WEST BABYLON, N.Y. – On Thursday (Nov. 16) morning the East Coast Conference office announced the 2023 Volleyball All-Conference teams and three Queens College student-athletes were honored for their performance during the regular season.
 
The duo of outside hitters junior Christina Franco (Lynbrook, N.Y.) and sophomore Kendall Conrad (Carrolltown, PA), and junior setter Despina Boudouris (Athens, Greece) were awarded ECC Second Team All-Conference honors as announced by the league office Thursday morning.
 
For the second straight year, the Knights earned three All-Conference selections. Conrad and Boudouris earned Second Team honors for the first time in their career, while Franco ended a two-year straight streak of earning ECC Honorable Mention on the final award sheet to become the third Knight on the All-ECC Second Team.
 
Over the course of the regular season, the trio would not only set new program records but new career bests as they helped the Knights return to ECC postseason play for the second straight year.
 

Despina Boudouris | Athens, Greece | Junior | Setter – Second Team All-Conference

It would be a career year for the junior as she recorded 822 assists, 34 service aces, 206 digs and 23 kills as she played 23 matches starting in 89 sets.
 
Boudouris would record 10 double-doubles and broke the most Assists in a single match twice. She would break the previous record of 55 assists as she totaled 56 assists in the 3-2 victory over Roberts Wesleyan on Oct. 8.
 
On Nov. 5, she would break her own record and set a new single-match record of 57 assists in the 3-1 victory over D'Youville.
 
The 822 assists enter Boudouris into the 13^th All-Time spot on the Single Season Assists Record, while her 1857 career assists move the junior into seventh All-Time and just 15 away from moving into sixth All-Time.
 

Christina Franco | Lynbrook, N.Y. | Junior | Outside Hitter – Second Team All-Conference

After earning ECC Honorable Mention for the past two years, Franco would pick up the tempo this year as she recorded 228 kills, 36 assists, and 268 digs to go with 20 blocks as she played in 22 matches appearing in 85 total sets to go with nine double-doubles.
 
On two different occasions, Franco would set a new career high in kills as she recorded 23 kills in the victories over Roberts Wesleyan and D'Youville.
 
She would set a career-high of five service aces in the victory over St. Thomas Aquinas College.
 
In three years Franco has recorded 623 kills which enters her into the Top 15 in All-Time Career Kills, and the 804 digs move her into 11^th All-Time.
 

Kendall Conrad | Carolltown, PA | Sophomore | Outside Hitter – Second Team All-Conference

 
After an impressive rookie campaign, the sophomore would take her game to the next level this year with a career year to earn her first All-Conference honors.
 
She would record 300 kills (first on the team), 37 service aces, 184 digs, and 36 blocks as she recorded five double-doubles while appearing in all 23 matches and playing in 89 sets.
 
After tying a career-best of 20 kills against D'Youville on September 24, the sophomore would record a new career-best of 24 kills in five sets against Adelphi on Oct. 19.
 
In two seasons in Flushing Conrad has recorded 530 kills, 40 service aces, and 253 digs to go with 78 blocks.

Next Match

The trio will now look to lead the Knights to their first ECC Title in 20 years as they open the 2023 ECC Postseason Tournament against defending champions Daemen University Wildcats in Amherst, N.Y. Friday (Nov. 17) evening. First serve is set for 5:00 p.m.

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