Whitney Campbell’s senior year was filled with success and accolades.

She can add one more big accomplishment to her list.

The former outside hitter for the Scotland volleyball team signed her letter of intent to continue her athletic career at East Carolina University.

She chose to sign with the Pirates over offers from Winston-Salem State, Fayetteville State, UNC-Pembroke and UNC-Charlotte.

For the Southeastern Conference’s reigning co-player of the year, it is very exciting to be able to do something that she loves on the collegiate level.

"I saw that ECU was trying to build a program because the coach is new and I decided that I wanted be a part of that rebuilding process," Campbell said on choosing East Carolina. "It's an exciting feeling to be able to do something that I love in college."

Besides signing and being named player of the year in volleyball, Campbell was also named to the all-SEC soccer team late last month to go along with being named to the Mid-Southeastern Conference volleyball squad her first three years of high school.

She also set a season record this fall with 330 kills on the way to setting a career mark of 780 kills on varsity, a school record.

"Among all the things that I've accomplished this year between volleyball and soccer, I would say that signing is probably the biggest thing this year and maybe even in my whole life." said Campbell on where signing ranks among all the things she's accomplished.

One of the main reasons that Campbell chose to play for the Pirates was because of the level of competition, something that she and Coach David Barnes weighed heavily on.

"You look at the teams that she's going to be playing against and the competition. We talked about whether she wanted to play against smaller schools or have a chance to play against some of the bigger schools,” Barnes said. “She wanted to play against the best competition and she knew that she could, so that another reason for choosing East Carolina."

Campbell’s mother, Julia Everett, is happy to see her daughter do what she loves and gives both Barnes and assistant coach Shelly Barnes alot of credit.

"I'm just happy to see her do something that she wanted to do and have a chance to really excel at it," said Everett. "Coach (Barnes) stayed on her and pushed her to get better. I liked that and he didn't give up on her when she wanted to give up. She's had two wonderful coaches, I could not have asked for two better people to guide her."

(David) Barnes knows that replacing someone of Campbell’s caliber will be tough but he has enjoyed an opportunity to watch her develop not only on the court but also in the classroom.

"She's been an ideal person to work with. She's got good grades, I never had one problem with her at practice, never had an excuse, never back talked,” Barnes said. "When you talk about an ideal student-athlete, she's been that, producing on court and in classroom."

“This is a demanding program and it asks alot but it also gives alot and I'm glad that its worked out that great for her,” added Barnes.