10 Mustangs Earn Beach Volleyball All-Big West Honors

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Cal Poly beach volleyball was all over the All-Big West awards that came out Thursday as a total of 10 players received All-Big West honors.

All four of the Mustangs’ No. 1 and No. 2 pair players: Piper Ferch, Erin Inskeep, Izzy Martinez, and Logan Walter all earned First Team All-Big West honors. Redshirt junior Ella Connor was named Second Team All-Big West

Sophomore Quinn Perry, graduate student Lindsey Sparks, senior Madi Nichols, and freshman Elise Lenahan all were named Honorable Mention All-Big West. Lenahan and fellow freshman Maddy Byrne were both named to the Big West All-Freshman Team.

Ferch and Inskeep have been one of the top pairs in the country this season. They are 27-6 with several victories over No. 1 pairs from some of the top teams in the nation. Earlier this season, they became the winningest pair in program history, currently at 57 career victories.

 

Pairing for the first time this year, Walter and Martinez have been incredible for the Mustangs at the No. 2 spot. They are currently 29-7 this season and have won eight matches in a row.

 

Connor is 25-9 combined this season with different partners. She’s primarily been playing with Madi Nichols at the No. 4 spot in the lineup. Together, they are 17-6 this season. This is the third time Connor has earned All-Big West honors in her career.

Perry is 26-9 combined with different playing partners this year. She has played with Lindsey Sparks at the No. 3 spot the most, going 11-4 together there. This is Perry’s second year in a row earning All-Conference honors.

Sparks is 15-8 this season while playing with four partners. Primarily with the aforementioned Perry, they are11-4 at the No. 3 spot together. Between her time at UCLA and Cal Poly, this is the fourth time in her collegiate career she’s earned All-Conference honors.

Nichols has a combined record of 26-10 this season, split mostly between the No. 3 and No. 4 spots in the lineup. She has played the majority of her matches with Ella Connor at the No. 4 spot, going 17-6 with her. This is the second straight year she has earned All-Big West honors.

Lenahan has a record of 20-8 so far in her rookie campaign, garnering her both All-Big West Honorable Mention and All-Freshman Team honors. She has played almost exclusively at the No. 5 spot and with senior Abbey Reinard. 

Also earning All-Freshman Team honors is Maddy Byrne who went 9-1 this season. She played with two different partners and played primarily at the No. 4 spot when she was in the lineup.

The No. 5 seed Mustangs start the NCAA Championship Friday against No. 11 seed LSU at 1 p.m. PT on ESPN2 and ESPN+.