Georgia McGovern Helps All-Star Team to Championship of European Global Challenge

PULA, Croatia - Senior setter Georgia McGovern of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's volleyball team helped her NCAA All-Star team earn the championship of the European Global Challenge this summer.

McGovern's team, BIP SE, consisted of players who played at the NCAA Division I, II and III levels, and they defeated a Division I team, the Mountain West Conference All-Stars, in the final. The championship match was a thriller, with BIP SE taking the fifth set 16-14 for the narrow win, defeating a Mountain West team that had been the tournament's defending champions. 

During pool play, BIP SE also defeate PSA FireAnts, a Turkish professional club, the Slovenian U20 national team, Slovenian professional team NKBM Branik, and WorldWiseVolley, an international club. 

McGovern helped CMS reach the NCAA Division III Semifinals this season, the second time she has been part of the final four with the Athenas (along with 2022). She was an AVCA first-team All-America selection, and earned the AVCA Region X Player of the Year, as well as capturing first-team All-American honors. 

McGovern will return to action for the Athenas in August, when they open up the 2024 season by co-hosting the Pacific Coast Classic.