McKiel Earns Player of the Year Honors; Potter Also Earns All-Conference
MELBOURNE, Fla. – Two University of Tampa volleyball players have earned All-Sunshine State Conference honors. Katie McKiel earned first-team honors and Kamari Potter earned second-team honors. McKiel also was named Sunshine State Conference Player of the Year.
McKiel, an outside hitter from Colorado Springs, Colo., becomes the 11th Spartan to be named Player of the Year and the first since 20161. For the season, McKiel led the league in total attempts (1,160), kills (433), and kills per set (3.77). She was also 21st in digs (277) and 29th in digs per set (2.41).
Potter, a middle blocker from Daytona Beach, Fla. earned second-team honors after a solid year for Tampa. She finished the year with 251 kills which ranked third on the team. She would also finish the regular season with a .359 hitting percentage, which was third among all qualified athletes in the SSC.
SSC Volleyball History: ALL-SSC Teams | Players & Coaches of the Year | Conference Champions | National Champions
Player of the Year: Katie McKiel, Tampa
Freshman of the Year: Sam Wolf, Palm Beach Atlantic
Newcomer of the Year: Sam Wolf, Palm Beach Atlantic
Coach of the Year: Adam Milewski, Lynn
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2019 Volleyball ALL-SSC First Team |
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Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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OH |
Tampa |
Jr. |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
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OH |
Sonja Udovcic^‡ |
Lynn |
Jr. |
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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OH |
Marine Kinna |
Lynn |
Jr. |
Guethary, France |
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MB |
Anilise Fitzi~ |
Saint Leo |
Sr. |
Walton, New Zealand |
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OH |
Kristina Filimonova^#@Δ |
Barry |
Sr. |
Moscow, Russia |
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S |
Alyssa Rudd |
Embry-Riddle |
Sr. |
Tallahassee, Fla. |
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L |
Olivia Roa*# |
Embry-Riddle |
Sr. |
Port Orange, Fla. |
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- |
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2019 Volleyball ALL-SSC Second Team |
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Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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OH |
Ally Ford |
Nova Southeastern |
Jr. |
Leesburg, Va. |
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OH |
Megi Buvinic^~ † |
Barry |
Sr. |
Umag, Croatia |
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OH |
Sam Wolf |
Palm Beach Atlantic |
Fr. |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
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M |
Tampa |
So. |
Daytona Beach, Fla. |
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MB |
Kishara Gordon |
Barry |
Sr. |
Stouffville, Ontario |
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MB |
Anastasiia Samokhvalova* |
Barry |
Jr. |
Moscow, Russia |
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L |
Audren Rose^~ |
Barry |
Sr. |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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- |
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2019 Volleyball ALL-SSC Newcomer Team |
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Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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OH |
Sam Wolf |
Palm Beach Atlantic |
Fr. |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
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OH |
Ally Ford |
Nova Southeastern |
Jr. |
Leesburg, Va. |
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MH |
Alex Boone |
Nova Southeastern |
Jr. |
Burnsville, N.C. |
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OH |
Jordan Schumacher |
Embry-Riddle |
Jr. |
Delray Beach, Fla. |
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MB |
Victoria Macaluso |
Lynn |
So. |
Lone Tree, Colorado |
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S |
Sydney Case |
Eckerd |
So. |
Lakeville, Minn. |
^ = 2018 First Team All-SSC * = 2018 Second Team All-SSC ~ = 2018 All-SSC Newcomer Team
† = 2018 Newcomer of the Year # = 2017 First Team All-SSC ‡ = 2017 All-SSC Newcomer Team
@ = 2016 All-SSC Newcomer Team Δ = 2016 Freshman of the Year
1 Eleven Tampa athletes have been named Player of the Year a combined 15 times, led by Berkley Whaley (2013, 2014, 2015). Allee Stelogeannis (2016) was the previous winner for UT.