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Lucas earns Senior CLASS Award 1st-team All-America status

Western Kentucky senior Jessica Lucas sets the ball against Kentucky during the second round match in the NCAA Tournament at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington on Saturday.

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After becoming just the second player in Western Kentucky volleyball history to be named a finalist for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award, setter Jessica Lucas has earned First-Team All-America status, the committee announced Wednesday. Lucas is the first Lady Topper to land on the award’s top team as Ashley Potts finished on the second team.

“Jessica Lucas exemplifies everything that is good about college athletes,” WKU head coach Travis Hudson said in a news release.