McFarland and Giang Honored as All-Americans

(LEXINGTON, Ky.) – Senior middle blocker Julianna McFarland and junior outside hitter Kate Giang garnered national accolades from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) with their respective All-America Honorable Mention selections for 2025. Both receive the honor for the first time.

McFarland, who was named the University Athletic Association (UAA) Most Valuable Player and was an AVCA All-Region first team selection, led the UAA in block solos with 38, total blocks with 124 and blocks per set at 1.31 while ranking second in block assists with 88. She finished the regular season third on the Tartans with 197 kills, 2.07 kills per set and a hitting percentage at .270. Here 197 kills ranked fourth in the UAA. In UAA play, she recorded 38 total blocks and ranked second in the association with a hitting percentage of .319.

Giang, who has garnered AVCA All-Region accolades three times in her career, a two-time honorable mention selection while at Wellesley College the past two seasons and a first team honoree this season for the Cardinal and Gray, led the Tartans with 337 kills, 2.91 kills per set and 59 service aces at the end of the regualar season. Her 59 aces ranked second most in the UAA while she ranked fifth in kills and eighth in kills per set in the UAA. Her 339 digs were second most on the team and sixth best in the association. In the Tartans' win over sixth-ranked Johns Hopkins University in September, Giang recorded a career-high 27 digs. The junior also tabbed a career-high seven aces against Saint Vincent.

The tandem helped lead the Tartans to the regional final of the 2025 NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship, as it was the second time in program history the Tartans played for a regional title.

This marks the second straight season that two Tartans were selected to the AVCA All-America team. It is also the sixth time more than one Tartan has made the postseason award list.