ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Senior UNM volleyball player Chantale Riddle has been named an AVCA Honorable Mention All-America as the AVCA announced Wednesday. She becomes the first player in program history to be selected as an All-American three times and it is the first three-time All-American selection for head coach Jeff Nelson. She passes former Lobo and Olympian Pauline Manser, who was the Lobos first two-time All-American.
“I am so happy for Chantale and know that she is very deserving of this honor,” said head coach Jeff Nelson. “She is one of the best athletes I have had the pleasure to coach. Her records and time at UNM speaks to her great abilities.”
The three-time All-American goes down as one of the most decorated players in the history of Lobo volleyball. This season she picked up many non-conference tournament accolades to go along with two Mountain West Player of the Week selections, a Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week selection, First Team All-Mountain West and AVCA Honorable Mention All-Pacific South Region.
This season she became UNM’s all-time career leader in kills with 1,623 and in points with 1,910. She also became the Mountain West all-time career leader in kills which was broken in her final match in a Lobo uniform, collecting 22 kills in a three-set sweet of Air Force.
She finished 2014 ranked first among the Mountain West in points with 4.67 per set and second in kills with 3.90 per set. Riddle ranks in the top 70 in the nation in four categories, including 43rd in points per set (4.67), 59th in total kills (441), 62nd in total blocks (136) and kills per set (3.90).
Riddle has professional volleyball in sight but is currently unsure of where she will be going. Last Friday, the Lobo earned her biggest achievement of her UNM career: a degree in family studies.