Emily Sonny, Macy Gordon Named AVCA Beach First Team All-Americans
5/12/2021 2:16:00 PM | Beach Volleyball
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — After being named Big West Pairs Team of the Year earlier this week, the awards keep coming in for Cal Poly beach volleyball's Emily Sonny and Macy Gordon were both named AVCA Beach First Team All-Americans Wednesday.
This is the first time in both of their careers that they have been named AVCA All-Americans. They also become the fourth and fifth Mustangs to earn All-American status, joining former Mustangs Torrey Van Winden and Crissy Jones as well as current Mustang Tia Miric.
As Cal Poly's No. 1 pair this season, Sonny and Gordon produced a team-best record of 23-10. They were ranked by collegebeachvb.com as the ninth best pair in the country this year and won Big West Pair of the Week a conference-record four times. They end their careers as the second-winningest pair in program history with 39 career wins together.
Sonny finishes her career as the all-time winningest player in program history with 101 career individual wins, the only Mustang to ever reach the 100+ win mark. She also earned First Team All-Conference honors four times, the only Mustang to ever earn first team nods all four years.
Gordon ends her Cal Poly career as the second-winningest player in program history right behind Sonny with 79 career individual wins. She also earned All-Conference honors three times. Her 26 wins in 2019 are tied for the fourth most wins in a single season in program history.
Sonny and Gordon helped lead Cal Poly to an historic season in 2021. The Mustangs won the program's first NCAA Championship match after beating Stanford 3-2, won 20+ matches for the third time in program history after finishing with a 24-11 overall record, were ranked in the top 10 of the AVCA rankings the entire season, won its second straight Big West Championship and were selected to its second NCAA Championship.
This is the first time in both of their careers that they have been named AVCA All-Americans. They also become the fourth and fifth Mustangs to earn All-American status, joining former Mustangs Torrey Van Winden and Crissy Jones as well as current Mustang Tia Miric.
As Cal Poly's No. 1 pair this season, Sonny and Gordon produced a team-best record of 23-10. They were ranked by collegebeachvb.com as the ninth best pair in the country this year and won Big West Pair of the Week a conference-record four times. They end their careers as the second-winningest pair in program history with 39 career wins together.
Sonny finishes her career as the all-time winningest player in program history with 101 career individual wins, the only Mustang to ever reach the 100+ win mark. She also earned First Team All-Conference honors four times, the only Mustang to ever earn first team nods all four years.
Gordon ends her Cal Poly career as the second-winningest player in program history right behind Sonny with 79 career individual wins. She also earned All-Conference honors three times. Her 26 wins in 2019 are tied for the fourth most wins in a single season in program history.
Sonny and Gordon helped lead Cal Poly to an historic season in 2021. The Mustangs won the program's first NCAA Championship match after beating Stanford 3-2, won 20+ matches for the third time in program history after finishing with a 24-11 overall record, were ranked in the top 10 of the AVCA rankings the entire season, won its second straight Big West Championship and were selected to its second NCAA Championship.
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