IRVING, Texas. – A year after setting the program's single season digs record, Charlotte's Yumi Garcia has been named to the Conference USA preseason team announced by league officials on Thursday afternoon. The Niners were selected seventh in the 13-team league in the preseason poll as voted on by the conference's head coaches.
Garcia popped up 617 digs in her first season with the 49ers last year topping the old nine-year-old mark by 46 digs. It was the 13th-most digs in a single C-USA season averaging 5.27 digs/set which also led the league. All led to C-USA's Libero of the Year honors at year's end.