NASHVILLE – Two Trevecca Nazarene University volleyball standouts earned All-Gulf South Conference honors Wednesday as senior middle blocker Katilyn Grant repeated as a first-team selection and sophomore setter Brynne Krangnes earned a spot on the second team, as voted on by the league's head coaches.

The awards arrive as the fifth-seeded Trojans (14-14, 11-7 GSC) prepare to open the 2026 GSC Volleyball Championship against fourth-seeded Lee (16-10, 11-7) at 7 p.m. Central Thursday, Nov. 12, at Spragins Hall in Huntsville, Ala. The meeting is the third between the teams this season, with each winning on the road.

GRANT | FIRST TEAM, SECOND CONSECUTIVE SEASON
Grant leads Trevecca into the postseason with 324 kills, a .344 hitting percentage and 364 points. She finished among the GSC leaders in kills, hitting percentage and points per set, and recorded a season-high 19 kills in the Trojans' Oct. 6 sweep of Montevallo.

The senior was named to the preseason All-GSC team, earned GSC Offensive Player of the Week honors Sept. 29 and added Tennessee Sports Writers Association Volleyball Player of the Week recognition Oct. 20. She reached 1,000 collegiate kills Oct. 9 at West Alabama and takes 1,123 collegiate kills, including 687 at Trevecca, into Thursday's quarterfinal.

Grant also has postseason credentials. In last season's five-set GSC semifinal victory over UAH, she produced 18 kills on .390 hitting and nine blocks as Trevecca advanced to its first GSC championship match. This is her second consecutive All-GSC first-team honor.

KRANGNES | SECOND TEAM IN FIRST TREVECCA SEASON
Krangnes earned second-team honors in her first season on the Hill, directing the Trojan offense with 849 assists and eight assist-dig double-doubles. Her 8.84 assists per set placed her among the top setters in the GSC. She received TSWA Volleyball Player of the Week honors Sept. 29 and was recognized as a GSC preseason Newcomer to Watch.

Krangnes delivered a career-high 47 assists and 12 digs in Trevecca's five-set win at Lee on Oct. 3. More recently, she paired 37 assists with a career-high 20 digs in the Nov. 6 four-set victory over Mississippi Christian, her eighth double-double of the season.

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Trevecca and Lee split their regular-season meetings. The Trojans won 3-2 in Cleveland on Oct. 3 before the Flames answered with a 3-0 victory in Nashville on Oct. 31. Grant totaled 22 kills in the two matches, including 12 on .346 hitting in the rematch. Krangnes handed out a combined 77 assists.

The teams finished tied at 11-7 in GSC play, with Lee claiming the No. 4 seed on the head-to-head sets tiebreaker. The winner advances to Friday's 2:30 p.m. semifinal against the winner of top-seeded UAH and No. 8 Christian Brothers. The championship match is Saturday at noon, with the league's automatic NCAA Division II tournament berth on the line.

Trevecca makes its third GSC tournament appearance in as many seasons in the conference. The Trojans reached their first GSC final in 2025 after beating UAH in the semifinals. This season, they handed regular-season champion UAH its only GSC defeat, a five-set victory Sept. 22, and won six consecutive matches during a September-October surge.