Throughout the summer of 2015, GoIslanders.com will look back at the best moments and athletic performances from the 2014-15 school year.
Every Tuesday, we will bring you one of the top 10 individual performances, with Thursdays bringing the year's top 10 moments. Be sure to keep tabs on GoIslanders.com throughout the summer to celebrate all the great moments.
Top Performance #4: Brianna Brink Earns AVCA Honorable Mention All-America
In the process of selecting individual performances, one individual stood out not for any one specific moment, but for the tremendous consistency that led to her being named the first All-American in her sport's history at the Island University.
Brianna Brink had a number of outstanding individual performances, for certain – of note, against Houston Baptist on Oct. 4, when she posted 20 kills and a career-best 20 digs. Or later in the year against the Huskies, when she tied a career-high 24 kills on Nov. 21 in the Southland Conference Tournament.
But as impressive as these performances were, none shone as brightly as the collective body of work, as Brink became the first player in Islanders history to take home All-America recognition after the season.
During her senior campaign, she started in 33 of the Islanders' 35 matches she played in and tied the Islanders' single-season record for sets played with 129. She also led the team with 471 kills, which is a single-season record for the Islanders, and hit a team-best 3.65 kills per set, which ranks fourth for a single-season in Islanders history. Defensively, Brink finished fourth on the team with 313 digs and second with 71 blocks, including 68 block assists. She concluded the season with 12 double-doubles on the year.
In addition to her All-America recognition, Brink garnered AVCA Southwest Region First-Team honors and earned First Team All-Southland Conference honors for the first time in her career. She was recently named the Southland's nominee for the 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year – one of 57 Division I student-athletes still in the running for the prestigious award.
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Top Moments
June 11 - #10: WBB Knocks Off Cowgirls
June 18 - #9: Soccer's Comeback vs. ACU
June 25 - #8: Islanders Clinch First SLC Series Win of the Season over Nicholls
July 2 - #7: Dance Records Program-Best Finish at NDA Nationals
July 9 - #6: Men's Tennis Clinches SLC Tournament Title
July 16 - #5: Volleyball's Five-Set Thriller over HBU in SLC Tournament
July 23 - #4: Men's Basketball Wins Momentous Homecoming Game
Top Performances
June 16 - #10: Celia Rodriguez Lifts Islanders Past Nicholls
June 23 - #9: Shay Weaver's Career Night
June 30 - #8: Golf Posts Strong Close to SLC Championship
July 7 - #7 Brittney Morse's Impressive Performance at ACU
July 14 - #6 Jordan Lifts Islanders Past UIW
July 21 - #5 Philipp Baar's Stellar Run in Alabama
July 28 - #4: Brianna Brink Earns AVCA Honorable Mention All-America
