ORANGE, Calif. — Sasha Pugh was named the SCIAC Newcomer of the Year and Sammy Chambers earned Second Team honors to represent the Chapman University women's volleyball team on the All-SCIAC team. Pugh capped her stellar first year with the major award while Chambers earned her first career postseason award.

Pugh led the Panthers throughout the season and finished her first year with the Panthers as a SCIAC leader. The middle blocker led the conference with 3.78 kills per set in SCIAC matches – half of a kill more than the next best average. She ranked sixth with a .321 hitting percentage and was the only player in the top-10 to take at least 350 swings.

Pugh became the third Chapman Panther to earn the Newcomer of the Year award for the SCIAC, joining Sophie Srivastava (2018) and Cat Helgeson (2019). Chambers is Chapman's third setter to earn All-SCIAC honors, joining rhe club with Srivastava and now Assistant Coach Corrine (Ostrovsky) Blaine.

Chambers led the SCIAC with 7.54 assists per set. She was the only one in the conference to take on the setting role in a 5-1 and directed the Panthers to the fourth-highest hitting percentage in the conference as well as a 7-6 record in conference play – their best record since 2021.

Chapman finished the season with a 12-13 overall record and a fifth place finish in the SCIAC. Chambers was one of five seniors that will graduate in the spring.