INSTITUTE – The West Virginia State University women's volleyball team earned four All-Mountain East Conference selections, highlighted by Carmen Pérez earning All-MEC Second Team honors. Marcelina Pyka and Lilly Adkins received All-MEC Honorable Mention recognition, while Maya Vilmar was named to the All-MEC Freshman Team.
 
Pérez, a senior from Madrid, Spain, averaged 2.65 kills and 3.60 digs per set while recording 11 double-doubles on the season. She logged a season-high 20 kills to go along with 16 digs on Oct. 10 against Frostburg State. In the season opener against Jefferson on Aug. 28, Pérez posted a season-best seven service aces alongside 22 digs and 11 kills. The selection marks the first all-conference honor of her career.
 
Pyka, a senior from Przezchlebie, Poland, averaged 1.51 kills and 0.76 blocks per set. She put down a season-high 11 kills on Sept. 4 against Roosevelt. Pyka closed the regular season by setting season highs in digs (five vs. West Liberty) and total blocks (six at Shawnee State), earning her first All-MEC selection at WVSU.
 
Adkins, a sophomore from Huntington, W.Va., earned All-MEC honors for the second consecutive season after averaging 4.59 digs and 0.87 assists per set. She set a career high with 36 digs against Shawnee State on Oct. 26 and dished out a season-best 11 assists on Sept. 30 against Shawnee State.
 
Vilmar, a freshman from Conyers, Ga., averaged 2.18 kills, 0.79 digs, and 0.38 blocks per set across 80 sets played. She established career highs with 17 kills and six digs on Sept. 18 at Wheeling, matching her mark in digs twice more, most recently on Oct. 23 against West Liberty.
 
WVSU enters the Mountain East Conference Volleyball Tournament as the no. 4 seed out of the South Division. The Yellow Jackets open tournament play Wednesday, Nov. 11, facing South Division top seed Fairmont State University in Fairmont, W.Va. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.