Reid, Smith Named All-Sun Belt

NEW ORLEANS – Junior Brenya Reid and senior Annie Smith of James Madison volleyball were named to the 2024 Sun Belt Volleyball All-Conference teams on Wednesday afternoon, with Reid being named to the First Team and Smith taking home second-team honors.

Reid, an outside hitter from Georgetown, Del., sits second in the Sun Belt and 15th nationally in kills per set (4.54) and seventh in the SBC in kills (322), despite playing in only 71 sets this season. She has finished with 20 or more kills in a match eight times, including a career-high 30 versus South Alabama on Nov. 2. She also finished with 135 digs (1.90 per set) and tallied seven double-doubles.

Smith enjoyed a career year in 2024, as the middle blocker has set single-season career-highs in kills (2.32) while leading the Dukes in total blocks (104.0) and hitting percentage (.326). Her 104.0 blocks and hitting percentage of .326 rank tied for seventh and sixth, respectively.

The Dukes will open the 2024 Sun Belt Volleyball Championship on Friday, Nov. 21 at noon against Texas State. The match will be televised on ESPN+ with Andrew Beyer, five-time U.S. Olympian Danielle Scott, and JT Crabtree on the call.

2024 Sun Belt Volleyball Awards
Player of the Year: Tori Hester, Troy
Offensive Player of the Year: Tori Hester, Troy
Defensive Player of the Year: Daedrianna Cail, Arkansas State
Libero of the Year: Sarah Martinez, Arkansas State
Setter of the Year: Ryann Torres, Texas State
Newcomer of the Year: Daedrianna Cail, Arkansas State
Freshman of the Year: Elise Marchal, App State
Coach of the Year: Brian Gerwig, Arkansas State

First-Team All-Sun Belt
Maya Winterhoff, App State
Daedrianna Cail, Arkansas State
Sarah Martinez, Arkansas State
Jalyn Stout, Coastal Carolina
Reagan Barth, Georgia Southern
Brenya Reid, James Madison
Abryanna Cannon, South Alabama
Anna Loberg, South Alabama
Jade Defraeye, Texas State
Ryann Torres, Texas State
Smanatha Wunsch, Texas State
Tori Hester, Troy

Second-Team All-Sun Belt
Addison Heidemann, App State
Ava Leahy, App State
Elise Marchal, App State
Kaitlin Whitlock, Arkansas State
Ashlyn Lovett, Georgia Southern
Kirsten Barrett, Georgia Southern
Annie Smith, James Madison
Cami Hicks, Louisiana
Mio Yamamoto, Louisiana
Myah Conway, Old Dominion
Sarah Gooch, South Alabama
Sunni Sheppard, Southern Miss

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Brenya Reid

Annie Smith

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Completed Event: Volleyball versus #17 Missouri on August 29, 2025 , Loss , 0, to, 3 , (19-25, 15-25, 20-25)

Completed Event: Volleyball at Florida Gulf Coast on August 30, 2025 , Loss , 1, to, 3 , (19-25, 11-25, 25-16, 20-25)

Completed Event: Volleyball at Florida Gulf Coast on August 31, 2025 , Loss , 2, to, 3 , (17-25, 27-25, 23-25, 26-24, 11-15)

Completed Event: Volleyball versus Bellarmine on September 5, 2025 , Win , 3, to, 0 , (27-25, 25-18, 25-20)

Completed Event: Volleyball versus Princeton on September 6, 2025 , Win , 3, to, 1 , (26-24, 25-17, 21-25, 25-17)

Upcoming Event: Volleyball versus Lehigh on September 7, 2025 at 2 p.m.

Upcoming Event: Volleyball at Milwaukee on September 12, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. CT)

Upcoming Event: Volleyball at Marquette on September 13, 2025 at 7 p.m. ET (6 p.m. CT)

Upcoming Event: Volleyball versus Ball State on September 14, 2025 at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT)

Upcoming Event: Volleyball versus UT Rio Grande Valley on September 19, 2025 at 6 p.m.

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