MARSHALL, Texas - After finishing an undefeated regular season and going a perfect 6-0 in the American Southwest Conference (ASC), East Texas Baptist University was awarded four major awards, along with eight players winning All-ASC.
Graycee Mosley,
Callie Humphrey,
Lara Hornsby,
McKinzie Riley, and the ETBU coaching staff received ASC Awards.
Mosley earned her fourth straight ASC Most Valuable Player Award, becoming the only ASC athlete to win MVP four years in a row. Humphrey earns her second major ASC award, being the Libero of the Year, as last year she was the ASC Newcomer of the Year. Lara Horsby and
McKinzie Riley have been named the 2025 Co-Freshmen of the Year. The last ETBU player to receive this award was senior
Graycee Mosley in 2022.
For the second year in a row, Head Coach
Mallory Matthews and Assistant Coach
Allison Kuster have won the ASC coaching staff of the year, sharing the award with Hardin-Simmons University. ETBU went 6-0 in the ASC and 29-0 in the regular season. In Matthews and Kuster's four years at ETBU, this is their second All-ASC Award, but they have won the award four times, earning two at LeTourneau University in the 2019 and 2020-21 seasons.
Making the All-ASC first team are Mosley,
Anita Hancock,
Lexi Moody, and
Sydney Temple.
Mosley (Sr., Troy, Texas) is a four-time first-team selection and MVP. She leads the conference in kills with 439. She also leads the conference in points with 494.5 and is third in the digs with 260 and fourth in aces with 37. She has over 1,500 career digs, almost 2,000 career kills, posting 80+ double-doubles, and 20 ASC Weekly Awards.
Hancock (Jr., Independence, Texas) has earned her third All-ASC selection and her second first-team award. Hancock leads the conference in blocks with 111 and is in the top 10 in points, with 259 on the season. She also has 189 kills, averaging almost two kills per set.
Moody (Sr., Crawford, Texas) has earned her fourth straight All-ASC award, making the first-team for the second consecutive year. In her time at ETBU, she has been an All-ASC honorable mention, a second-team selection, a two-time first-team selection, and the ASC Setter of the Year. She is third in conference in assists per set, averaging 5.21, but second in total assists with 495. She has recorded three double-doubles this season and has produced over 20 assists in nine matches.
Temple (Jr., Arlington, Texas) has earned her second All-ASC selection and her first first-team selection. She is fourth in the conference in assists per set, averaging 5.01, and has 466 on the season. She has had six matches with 20 or more assists and three games with a double-double, including one match with 31 assists.
Humphrey,
Lara Hornsby,
McKinzie Riley, and
Lindsey Gooch are members of the All-ASC second-team.
Humphrey (Jr., Haslet, Texas) leads the conference in total digs with 399 and is second in digs per set, averaging 4.20, narrowly missing the leader, who achieved 4.21 per set. She is ninth in service aces per set, averaging 0.36 with 34 total aces on the season. Out of 29 matches this season, 22 of them resulted in a shutout for the Tigers due to Humphrey's defensive efforts.
Hornsby (Fr., Decatur, Texas) gains her first ASC award on the second-team. She is second on the team and in the ASC in kills with 279, averaging 2.91 per set and third in the ASC for points at 3.23 per set. She posts a .258 hitting percentage, which is 10
th in the ASC.
Riley (Fr., Tomball, Texas) has earned her first ASC award in her first year with the Tigers. Riley is eighth in the conference in hitting percentage, averaging .264. The first-year player has played in 82 sets with 123 kills and 41 errors on 311 total attempts. She has scored 144 points and recorded 35 total blocks.
Gooch (So., Lola, Texas) has earned her first ASC award in her second season with the Tigers. She is fourth in hitting percentage, averaging .311, played in 90 sets with 151 kills and 38 errors on 341 attempts. She has earned 44 total blocks this season.
ETBU is 29-0 heading into the ASC tournament this Friday and Saturday.
ASC AWARDS
ASC MVP:
Graycee Mosley
Libero of the Year:
Callie Humphrey
Co-Freshman of the Year:
Lara Hornsby and
McKinzie Riley
Co-Coaching Staff of the Year:
Mallory Matthews,
Allison Kuster
All-ASC First Team
Graycee Mosley
Anita Hancock
Lexi Moody
Sydney Temple
All-ASC Second Team
Callie Humphrey
Lara Hornsby
McKinzie Riley
Lindsey Gooch