Lexington, Ky. – The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced the NCAA Division II All-American teams on Wednesday afternoon and West Liberty University was represented by their libero, Nyia Setla, who earned Honorable Mention All-American honors. She becomes just the second player in program history to earn AVCA All-American recognition, joining former teammate Madison Clayton who also garnered honorable mention accolades in 2021. Last season, Setla earned D2CCA Third Team All-American honors, however, this is her first career AVCA All-American award.

Setla ended the season ranked second in the MEC in both total digs (579) and digs per set (4.95) while ranking 21^st and 37^th nationally. She recorded double digit digs in 29-of-31 matches this season and had 13 games with 20 or more digs. Earlier this season Setla became only the third player in program history to reach the 2,000 career dig mark, doing so in a win at Salem on October 3rd. She has also added 111 assists (0.95 assists per set) and 37 service aces (0.32 aces per set) this year. Setla currently ranks third nationally in career digs per set (5.49) and fifth in total career digs (2,229) among active DII players. She also ended the season as the program's active leader in career digs per set.

This season Setla was a 4-time MEC Defensive Player of the Week honoree, earned MEC Libero of the Year and All-MEC First Team for the second consecutive year, was named All-Atlantic Region First Team by the AVCA and All-Atlantic Region Second Team by the D2CCA.