DANBURY, Conn. – Middle blocker
Gwen Eustace of the Salisbury University volleyball team added more hardware to her season's haul on Thursday, garnering
Eastern College Athletic Association (ECAC) Offensive Player of the Year honors and a spot on the All-ECAC First Team.
Eustace (Sr. – Olney, Md.) adds the regional league's top offensive title to a 2025 haul of accolades that includes American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) First-Team All-American, First-Team All-Region, First-Team All-Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C), and C2C All-Tournament Team. It's her second career nod from the ECAC following Rookie of the Month in Sept. 2022.
Eustace capped her Sea Gull tenure with a dominant performance, leading all NCAA levels with a .511 hitting percentage and posting top-110 Division III numbers in kills (436), kills per set (3.35), blocks (129), blocks per set (0.99), points (529), and points per set (4.07). She helped lead SU to a 29-7 record and fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, becoming the first player in program history to take the floor in four straight national tournaments.
Now 86 years old, the ECAC is an intercollegiate athletics association with roughly 200 member schools across all NCAA divisions, enhancing the experience of student-athletes by sponsoring championships, leagues, bowl games, tournaments, and other competitions throughout the country.
Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with affiliate membership in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (football, men's & women's swimming), Coastal Lacrosse Conference (men's lacrosse), State University of New York Athletic Conference (field hockey), and Colonial Women's Golf Conference (women's golf). With over 500 student-athletes in 23 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the nation's most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, featuring dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on and off the field. The Sea Gulls have won a combined 23 team national championships, 24 individual national championships, and 206 conference championships, and have produced 53 Academic All-Americans.
To Make Tomorrow Yours at Salisbury University, and learn more about Sea Gull Athletics' tradition of excellence, visit SUSeaGulls.com or follow on social media @SUSeaGulls.
