FRISCO, Texas – Nicholls State University volleyball outside hitter Tamara Chavez has been named All-Southland Second Team, as the league office announced Wednesday its all-conference teams and awards for the 2025 season.
 
A native of Lima, Peru, Chavez is the first Colonel volleyball player to garner All-Southland recognition since 2021.
 
Chavez joined the Colonels this season after transferring and made an immediate impact. This season, she saw action in 95 sets across 29 matches and recorded totals of 420 kills, 179 digs, and 34 blocks. Her 420 kills is the 10th most in program history and is the most in a single season since 2006.
 
Chavez recorded a season high of 29 kills in a win over Arkansas Pine-Bluff and had seven double-doubles this season. Additionally, earlier this season, she tallied her 1,000 career kills during a win over Grambling. She was one of the most dominant offensive players in the nation as she led the SLC in kills per set (4.45) which ranked 26th nationally. Chavez was named SLC Offensive Player of the Week twice including the final week of the season where she recorded 47 kills (6.7k/s) while hitting .324 as the team split contests against Southeastern and UNO.