MARSHALL, Texas – Seven East Texas Baptist University volleyball student-athletes have earned American Southwest Conference awards as Lara Hornsby is the Player of the Year. ETBU has four on the All-ASC First Team, three on the Second Team, and one Sportsmanship Team member.
 
Hornsby (So.; Decatur, Texas) becomes the fifth ETBU student-athlete to earn the ASC Player of the Year joining Graycee Mosley (2022-2025), Mallory (Sanders) Matthews (East, 2015), Katie Graves (East, 2007-2008), and Allison Castillo (East, 2001-03). Hornsby led the ASC in kills (366), kills per set (3.85), and points (436.5; 4.59 per set). She was also third in service aces (0.41 per set) and 10^th in blocks per set (0.56) with 53 and digs per set (2.88) with 274 digs. She also led ETBU in kills, points, serving assists (39), and was second in digs (274) and third in blocks (53). She has 13 double-doubles on the year with a career-high 24 kills vs. Concordia Texas and has been the ASC Offensive Player of the Week four times. This is Hornsby's second major ASC award as she was the Freshman of the Year in 2025 and also All-ASC Second Team.
 
Also making the All-ASC First Team is Allison Sims (Fr.; Cypress, Texas), Anita Hancock (Sr.; Celina, Texas), and Katherine Server (So.; Denton, Texas).
 
Sims earns her first All-ASC award as she was eighth in kills in the ASC with 175 averaging 2.43 per set. She has posted 10+ kills in eight matches with a career high 16 on October 24 vs. UMHB with a .542 hitting percentage.
 
Hancock gains back-to-back All-ASC First Team selections and is a four-time All-ASC award winner. She led the ASC in hitting percentage (.373), was third in blocks (93) at 0.98 per set, and ninth in points (2.72 per set) with 258. She led the team in blocks and recorded 203 kills at 2.14 per set. On September 18, she recorded a career-high 11 blocks vs. Hendrix and then had a career-high 16 kills vs. UMHB on October 24.
 
Server is a first time member of the All-ASC First Team. In the ASC, she is fourth in hitting percentage (.294), sixth in blocks (69) at 0.73 per set, and 10^th in points (258) at 2.72 per set and kills (209) at 2.20 per set. In seven matches, she has 10+ kills with a career-high 16 vs. Gustavus Adolphus. She also was the ASC Offensive Player of the Week, twice, this year.
 
Earning All-ASC Second Team honors are Sydney Temple (Sr.; Arlington, Texas) and Sadie Kasowski (Jr.; Bremond, Texas).
 
Temple is now a two-time All-ASC selection as she was a First Team member last year. She has 523 assists, which is third in the ASC, at 5.51 per set. She had a season best 28 assists four times with 20+ assists in 13 matches.
 
Kasowski is given her first All-ASC award as she was second in the ASC in digs with 419 at 4.41 per set. She has 10+ digs in 19 matches with seven matches posting 20+ digs. On September 18, she had a career-high 29 digs vs. Hendrix. Three time this season she has been named the ASC Defensive Player of the Week.
 
Being named to the Fred Jacoby Sportsmanship Team is Claire Stewart. She had 142 digs (1.78 per set) and 370 assists (4.63 per set).
 
ETBU will play in the ASC Tournament this weekend at Mary Hardin-Baylor.
 

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ASC MAJOR AWARDS
ASC Player of the Year: Lara Hornsby
Sportsmanship Team: Claire Stewart
 
All-ASC First Team
Lara Hornsby (OH)
Allison Sims (OH)
Anita Hancock (MB)
Katherine Server (MB)
 
All-ASC Second Team
Sydney Temple (S)
Sadie Kasowski (L/DS)