BATON ROUGE – Three LSU volleyball players picked up All-SEC honors Sunday afternoon as announced by the league office. Taylor Bannister was named to the All-SEC team, while Samarah Hill and Karli Rose garner SEC All-Freshman honors.
This is Bannister’s third-straight All-SEC honor as she was named to the All-SEC team in 2017 and 2018. The All-Freshman accolades are the 13th and 14th in program history.
Bannister led the Tigers a total of 438 kills on the year, averaging 4.29 kills per set. In conference action, she led the whole league with 4.82 kills per set. She finished second in points per set at 5.51. Bannister had a total of six double-doubles on the year and finished the three-set win over Auburn on Nov. 17 with 26 kills, tied for most kills in a three set match. She finished all but three matches in double-digit kills with a season-high of 29 in five sets at Georgia. She put together a career-high 16 digs to go along with 25 kills against Mississippi State on Nov. 3.
Hill was second on the team in kills in conference play with 174 kills, averaging 2.68 per set. She had 11 aces in conference action and finished with 164 digs, averaging 2.52 per set. Hill’s best match of the year came against Texas A&M on Nov. 10, finishing with a career-high of 20 kills and nine digs. She finished with four double-doubles on the year with a career-high of 18 against nationally-ranked Florida. On the season, Hill tallied 262 kills, averaging 2.59 per set and 243 digs, averaging 2.41 per set.
Rose started every match at setter and averaged 9.52 assists on the year, totaling 962. In conference action, she ranked fifth in the league with 10.19 assists per set. She led the squad to eight matches of a .250 hitting percentage or higher. Rose finished with nine double-doubles, five coming in SEC matches. She had a career-high of 55 assists and 11 digs at Tennessee on Oct. 10. She was one kill short of a triple double-double against Iowa State as she finished with 32 assists, a career-high 24 digs and nine kills.
The Tigers finished the 2019 season with a 15-13 record and a seventh place finish in the SEC with a 9-9 mark.
All-SEC Team
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Thayer Hall |
Florida |
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Paige Hammons |
Florida |
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Rachael Kramer |
Florida |
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Meghan Donovan |
Georgia |
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Kacie Evans |
Georgia |
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Gabby Curry |
Kentucky |
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Leah Edmond |
Kentucky |
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Madison Lilley |
Kentucky |
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Alli Stumler |
Kentucky |
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LSU |
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Kylie Deberg |
Missouri |
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Andrea Fuentes |
Missouri |
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Tyanna Omazic |
Missouri |
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Mikayla Robinson |
South Carolina |
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Mikayla Shields |
South Carolina |
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Tessa Grubbs |
Tennessee |
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Camille Conner |
Texas A&M |
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Hollann Hans |
Texas A&M |
All-Freshman Team
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Alyiah Wells |
Alabama |
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Jillian Gillen |
Arkansas |
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Kacie Evans |
Georgia |
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LSU |
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LSU |
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Lauren Davis |
Texas A&M |
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Treyaunna Rush |
Texas A&M |
Player of the Year: Leah Edmond, Kentucky
Libero of the Year: Gabby Curry, Kentucky
Freshman of the Year: Kacie Evans, Georgia
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Rachael Kramer, Florida
Coach of the Year: Laura “Bird” Kuhn, Texas A&M
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