AUGUSTA, Ga. | The Peach Belt Conference has announced that Georgia College & State University's Lilly Swanson has earned the league's Elite 18 Award for women's volleyball.

The PBC Elite 18 Award, which is modeled after the NCAA Elite Scholar-Athlete Award (formerly known as the NCAA Elite 90 Award), is given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average at the championship.

Swanson, a junior setter from Acworth, Georgia, is the second GCSU volleyball player to earn the award and the first since 2016 when Katie Raywon it. Swanson, has a 4.00 cumulative grade-point average as ax exercise science major with a minor in chemistry.  She has played in eight matches and 20 sets for the Bobcats this season.

The Bobcats return to action Friday (Nov. 21) when they face the University of South Carolina-Aiken at 7 p.m. in the first round of the PBC Tournament in St. Augustine, Florida.

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