Volleyball | 5/22/2017 1:07:00 PM

STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern volleyball coach Dustin Wood announced today that April Luther (Tarzana, Calif./UTEP/Poway) will join the Eagles' 2017 roster.

April Luther, 6-2, S, Tarzana, Calif./UTEP/Poway, EPIC VBC
Before Georgia Southern: Spent the last three years at UTEP • Redshirted in 2014 and came off the bench in four matches and played in eight sets for the Miners in 2015 • Recorded 10 assists, four digs, two kills and a service ace in her season debut at Southern Miss (10/23) • Registered a dig in the other three matches played • Totaled seven digs on the season • C-USA SAAC Co-Vice President and UTEP Representative • SAAC Vice President and Volleyball Representative • UTEP Representative 2015 SAAC Leadership Conference • UTEP Representative at 2015 APPLE Conference • Miner Gems Mentoring Program participant and logged 822 Community service hours • Played for coach Breezy Ambort at Poway High School in 2013 • Assisted the Titans to a 21-14 record while recording 90 kills, 49 blocks, 56 digs and 19 aces • Was 2013 CIF Runner up • Garnered All-League honors 2012 • Played beach volleyball from 2011-2012 • Played for coach Dave Profitt on Epic Volleyball Club team.
Wood on Luther: "We are so excited to have April join us. She brings experience and great leadership abilities as a setter, and she will also help lead us through her experiences in the locker room.  She's 6-foot-2, which allows her to be aggressive offensively. Our passers will have to adjust to her and pass the ball tighter for her to be able to maximize her setting abilities in our system. She can move the ball around and has good tempo and location. Our younger setters can learn a lot from her in the gym and off the court. She is already here taking classes and working out and setting in the gym on her own. I am very excited to see how the energy she brings into the gym will affect the others, especially playing the setting position. We can't wait to get her on the court on with us August 5th."

Georgia Southern finished third in the East Division in 2016, and the Eagles return five of their seven starters and 15 letterwinners to the 2017 team.

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