LANCASTER, Pa. – Mary Huegel (Marlboro, N.J./Colts Neck), a graduating senior on the Gettysburg volleyball team, has been named the Centennial Conference (CC) female Scholar-Athlete of the Year, announced on Wednesday.

The Conference recognizes a Scholar-Athlete of the Year in each of its 24 championship sports to a junior or senior member of the All-Conference team with the highest cumulative grade-point average. The overall Scholar-Athletes of the Year are presented to the student with the highest GPA among the 12 men and 12 women's winners.

Huegel is the third Bullet to earn the honor, including the second straight but first female winner, since the award was introduced in 2016. Swimmer Oliver Pickering was the 2022 male winner and men's tennis athlete Mikey Fellman was the male winner last year.

A biochemistry and molecular biology major, Huegel graduated last weekend and was a three-time first-team all-conference performer.

On the court in 2025, the middle blocker claimed her first first-team all-region nod after back-to-back honorable mention honors and was an honorable mention All-American in addition to being named a third-team Academic All-American. She started all 26 matches in which she played and led the team with 104 total blocks. She recorded five or more blocks in eight matches and had at last one in 24 matches. She recorded a double-double with 15 kills and 10 total blocks in a 3-2 win over Dickinson on Oct. 15. She also contributed 180 kills and 28 aces.

For her career, she holds the program record for block assists with 356 and has the most blocks in the rally scoring era in program history with 444.

She has been a regular on the Dean's List as well as being involved in numerous campus organizations, including as vice president of Sceptical Chymists, Director of Academic Affairs and Director of Alumnae Engagement for Alpha Delta Pi and Order of Omega. She has been a teaching assistant in organic chemistry and a BOMBS Peer Mentor. She worked for residential education as an RA and was an X-SIG Summer Researcher.