Following its season-opening championship at the Chattanooga Classic, the Valpo volleyball team had a trio of players named to the All-Tournament Team. Junior Jordyn Gove (Amarillo, Texas/Randall) was honored as the Tournament MVP, while fellow juniors Ava Helming (Johnston, Iowa/Johnston) and Maggie Uhwat (Spring Grove, Ill./Richmond Burton Community [Central Michigan]) joined her in receiving All-Tournament honors.
 
Gove earned Tournament MVP accolades after averaging 3.45 kills/set on .235 hitting and 2.55 digs/set while also committing just one serve reception error on 48 attempts. She posted double-doubles in each of the tournament's first two matches, registering 10 kills and 12 digs in the win over UAB before exploding for a career-best 20 kills on .318 hitting to go with 12 digs in the victory over the hosts. Gove closed the tournament with a team-best eight kills on .350 hitting while playing just two sets in the sweep of Tennessee State. Over the course of the weekend, Gove surpassed both 500 career kills and 500 career digs.
 


Coming off of First Team All-MVC honors last season, Helming picked up right where she left off, averaging 3.55 kills/set on .255 hitting while also recording 10 blocks. She opened the weekend with a career-best 22 kills on .356 hitting and six blocks in the win over UAB, and followed later on Friday in the victory over the Mocs with 16 kills, five digs and four blocks.
 


In her first weekend of action as a Beacon, Uhwat earned All-Tournament honors as she averaged 2.45 kills/set and 1.45 digs/set. She opened the tournament by matching her career high in kills in each of the first two matches, posting 11 kills and six digs in the win over UAB and 11 kills, 10 digs and three service aces in the win over Chattanooga — the latter two marks both career bests as well as Uhwat registered her first collegiate double-double.
 
For Helming, this honor marks the fourth All-Tournament Team accolade of her career. Both Gove and Uhwat earned All-Tournament honors for the first time.