Mitchell, S.D. – Ady Dwight of Dakota Wesleyan volleyball has been named to the NAIA All-American First Team. This is Dwight’s third straight season earning All-American First Team honors and fourth All-American honors overall.
Head coach Lindsay Wilber commented on her star players’ third straight selection, “It’s awesome to see Ady pick up her third straight First Team All-American honor. She’s a special player that has impacted this program in so many ways!”
The NAIA All-America teams are selected by the NAIA-VCA Executive Committee during the NAIA Championship. The pool of candidates comes from the All-Conference/CAC teams.
Ady Dwight – Middle Blocker – Langford, S.D.
Played in all 34 matches for the Tigers as a middle blocker and was named the GPAC Attacker-of-the-year while also earning GPAC First Team honors. On top of those honors Dwight for the fourth straight season was named to the AVCA All-Region First Team and third straight year being name to the NAIA All-American First Team. The dominance for Dwight continued in her senior year racking up a staggering 556 kills to go with a career best .345 attack percentage while compiling 97 total blocks. Dwight during the season moved into second all-time in kills at 1,841. Ady was named GPAC Attacker-of-the-week three times during weeks three, six, and ten. Dwight finished the regular season ranked first in the GPAC and NAIA in kills. She was credited with career highs in digs as well with 44 and aces with her 10. Dwight set a new career-high with 29 kills vs. Dakota State (10/3/23) which is the most since at least 2012. Ady had at least 10 kills in 31 of the 34 matches on the season while having 15+ kills in 21 matches. Dwight had a season-high seven total blocks at No. 10 Midland (10/6/23).