Chattanooga beach volleyball was well-represented once again on Tuesday, when Neva Clark, McKenna Faychak, Maddie Lecik and Corina Vale each received spots on the CSC Academic All-District Team, as announced by the College Sports Communicators.
This marks the second consecutive year in which the Sandy Mocs brought in a program record of four honorees in the same year. For Clark, Faychak and Lecik, they each become the first-ever two-time CSC Academic All-District honorees in program history.
To receive CSC Academic All-District distinction, student-athletes that are nominated must possess a 3.5 cumulative GPA as well as have been in the lineup for a minimum of 70 percent of matches which were team scoring events.
The quartet of Mocs representing UTC’s beach volleyball program this year were nominated through the CSC Academic All-District At-Large pool, which includes NCAA sponsored sports such as: beach volleyball, bowling, rowing, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, water polo and wrestling.
Neva Clark solidified herself as one of Chattanooga’s and one of the Ohio Valley Conference’s all-time greats in 2025, receiving OVC Player of the Year and OVC Pair of the Year honors for the third time of her career after posting a 23-7 record on the year including a perfect 10-0 record in OVC play.
Clark raked in countless other honors including becoming an AVCA Top Flight honoree for the first time of her career, and she leaves Chattanooga as the program’s all-time winningest player with 76 career victories.
Away from the beach courts, Clark was a standout for the Mocs in the classroom after raking in Dean’s List and AD Honor Roll distinctions to close out her time at UTC. Finishing with a 3.772 cumulative GPA, Clark walked the stage in 2024 to receive her degree in Exercise & Health Science and has spent the past year working towards her MS in Management.
McKenna Faychak put together yet another impressive outing for the Sandy Mocs in 2025, ending her year with a 23-6 record (9-1 OVC) marking a new single-season high for her for total wins. The Delray Beach, Florida, native brought in All-Conference accolades for the third-straight season to punctuate her season while also being named as an AVCA Top Flight honoree.
Faychak has been an equally impressive force for the Sandy Mocs when it comes to her academic pursuits, as the Exercise & Health Science major raked in Dean’s List and AD Honor Roll honors once again after posting back-to-back 4.0 semesters for the 2024-25 academic school year. Faychak currently holds a 3.937 cumulative GPA.
Maddie Lecik, playing alongside Faychak in UTC’s Court 2 pairing, also wrapped up her junior campaign with a 23-6 record and First Team All-OVC honors. She, too, became an AVCA Top Flight honoree for the first time in her career after posting the second 20+ win season of her collegiate career.
Lecik wraps up her junior year holding a 3.941 cumulative GPA as she pursues her degree in Criminal Justice from UTC. Much like her aforementioned teammates, Lecik is a regular on UTC’s Dean’s List and AD Honor Roll and posted a perfect 4.0 GPA for the 2024-25 school year.
Corina Vale continued to etch her name into UTC’s and the OVC’ record books in 2025 after becoming one-half of the OVC Pair of the Year for the second consecutive season. With a record of 23-7 (10-0 OVC), Vale finished with her first-ever 20+ win season as a Moc alongside earning AVCA Top Flight status for the first time of her career.
Vale receives her spot on the CSC Academic All-District Team for the first time in her young career, as the Wilmington, North Carolina, native currently holds a 3.577 GPA as her sophomore year comes to a close. A multi-time Dean’s List and AD Honor Roll honoree, Vale is pursuing her degree in Exercise & Health Science from UTC and is on pace to graduate early.