SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Truman State volleyball placed three players on the All-Great Lakes Valley Conference First Team as senior setter Tori Creason and junior attackers Autumn Erickson and Laci Neece received postseason recognition from the league Wednesday.
The trio became Truman's first First Team All-GLVC selections since 2019 and the first Bulldogs to earn First Team honors under head coach David Gannon.
Creason and Erickson move up to the First Team after earning Second Team All-GLVC recognition last season. Neece receives the first All-GLVC honor of her career.
All-Conference awards are nominated and selected by the league's head coaches, who are not permitted to vote for their own players.
Creason earns First Team recognition after directing the Truman offense throughout her senior season.
The Shawnee, Kansas, native has recorded 992 assists across 94 sets, averaging 10.55 assists per set. She has helped Truman average 13.05 kills per set with a .220 team hitting percentage.
Creason has also contributed throughout the rotation with 278 digs, 37 service aces, 56 kills and 29 total blocks. She averages 2.96 digs per set and is hitting .244 on 193 attacks.
Her season includes two GLVC Setter of the Week awards. Creason became the first Bulldog to win the conference's Setter of the Week honor when she received the award Sept. 28 following Truman's five-set victory over No. 21 Indianapolis. She recorded a career-high 69 assists in the upset and surpassed 2,000 career assists during the weekend.
Creason earned the award again Nov. 2 after directing Truman to victories over Illinois Springfield and Quincy. She totaled 82 assists across seven sets as the Bulldogs averaged 14 kills per set and hit .246.
The First Team selection is the second All-GLVC honor of Creason's career after she was named to the Second Team in 2025.
Erickson receives First Team honors following an efficient season in the middle of Truman's attack.
The junior has recorded 256 kills while committing only 53 errors on 579 attempts, producing a team-leading .351 hitting percentage. She averages 2.72 kills per set and ranks second on the team with 345 points.
Erickson leads the Bulldogs with 84 total blocks, including 18 solo blocks and 66 block assists. Her 38 service aces are also the most on the team.
She enters the postseason following a 13-kill performance in Truman's sweep of Upper Iowa. Erickson hit .458 and added five block assists while helping hold the Peacocks to a .104 hitting percentage.
The First Team honor is the second All-GLVC selection of Erickson's career after she earned Second Team recognition last season.
Neece earns the first All-GLVC honor of her career after leading Truman's attack with 305 kills and 351 points.
The junior averages a team-high 3.24 kills per set while playing in all 94 sets. She has also contributed 232 digs, 32 service aces and 25 total blocks.
Neece enters the GLVC Tournament following one of her most efficient performances of the season. She recorded 10 kills without an attacking error on 15 attempts against Upper Iowa, finishing with a .667 hitting percentage.
Her two-way production includes an average of 2.47 digs per set, giving the Bulldogs another dependable presence in both the front and back rows.
Holler Earns Sportsmanship Recognition
Junior setter Skylar Holler was selected as Truman's James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award honoree.
The award recognizes student-athletes who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. Honorees must also be in good academic standing and demonstrate good citizenship outside athletic competition.
Holler is now eligible to become one of Truman's two overall James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award recipients, which will be announced by the conference following the academic year.
Bulldogs Begin GLVC Tournament Thursday
The three First Team selections highlight a season in which Truman enters the postseason 14-12 overall and 8-5 in GLVC play. The Bulldogs have secured their first winning season under Gannon and qualified for the GLVC Tournament for the second consecutive year.
Truman's season includes victories over No. 21 Indianapolis and Rockhurst, which earned a share of the GLVC regular-season championship. The win over Indianapolis was the program's first against a nationally ranked opponent during Gannon's tenure.
The seventh-seeded Bulldogs will face second-seeded Rockhurst in the GLVC Tournament quarterfinals at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Williamsville High School Fieldhouse in Williamsville, Illinois. Truman won the regular-season meeting 3-1 on Oct. 10 in Pershing Arena.
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