-9, 2023.  Rawson enters her senior campaign with 1125 digs which is fourth on the Warrior career list in digs.
 
The Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., native season highs were 39 digs at Cal Poly Humboldt (Nov. 4, 2023), three service aces vs. Chico State (Oct. 11, 2023), and seven assists (vs. Biola, Sept. 8, 2023).  Twice this season, she recorded 30 of more digs in a match.  She played in all 27 matches for the Warriors this season including 95 sets.  
 
Stan State finished the 2023 season with a 9-18 overall record including a 4-14 CCAA record which placed them in tenth place.  
 
CCAA Individual Awards
Player of the Year: Emily Elliott, Cal State Los Angeles 
Libero of the Year:  Shira Lahav, Cal State San Bernardino
Setter of the Year:  Kimberly DeBoer, San Francisco State
Newcomer of the Year:  Trinity Sheridan, Cal State San Bernardino
Freshman of the Year:  Aidan Goodrich, San Francisco State
Coach of the Year:  Kim Cherniss, Cal State San Bernardino