GREENWOOD, Ind. (June 17, 2025) – The University of North Alabama beach volleyball team collected four more postseason honors on Tuesday, with Katy Floyd, Ryenne Gepford, Selma Robinson and Lucy Wedding all selected to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team.
This marks another solid postseason haul for the Lions, as the top-flight duo of Floyd and Robinson add to their Atlantic Sun Conference Pair of the Year honor and First Team All-ASUN selections with their first-career CSC Academic awards. Gepford earns the academic distinction for the second-straight year, while Wedding receives her first career postseason award.
To be eligible for the team, the student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically while having at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale. Players also must be in the lineup for 70 percent of all matches played during the season.
Floyd, Robinson, Gepford and Wedding were key pieces from this past season, helping the Lions finish with 18 wins and a berth in the ASUN Conference Tournament. The four also helped UNA secure two wins in the postseason championship.
The No. 1 pair all season, Floyd and Robinson combined for a 22-10 overall record with a 9-1 mark in conference play. The two earned the program's first ASUN Pair of the Year, along with both players setting career milestones on the season. Robinson surpassed the 50 career win mark, while Floyd become the program's all-time career wins leader. Floyd's final win tally rests at 88 while Robinson is fourth all-time with 69 victories.
Gepford's senior season concluded with a 17-14 record with a 6-4 mark in the ASUN. Playing all her matches from the second flight, her season highlight came on opening day with a flight-two win over No. 6 Florida State. Gepford additionally was named to the 2025 ASUN All-Tournament Team.
For Wedding, her first career beach volleyball honor comes after a 12-12 season with a 5-2 record in conference play. She and partner Mabrey Whitehead helped claim a fifth-flight win against No. 16 Georgia State on the season, also securing a win over Jacksonville in the ASUN Tournament opening round.
Floyd and Robinson will also be up for vote in the CSC Academic All-America voting pool, which is selected by sports information directors across the nation. The two look to become the second and third player in program history to achieve the feat, looking to follow behind the program's first winner in Spring 2023 — former standout Paula Klemperer.
The All-America team will be announced Wednesday, July 8.
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