Minneapolis, Minn. — The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) is proud to announce the 38th annual AVCA Division I All-America Teams for women's volleyball. The awards will be presented December 14th in Minneapolis, Minn. at the AVCA All-America/Players of the Year Banquet. The event is held in conjunction with the 2018 AVCA Convention.
Each of the three AVCA All-America Teams is comprised of 14 athletes. The Division I TeamSnap/AVCA National Player of the Year will be announced on December 14th at the AVCA All-America/Players of the Year Banquet. This year’s class is led by the lone four-time AVCA All-American recipient in this year’s class: Minnesota Setter Samantha Seliger-Swenson. BYU Middle Blocker Heather Gneiting takes home the 2018 AVCA National Freshman of the Year.
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The selections were made by the AVCA Division I All-America Committee: Chair: Cathy George, Michigan State; East Region:Christy Pfeffenberger, Xavier; East Coast Region: Michelle Collier, Georgia Tech; Midwest Region: Mike Gawlik, Central Michigan; North Region: Shane Davis, Northwestern; Northeast Region: Sabrina King, Princeton; Pacific North Region: Marc Swindle, Air Force; Pacific South Region: Brent Crouch, USC; South Region: Brandon Rosenthal, Lipscomb; Southeast Region: Tom Black, Georgia; Southwest Region: Lindsey Gray-Walton, Oklahoma.
2018 AVCA DIVISION I FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
| Name | School | Pos. | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherridan Atkinson# | Purdue University | RS | Sr. |
| Mikaela Foecke^ | University of Nebraska | OH | Sr. |
| Jenna Gray* | Stanford University | S | Jr. |
| Lyndie Haddock-Eppich | Brigham Young University | S | Sr. |
| Morgan Hentz* | Stanford University | L | Jr. |
| Roni Jones-Perry# | Brigham Young University | OH | Sr. |
| Kathryn Plummer*$ | Stanford University | OH | Jr. |
| Jordyn Poulter# | University of Illinois | S | Sr. |
| Jacqueline Quade | University of Illinois | OH | Jr. |
| Dana Rettke* | University of Wisconsin | MB | So. |
| Stephanie Samedy* | University of Minnesota | RS | So. |
| Samantha Seliger-Swenson^$! | University of Minnesota | S | Sr. |
| Lauren Stivrins | University of Nebraska | MB | So. |
| Kendall White^ | Penn State University | L | Jr. |
2018 AVCA DIVISION I SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
| Name | School | Pos. | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tami Alade | Stanford University | MB | Sr. |
| Allie Barber | Marquette University | OH | Jr. |
| Brooke Botkin | University of Southern California | OH | So. |
| Dani Drews | University of Utah | OH | So. |
| Leah Edmond*% | University of Kentucky | OH | Jr. |
| Shelly Fanning | Baylor University | MB | RS-Jr. |
| Audriana Fitzmorris^ | Stanford University | RS | Jr. |
| Sydney Hilley | University of Wisconsin | S | So. |
| Mary Lake | Brigham Young University | L | Jr. |
| Madison Lilley^ | University of Kentucky | S | So. |
| Regan Pittman | University of Minnesota | MB | RS-So. |
| Carly Skjodt% | University of Michigan | OH | Sr. |
| Ronika Stone | University of Oregon | MB | Jr. |
| Micaya White#$ | University of Texas | OH | Jr. |
2018 AVCA DIVISION I THIRD-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
| Name | School | Pos. | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naghede Abu | University of Colorado | MB | Sr. |
| Kara Bajema | University of Washington | OH | Jr. |
| Ali Bastianelli# | University of Illinois | MB | Sr. |
| Madison Duello | University of Wisconsin | RS | RS-Jr. |
| Heather Gneiting | Brigham Young University | MB | Fr. |
| Kenzie Maloney | University of Nebraska | L | Sr. |
| Nika Markovic | University of Pittsburgh | RS | Jr. |
| Taylor Mims | Washington State University | OH | Sr. |
| Blake Mohler | Purdue University | MB | RS-Jr. |
| Jonni Parker | Penn State University | RS | Fr. |
| August Raskie | University of Oregon | S | Sr. |
| Jordan Thompson | University of Cincinnati | OH | RS-Jr. |
| Lindsey Vander Weide% | University of Oregon | OH | Sr. |
| Jaali Winters+ | Creighton University | OH | Sr. |
* indicates 2017 AVCA First-Team All-America selection
^ indicates 2017 AVCA Second-Team All-America selection
# indicates 2017 AVCA Third-Team All-America selection
$ indicates 2016 AVCA First-Team All-America selection
@ indicates 2016 AVCA Second-Team All-America selection
% indicates 2016 AVCA Third-Team All-America selection
& indicates 2015 AVCA First-Team All-American selection
! indicates 2015 AVCA Second-Team All-America selection
+ indicates a 2015 AVCA Third-Team All-American selection
2018 Division I AVCA Freshman of the Year: Heather Gneiting, BYU, MB
2018 Division I TeamSnap/AVCA Player of the Year: Announced at the AVCA All-America/Players of the Year Banquet on Friday, December 14th. ;
2018 AVCA DIVISION I HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICA
| Name | School | Pos. | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Efrosini Alexakou | St. John's | OH | Fr. |
| Rachel Anderson | Western Kentucky | MB | Sr. |
| Lee Ann Cunningham | Rice | L | Jr. |
| Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani | Texas | RS | Sr. |
| Lauren Bruns | Dayton | OH | Sr. |
| Brionne Butler | Texas | MB | RS-Fr. |
| Payton Caffrey** | Florida State | OH | Jr. |
| Holly Carlton | Florida | RS | RS-So. |
| Tiffany Clark | Wisconsin | L | Jr. |
| Madelyn Cole | Creighton | S | Jr. |
| Devyn Cross | Arizona | MB | Jr. |
| Gabby Curry | Kentucky | L | So. |
| Kendra Dahlke | Arizona | OH | Sr. |
| Kylie DeBerg | Missouri | OH | So. |
| Ryan DeJarld | Notre Dame | L | Sr. |
| Sarah Dixon | Kansas State | S | RS-Jr. |
| Santita Ebangwese | Syracuse | MB | Sr. |
| Logan Eggleston | Texas | OH | Fr. |
| Kennedy Eschenberg | BYU | MB | So. |
| Kylie Grandy | Southern Mississippi | OH | Sr. |
| Serena Gray | Penn State | MB | Fr. |
| Tessa Grubbs | Tennessee | OH | Jr. |
| Thayer Hall | Florida | OH | Fr. |
| Nicklin Hames | Nebraska | S | Fr. |
| Hollann Hans | Texas A&M | OH | Jr. |
| Alexis Hart | Minnesota | OH | Jr. |
| Kirstie Hillyer | Colorado State | MB | RS-Jr. |
| Kaitlyn Hord | Penn State | MB | Fr. |
| Willow Johnson | Oregon | RS | Jr. |
| Morgan Johnson | Texas | MB | Sr. |
| Keyton Kinley | Oklahoma | L | So. |
| Taryn Kloth | Creighton | OH | Sr. |
| Taryn Knuth | Florida State | MB | So. |
| Kenzie Koerber | Utah | RS | So. |
| Martha Konovodoff | Marquette | L | So. |
| Rachael Kramer | Florida | MB | Jr. |
| Khalia Lanier | Southern California | OH | Jr. |
| Raquel Lazaro | Southern California | S | Fr. |
| Nicole Lennon | Rice | OH | So. |
| Jenna Lerg | Michigan | L | Sr. |
| Kayla Lund | Pittsburgh | OH | So. |
| Kennedy Madison | College of Charleston | RS | Sr. |
| e'lan McCall | TCU | OH | Fr. |
| Meghan McClure | Stanford | OH | So. |
| Melanie McHenry | Louisville | OH | Jr. |
| McKenna Melville | UCF | OH | Fr. |
| Leah Meyer | Duke | MB | RS-Jr. |
| McKenna Miller | BYU | OH | Jr. |
| Brooke Morgan | Kentucky | MB | Sr. |
| Taylor Morgan | Minnesota | MB | RS-Jr. |
| Alyssa Munlyn | Missouri | MB | Sr. |
| Zana Muno | UCLA | L | Sr. |
| Gloria Mutiri | Kansas State | RS | Fr. |
| Charley Niego | Notre Dame | OH | Fr. |
| Brooke Nuneviller | Oregon | L | Fr. |
| Katie Oleksak | Colorado State | S | Jr. |
| Courtney Pence | Illinois State | L | Sr. |
| Addie Picha | San Diego | MB | Sr. |
| Jordan Pingel | UCF | L | Sr. |
| Yossiana Pressley | Baylor | OH | So. |
| Nia Reed | Penn State | OH | RS-Sr. |
| Tess Reid | Loyola Marymount | S | Jr. |
| Wilma Rivera | Louisville | S | Sr. |
| Adanna Rollins | Minnesota | OH | Fr. |
| Lindsey Ruddins | UC Santa Barbara | OH | Jr. |
| Molly Sauer | Louisville | L | Sr. |
| Jess Schaben | Iowa State | OH | Sr. |
| Andie Shelton | Duke | S/H | Gr. |
| Polina Shemanova | Syracuse | OH | Fr. |
| Mikayla Shields | South Carolina | RS | Jr. |
| Alexa Smith | Colorado | OH | Sr. |
| Jasmin Sneed | VCU | MB | Jr. |
| Piper Thomas | Northern Iowa | MB | Sr. |
| Erica Treiber | Tennessee | MB | Sr. |
| Jocelyn Urias | Washington State | MB | RS-Jr. |
| Layne Van Buskirk | Pittsburgh | MB | Jr. |
| Adlee Van Winden | Cal Poly | OH | Sr. |
| Torrey Van Winden | Cal Poly | RS | Jr. |
| Cortney VanLiew | FGCU | OH | So. |
| Bryanna Weiskircher | Penn State | S | RS-Sr. |
| Brooke Westbeld | Dayton | S/H | RS-So. |
| M'Kaela White | James Madison | MB | Jr. |
| Stephanie Williams | Pittsburgh | OH | RS-Jr. |
| Mackenna Woodford | Washington State | OH | Sr. |
| Kylee Zumach | Kansas State | OH | RS-Sr. |
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