LEXINGTON, KY. - Southern Connecticut volleyball standout Kerrigan Habing was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association Division II All-Americans Honorable Mention team, as announced by the AVCA on Wednesday, Dec. 10. The AVCA selects All-Americans which include 42 players—14 on the first, second, and third teams—from 29 schools, and 117 honorable mention selections. This is the first time that a SCSU Volleyball player has received AVCA All-American Honorable Mention since Alyssa Gage earned the honor in 2018 and Leanna Jadus earned the honor in 2017. This comes after just last week, Kerrigan Habing earned the AVCA DII East Region Honorable Mention. 

Kerrigan Habing had an impressive first-year with the Owls. Habing earned All-NE10 Second Team honors for her outstanding play with Southern as she played and started in all 24 matches. In the NE10, Habing ranked third in kills with an average of 3.13 kills per set and ranked fifth in points with an average of 3.48 points per set. She was in the top five of digs, assists, service aces and blocks for the Owls.

Habing led the Owls with 275 kills, had a total of 182 digs, 37 assists, 28 blocks and 14 service aces. In addition, she had the most double-doubles on the team, with six. Habing recorded the second-most kills recorded in a single-match in SCSU Volleyball history with a career-best of 24 kills and a career-best of 14 digs in a 3-2 victory over Pace. She notched back-to-back double-doubles in one day, with 12 kills and 10 digs against Jefferson and 19 kills and 13 digs in a 3-2 win against Millersville.