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 for the second consecutive year,

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 senior setter from Acworth, Georgia, is the third GCSU volleyball player to earn the award. Swanson, has a 4.00 cumulative grade-point average as an exercise science major with a minor in chemistry.  She has played in five matches and 11 sets for the Bobcats this season.

The Bobcats return to action Thursday (Nov. 12) when they face Salem University at 4:30 p.m. in the first round of the PBC Tournament in St. Augustine, Florida.

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