PORTLAND — Simon Fraser red-shirt freshman Eva Person, who got better and better as the season progressed, was named Great Northwest Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year and opposite side hitter Brooke Dexter and outside hitter Jocelyn Sherman were named to the 2022 GNAC Volleyball All-Conference Team.
 
It is the second straight year SFU has taken home the trophy for Freshman of the Year after Dexter won the award in 2021.
 

A native of Brentwood Bay, B.C. and Stelly's Secondary grad, Person spent a redshirt season learning the setter role under Julia Tays, SFU's career leader in assists, who turned pro after her senior season in 2021. In the second half of the 2022 season Person put up Tays-like numbers.
 
Person was fifth in the conference averaging 5.98 assists per set in 26 matches, including 13 starts. But it was the second half of the season where she became a really impactful performer for the Red Leafs. After registering 139 assists and averaging 11.5 assists per game in her first 12 games, Person collected 471 assists and averaged 33 per game over her final 14 games. During that span she had 10 games with 30-or-more assists and three times she had more than 40 assists in a game, highlighted by a career high 46 on Oct. 29 in a four-set victory over Northwest Nazarene. She had nine double doubles.
 

Simon Fraser sophomore opposite Brooke Dexter, a native of Anchorage, Alaska and West Anchorage High grad, was named First Team All-Conference for the second straight year. Dexter paced the Simon Fraser offense, ranking seventh in the GNAC with 2.85 kills and 3.41 points per set. Dexter reached double figures in kills in 20 games and she recorded 10 double-doubles. She hit at a .269 clip.
 

Sophomore outside hitter Jocelyn Sherman, of Victoria, B.C. and Belmont Secondary, was selected All-Conference Honourable Mention after a terrific second season. Sherman was 11^th in the GNAC averaging 2.63 kills and 3.21 points per set. Sherman improved from a freshman season that saw her register 131 kills to 281 as a sophomore, improving from 2.40 points and 2.08 kills per set to 3.21 points and 2.63 kills.
 
SFU finished the 2022 campaign with an overall record of 13-14, and mark of 10-8 in GNAC play. It's the eighth straight season SFU has finished with a winning record in the conference. The team is set to graduate one player from the 2022 squad.
 
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