FARMINGTON, Utah – Eastern Washington University volleyball player Ashlyn Blotzer has been named Second Team All-Big Sky, as announced by the conference office this morning (March 30). This is the first All-Conference honor of the junior's career, and the first for the Eagles since 2017.
 
Blotzer wrapped up the regular season ranking seventh overall in the Big Sky in hitting percentage with a .295 clip. She averaged 2.26 kills per set, with 163 total kills and only 45 errors on 400 total attempts.
 
The Corona, Calif., native is in her second year with the Eagles after transferring in from UC Riverside prior to her sophomore campaign. She appeared in 72 sets this season and started all 17 matches at the middle blocker spot. Blotzer also led the team with .68 blocks per set, totaling 49 on the year with nine solo.
 
Blotzer helped the Eagles qualify for their first postseason bid at the Big Sky Tournament since 2016. She totaled double-digit kills in eight out of 17 matches this season, including three-straight from March 7 to March 13. She led the Eagles in kills in four matches and in blocks in 10.
 
Blotzer's season-high of 16 kills came in a four-set thriller over Idaho on March 13, helping the Eagles snap an eight-match losing streak to the Vandals. She hit .421 in the match with no errors on 38 total attempts. Blotzer also compiled 14 kills in a five-set victory over Montana on Feb. 22 where she hit .357 with only four errors on 28 total attempts. Her season-high clip of .600 came at Northern Arizona on Feb. 14 (7k-1e-10ta).
 
She recorded at least one block in every match she played in except for one, totaling a season-high seven in the regular season finale at Southern Utah. She also set a season-high three aces against Northern Colorado.
 
In her career for the Eagles, she's played in 183 sets and has totaled 398 kills, good for 2.17 per set, while hitting at a .236 clip. She has garnered 125 total blocks for an average of .68 per set.
 
Blotzer and the rest of the Eagles are preparing to face Weber State in the quarterfinals of the 2021 Big Sky Conference Spring Championships tomorrow (March 31). First serve from Greeley, Colo., is set for 12 p.m. Pacific time on Pluto TV Ch. 1050.