AWARD | ASC | ETBU's Mosley is ASC Female Athlete of the Year

6/18/2026 7:14:00 PM

MARSHALL, Texas – Putting together a historic career, East Texas Baptist University’s Graycee Mosley is the 2025-26 American Southwest Conference Female Athlete of the Year. It is the fourth year in a row that ETBU has won the award and fifth overall. She joins the elite list of ETBU recipients in Tristen Maddox (2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23) and Ayrika Henderson (2009-10).

This is the third time in four years that ETBU has also won both the ASC Male and Female Athlete of the Year as Connor Massimini is the ASC Male Athlete of the Year.

Congratulations to Graycee Mosley and Connor Massimini on a much deserved honor and being named the ASC Female and Male Athletes of the Year. Having two student-athletes earn Conference Player of the Year in the same year is a tremendous achievement and a reflection of the excellence we strive for at East Texas Baptist University. These awards recognize not only their outstanding performances and competitive success, but also their dedication, leadership, and commitment to representing our university with class. We are incredibly proud of both student-athletes and grateful to our coaches, student-athletes, and supporters who have contributed to their success. This is a testament to the continued growth and strength of Tiger Athletics.

RYAN ERWIN | ETBU Senior Vice President for Campus Life

Mosley was one of the best NCAA Division III Volleyball student-athletes for the 2025 season on the court and in the classroom being named to the AVCA All-American First Team and voted the College Sports Communicators Academic All-America of the Year and Academic All-American First Team. This year, she became ETBU’s all-time career kill leader with 2,032 kills, was the NCAA Medford Regional Tournament Most Outstanding Player, the ASC Tournament MVP, and the ASC Player of the Year. She finished fourth in the NCAA in total kills (532), 10th in kills per set (4.59), and 16th in total attacks (1,236). Earning eight ASC Player of the Week Awards, she was on the AVCA All-Region First Team and was the AVCA National Player of the Week while being named to the All-ASC First Team.

We are so proud of Graycee for this accomplishment. Over her four years, she put in countless hours of hard work during practice and individually. She was always going the extra mile and pushed her teammates to do the same.

MALLORY MATTHEWS | ETBU Volleyball Head Coach

She helped guide ETBU to their finest season in program history going 34-1 and earning the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Division III National Tournament. ETBU won their first NCAA Division III Regional Championship along with their third consecutive American Southwest Conference Tournament Championship, and a program record 34-match winning streak.

Below is the ASC recap on Mosley:

Graycee Mosley | East Texas Baptist | Senior | Volleyball

Mosley guided ETBU to its finest year in program history, as the Tigers earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament and won the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament, along with the ASC Regular Season and Tournament Championship. She was voted to the AVCA All-American First Team, won the NCAA Elite Academic Award as top student-athlete at the 2026 NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament, was a College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-American First Team member, and was voted the CSC’s Division III Volleyball’s Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for 2025 as the top academic volleyball student-athlete in NCAA Division III. She becomes the first American Southwest Conference volleyball student-athlete to win this award. A biochemistry major who graduated from ETBU in December 2025, she finished with a 4.0 GPA, helping ETBU reach its first-ever Elite 8.

This year, she became ETBU’s all-time career kill leader with 2,032 kills, was named an AVCA First Team All-American, the NCAA Medford Regional Tournament Most Outstanding Player, the ASC Tournament MVP, and the ASC Player of the Year. She finished fourth in the NCAA in total kills (532), 10th in kills per set (4.59), and 16th in total attacks (1,236). Earning eight ASC Player of the Week Awards, she was on the AVCA All-Region First Team and was the AVCA National Player of the Week while being named to the All-ASC First Team. ETBU went 34-1, winning its third-straight American Southwest Conference Tournament Championship and reaching the No. 1 national ranking. They broke several program records, including the longest win streak at 34 matches, and won the program’s and ASC’s first-ever NCAA Division III Regional Tournament.

Academically, she made the President’s List all four years, was in the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, graduated Summa Cum Laude, and was the Outstanding Graduating Senior for the ETBU Chemistry Department. She has volunteered locally at several organizations, including Marshall ISD, where she has helped with the Fall Festival and Morning High 5’s, served as a volunteer PE teacher, and read at the Elementary schools. At Longview's New Beginnings Church, she volunteered at the Back-to-School Bash and the For the City Project. Her time in Marshall has also included Mission Marshall, Tim Tebow’s Night to Shine, a Mission Trip to Chile, ETBU Serve Day, several Special Needs Nights for volleyball, volunteering at the Boys and Girls Club, and serving as a Pen Pal for Compassion International.

She leaves ETBU as a four-time AVCA All-American and an All-Region First Team selection, earning First Team All-American honors in 2024 and 2025. She is a three-time CSC Academic All-American, being named to the First Team the past two years. The only four-time ASC Player of the Year, she won two ASC Tournament MVPs and holds the record for most career Player of the Week awards for any ASC sport at 20. She is the ASC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete winner for both volleyball and track and field and will be a four-time ASC All-Academic team member. The four-year starter led ETBU to three American Southwest Tournament Championships, three NCAA Tournament appearances, and one NCAA Regional Championship.