ATLANTA, Ga. -- Henley Gentry, Cali Sandhoff, and head coach Stephanie Wharton landed CCS superlative awards, while five total athletes earned All-CCS distinctions, announced the conference on Thursday.

The voting was conducted exclusively by the conference's head coaches.

Gentry earned Defensive Player of the Year and All-CCS Honorable Mention honors, while Sandhoff was named the Setter of the Year and a member of the All-CCS Second Team, and Wharton landed the Coach of the Year, her third such career honor.

Along with those superlative winners, Aubrianna Gerdes was selected to the All-CCS First Team, while Avery Maiden joined Sandhoff on the All-CCS Second Team. Sarah Jennings rounded out the award winners with a nod to the CCS All-Sportsmanship team.

Gentry, a sophomore from Arlington, Texas, earns her first All-CCS honors after racking up 439 digs, including 201 in conference play, this season, while adding 59 aces at the service line, tops in the conference. She also recorded five CCS Defensive Player of the Week honors for the season.

Sandhoff, a senior from Lookout Mountain, Ga., collects her third career nod to an All-CCS list. She led the CCS in assists in conference play (247), and set a program record earlier this season with her eighth career triple-double. She also earned two Player of the Week and two Setter of the Week honors this season.

Wharton, in her fifth season at the helm and 18th overall with the Scots, has now earned three Coach of the Year awards. She led the Scots to a 26-3 regular season and a perfect 12-0 record in CCS play, dropping only two sets, claiming the CCS regular season title, also the third of her career.

Gerdes, a sophomore from Windsor, Colo., lands her first All-CCS honor after a stellar campaign after losing majority of last season due to injury. She finished second in the CCS in hitting percentage (.304) on 129 kills in CCS play, and notched three CCS Player of the Week honors during the campaign.

Maiden, a junior from Damascus, Va., made an instant impact after transferring from Milligan, earning her first All-CCS honor and second All-Conference honor overall of her career. She ranked second in the conference in hitting percentage (.293), while adding 288 kills during the season.

Jennings, a senior from Clarkesville, Ga., collects her second career CCS year-end award. She posted 204 digs and 55 aces during the season, which vaulted her into fifth in program history in digs (1,566), while ranking first in career aces (230). 

The Scots will face the winner of tonight's Belhaven/Huntingdon tilt tomorrow evening at 6:30 in Barnes PE Center in the CCS semifinals.

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