DETROIT -- Rachel Parham (1987), Elisa Joris (2005), Sarha Gosselin (2008), Katarzyna Sak (2010) and now Kayla Giroux (Flat Rock, Mich.), the only American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Americans in the history of Wayne State University.  Wednesday morning, Giroux joined the prestigious club as she was named an AVCA Second Team All-American.

Giroux and Parham are the only two of those five to reach Second Team status as the other three received Honorable Mention distinction.  Also of note, Parham and Joris were both inducted into the Wayne State Hall of Fame in 1999 and 2012, respectively.

This season, Giroux paced the GLIAC and and still ranks ninth nationally in hitting percentage (.404) while churning out 370 kills, good for fourth in the league and 70th in Division II.  Following the league tournament, Giroux was the only middle blocker among the GLIAC's top five kill leaders, the other four being outside hitters.  That .404 hitting percentage is the best in program history crushing her old school record of .3538 that she set last season.  Among the country's leaders, she's still 39th in points per set (4.36), 63rd in total blocks (112) and 66th in kills per set (3.59).

Defensively, the Flat Rock, Mich. native was also one of the league's best blockers statistically.  Giroux racked up more total blocks than all but two players in the conference, including 20 solo blocks, 92 block assists and 1.09 blocks per set (third).  All in all, she set a new career high for kills, kills per set, total attacks (727), hitting percentage, assists (13), service aces (13), aces per set (0.13), digs (60), digs per set (0.58), solo blocks, block assists, total blocks, points (449) and points per set.  Giroux accomplished all of that while playing the fewest sets (103) in a single campaign for her career behind 111 as a sophomore and 110 as a rookie.

Career wise, Giroux's hitting percentage stands at .363, good for first in program history.  She needs 22 kills to reach 1,000, 176 to break into the school's top 10 and 334 more for the all-time top three.

Giroux was one of six players from the GLIAC to be featured on the AVCA's four All-American teams.

First Team
Olivia Henneman-Dallape - Ferris State - Outside Hitter (Player of the Year)

Second Team
Giroux - Middle Blocker
Kaylee Maat - Ferris State - Setter

Third Team
Jordyn Gates - Grand Valley State - Setter

Honorable Mention
Claire Nowicki - Ferris State - Outside Hitter
Jacqueline Smith - Northern Michigan - Outside Hitter

The junior standout will be named CSC Academic All-District for the second time in as many seasons on Dec. 17 and be in the running for an Academic All-American nod to be announced on Jan. 14.  CSC Academic All-America consists of a First Team, Second Team and Third Team while the total number of members has varied year to year.  Giroux will look to be WSU volleyball's first-ever Academic All-American.