The South Atlantic Conference Announces Volleyball Elite 18 Honoree

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Erica Whiteaker was named the 2016 South Atlantic Conference Volleyball Elite 18 honoree, the League announced today.  This is a new award for the SAC and honors the student-athlete with the top cumulative grade-point average based on a minimum of 48 credit hours who is competing at the final site of each of the Conference's 18 team championship sports

Whiteaker, a sophomore from Kingston Springs, Tenn., carries a 4.0 GPA as a biology pre medicine major.  On the court, she is currently averaging 4.59 digs per set as the Railsplitters' defensive specialist.  She has posted 19 matches with double-digit digs, while recording five matches with 20-plus digs.  Whiteaker also turned in nine matches with multiple service aces and highlighted her season with four aces in the match against Lenoir-Rhyne on Nov. 15.