2024 AVCA DIVISION III VOLLEYBALL ALL-AMERICANS 

MINNEAPOLIS – Outside hitter Bri Van Well (SR, Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury HS) became the 15th Augsburg University volleyball player to earn American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III All-American honors, named as an Honorable Mention All-American on Wednesday.

Earlier, Van Well was named to the All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference squad, MIAC All-Playoff Team and AVCA Division III All-Region 9 Team. It is the first time Van Well has earned All-American honors in her career. Augsburg players have now earned AVCA All-American honors 15 times since the 2013 season.

Playing in her fifth season, Van Well had the best statistical season of her college career, leading the MIAC in total kills (416), with her 3.75 kills per-set average second-best. She hit at a .255 pace, sixth-best among league players, while also contributing 32 blocks (three solo, 0.29 per-set), 222 digs (2.00 per-set) and 23 service aces (0.21 per-set). She had double-digit kills in 25 of her 30 matches on the season, with seven kill-dig double-doubles. She hit .250 or better in 14 matches this season. Van Well's 456.5 points lead all conference players, with her 411 points per-set average third-best.

Playing in 120 career matches, the fourth-most matches played by an Auggie in program history, Van Well finished her career (417 sets) with 1,276 kills, third-most in program history, with her 3.06 kills per-set average third-best, and her .248 career attack percentage ninth-best. She also contributed 139 total blocks (17 solo, 0.33 per-set), 448 digs (1.07 per-set) and 38 service aces in her Auggie career.

Under first-year head coach April Elsbernd, Augsburg finished the 2023 campaign with an overall record of 16-14, holding a 7-4 record in conference play.