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Slay, Stucker and Mott nab three of OVC’s major volleyball awardsAPSU Sports Information
 Austin Peay Volleyball receives OVC year end awards. (L to R) Christina White, Ashley Slay, head coach Taylor Mott, Kristen Stucker, and Brooke Moore. (APSU Sports Information) Slay, of Nashville, became the fourth Austin Peay athlete – and first since 2009 – to be named the league’s Offensive Player of the Year. She joins Connie Caldwell (1987), Isabel Canedo (1992) and Stephanie Champine (2009) as the only Govs to receive the league’s top volleyball award. Stucker, of Johnstown, Iowa, was named the conference’s Setter of the Year for a second consecutive season in just the third season the award has been presented by the league. Mott, in her sixth season at Austin Peay, becomes only the second Governors head coach – and first since 1992 – to be named the OVC’s Coach of the Year. It is the fifth time an APSU head coach has been named the league’s top mentor, former head coach Cheryl Holt received the honor four times. In addition to the league’s top honors, a record four Governors athletes were named to the 34th Volleyball All-OVC teams. Slay and Stucker were each selected First-Team All-OVC, becoming the first pair of Govs to be named to first team honors in the same season since 2011. In addition, redshirt junior outside hitter Christina White and freshman outside hitter Brooke Moore were named Second-Team All-OVC. Mott and the Governors will host the 2017 OVC Volleyball Championship, Thursday-Saturday, at the Dunn Center. The tournament gets underway with the opening match between Murray State and Jacksonville State at 11 a.m., Thursday. Top-seeded Austin Peay will face No. 8 seed Southeast Missouri in the opening day’s final match, beginning at 7 p.m., Thursday. Fans can attend of the tournament matches free of charge. Award Winner BiosAshley Slay
Slay’s 443 total kills ranks 21st among all Division I hitters and her 4.45 points per set (combining kills, blocks and service aces) ranks 51st national. Slay was named OVC Offensive Player of the Week four times in 2017, twice in the regular season’s final three weeks. Kristen Stucker
In addition, Stucker was the only OVC setter to average more than 10 assists per set during the season. She won outright or shared the league’s Setter of the Week award as astounding 10 of the season’s 12 weeks. In addition, Stucker was named one of six recipients of the league’s prestigious Scholar-Athlete Awards earlier this month. Head Coach Taylor Mott
The program’s 27 regular-season wins set a program record and are one win shy of tying the program’s all-time record, including the postseason, of 28 wins set by the 1992 team. Personally, Mott recorded her 400th career win and her 100th Austin Peay victory this season. Christina White
She also has posted career season bests in digs (279) and service aces (47) en route to nine double-double performances this season. White’s 47 aces this season currently leads all OVC players and ranks 57th nationally. Brooke Moore
However, down the stretch she became one of the Govs top offensive threats, averaging 3.19 kills per set while posting a .320 attack percentage in the regular season’s final six matches. Moore’s 42 aces ranked 34th nationally and seventh among Division I freshmen. About APSU Sports Information
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Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University volleyball’s senior middle blocker 
