GREENSBORO, N.C. – Georgia Tech volleyball’s Julia Bergmann and Matti McKissock were each selected to the 2020 All-ACC Academic Volleyball Team, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced on Thursday.
The announcement marks Bergmann’s second such honor in as many years and McKissock’s first selection to the team.
Each student-athlete named to the All-ACC Academic Volleyball Team has maintained a career GPA of 3.0 or higher and posted a 3.0 GPA or higher in the most recent semester. Along with each honoree’s academic achievements, Bergmann (physics major) and McKissock (business administration major) were also honored for their athletic prowess as each of the team’s members were tabbed at least All-Region Honorable Mentions, All-ACC, received an ACC Player or Freshman of the Week honor or ranked in the top five in the league in an individual stat category.
Bergmann and McKissock both had strong hands in propelling the Jackets to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament in 2020. Bergmann earned recognition for her efforts as an AVCA Division I Honorable Mention All-America selection after being unanimously selected to the All-ACC First Team and All-AVCA East Coast All-Region team. McKissock also garnered ACC and AVCA recognition as she was named All-ACC Second Team and AVCA East Coast All-Region Honorable Mention despite missing time and playing through injury.
Bergmann led the Jackets when the lights were the brightest with a historic performance in the First Round of the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship. In her first career match in the Big Dance, she piled up 31 kills against Lipscomb for the most ever by a Yellow Jacket in an NCAA Tournament match and the most by a Georgia Tech player in any outing in almost 16 years (Talisa Kellogg – 35 vs. Virginia, Oct. 22, 2005). Bergmann became only the sixth player in Tech history to ever record as many as 31 kills in a single match. The Munich, Germany native finished second on the team with 269 kills as well as 186 digs and led the team with 30 aces on the year. Amongst the conference, the outside hitter finished second in aces per set (0.47) and points per set (4.97) as well as third in kills per set (4.20). Bergmann was named ACC Co-Player of the Week (10/13) for her contributions in back-to-back sweeps of Florida State.
McKissock meanwhile continued to bolster her legacy by orchestrating the Jacket offense and climbing through the Georgia Tech record books as she’s moved into ninth in program history in career assists with 2,792 after tallying a team-high 476 this season.
Georgia Tech now prepares for its upcoming fall slate after concluding the 2020 season by advancing to the Second Round of the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship for the first time since 2004. The Yellow Jackets took down Lipscomb in the First Round for their first NCAA Tournament win in nearly 21 years. The berth in the Big Dance alone marked the 10th time in program history, the first for the Yellow Jackets since 2009 and the first appearance under coach Michelle Collier.
Tech had three total Jackets receive yearly honors in Mariana Brambilla (AVCA All-American, All-ACC First Team), Bergmann and McKissock, each of whom will return next season.
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