SACRAMENTO — Sacramento State had four players named to the Big Sky Volleyball all-conference team - two first teamers and two second teamers - as the Hornets were rewarded for finishing the regular season with a 10-6 league mark.

Middle blocker Kalani Hayes and outside hitter Bridgette Smith were named to the first team. In addition, setter Ashtin Olin and middle blocker Tiyanane Kamba-Griffin were selected to the second team. Smith has now been named first team two straight seasons, and Olin has accomplished the very rare feat of five straight seasons of second team accolades.

Hayes has earned all-league honors three straight years (second team the last two years), and Kamba-Griffin receives her first career all-conference mention.

Sacramento State (14-14, 10-6), the No. 4 seed, will open Big Sky Tournament play (Ogden, Utah) on Wednesday at noon PST, when it takes on No. 5 Montana in the quarterfinal round. The winner of that match will advance to the semifinals on Friday afternoon at the single elimination tournament. Sacramento State enters the tournament having won three of its last four matches.

Kalani Hayes • MB • Jr. • First Team
Earned all-conference accolades for the third straight season…team tri-captain…named first team all-league for the first time after receiving second team honors each of the last two years…has been brilliant all season, and has started all 28 matches…averaging 1.96 kills and 1.13 blocks per set to go with a .309 hitting percentage…raised those numbers in conference play to 2.10 kills and 1.26 blocks to go with a .325 hitting percentage…the blocks per set rank second in Big Sky play, and the hitting percentage is 10th…has six matches with double figures in kills, and 12 matches with at least five blocks…hit .464 in home contests…hit at least .500 in nine different matches…a huge reason the Hornets currently rank 17th in the nation in blocks.
 
Bridgette Smith • OH • Jr. • First Team
Second straight year being named first team all-Big Sky…team tri-captain…has been named all-conference each of her three seasons, including second team as a freshman…leads the Hornets in kills and ranks fifth in the league with 3.49 per set in league play…ranks second in the Big Sky with 0.41 aces per set in league…has tallied double figures in kills on 18 occasions with seven double-doubles (kills and digs)…a six-rotation outside hitter who is one of the Hornets' primary passers…already has 839 career kills despite playing just 71 matches…has tallied double digits in kills 48 times in her career…has nine matches this year with multiple aces, which includes racking up six aces vs. Nevada and Idaho.
 
Ashtin Olin • S • Sr. • Second Team
Olin received second team all-Big Sky accolades for a remarkable fifth straight season…team tri-captain…currently has healthy averages of 0.70 kills, 9.41 assists, 0.29 aces, 2.57 digs and 0.76 blocks per set while hitting .277…averaging 9.93 assists in Big Sky play, which is fifth best in the league…has 15 double-doubles (assists and digs) this season, and 54 during the course of her career…posted at least 40 assists on 12 occasions this year…her total of 1,045 assists are currently the 60th best mark in the nation…has started all 28 matches…her 4,257 career assists rank seventh in program history, and her 144 aces are the 10th best mark…first player in program history to earn all-league accolades five times.
 
Tiyanane Kamba-Griffin • MB • Sr. • Second Team
Had a breakout season and was named all-league for the first time in her career…averaging 1.52 kills and 1.13 blocks per set to go with a .338 hitting percentage in Big Sky play…both the blocks per set and hitting percentage rank fourth in the league…her 130 blocks are the 46th best mark in the nation…has tallied at least five blocks on 14 occasions…has hit better than .300 in five of the last six matches, including 10 kills, nine blocks and .533 two weeks ago vs. Idaho…at home this season, she hit .343 with 1.30 blocks per set…has played in 109 of a possible 111 sets, and has been a starter in all but three matches…has started all 16 conference matches…a huge reason the Hornets currently rank 17th in the nation in blocks.