Florida had the second-most All-America selections in the nation.
Five Gators Collect AVCA All-America Accolades
Wednesday, December 13, 2017 | Volleyball
Only Florida and Stanford had more than three individuals on the three All-America teams
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Five Gators collected All-America accolades from the American Volleyball Coaches Association, and for the first time in program history were four Gators named first-, second-, or third-team All-Americans.
Only Florida (four) and Stanford (five) had more than three individuals named first-, second-, or third-team All-Americans.
Senior middle blocker Rhamat Alhassan led Florida's honorees with the second first-team All-America plaudit of her career. Alhassan joins Olympian Kelly Murphy (2008-11) as the only other Gator in history to earn a spot on one of the AVCA All-America teams all four years of her career. The Glenarden, Md., native is also the sixth Gator in history to earn multiple first-team All-America honors, joining Olympian Aury Cruz (2001-03), Aycan Gokberk (1993, 1995), Chloe Mann (2012-13), Murphy (2010-11), and Gudula Staub (1991-92).
Fifth-year senior right side Shainah Joseph and senior outside hitter Carli Snyder were both named second-team All-Americans. It is the first All-America honor for Joseph, while Snyder was an honorable mention each of the past two seasons. Sophomore middle blocker Rachael Kramer was selected as a third-team All-American.
Senior libero Caroline Knop picked up her second All-America Honorable Mention in as many seasons.
A breakdown of each honoree's accolades are below.
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Only Florida (four) and Stanford (five) had more than three individuals named first-, second-, or third-team All-Americans.
Senior middle blocker Rhamat Alhassan led Florida's honorees with the second first-team All-America plaudit of her career. Alhassan joins Olympian Kelly Murphy (2008-11) as the only other Gator in history to earn a spot on one of the AVCA All-America teams all four years of her career. The Glenarden, Md., native is also the sixth Gator in history to earn multiple first-team All-America honors, joining Olympian Aury Cruz (2001-03), Aycan Gokberk (1993, 1995), Chloe Mann (2012-13), Murphy (2010-11), and Gudula Staub (1991-92).
Fifth-year senior right side Shainah Joseph and senior outside hitter Carli Snyder were both named second-team All-Americans. It is the first All-America honor for Joseph, while Snyder was an honorable mention each of the past two seasons. Sophomore middle blocker Rachael Kramer was selected as a third-team All-American.
Senior libero Caroline Knop picked up her second All-America Honorable Mention in as many seasons.
A breakdown of each honoree's accolades are below.
- Joins Olympian Kelly Murphy (2008-11) as the only other four-time AVCA All-American in UF history (does not honorable mentions)
- Sixth multi-time first-team All-American in program history
- Four-time AVCA All-American (2014 – Second Team; 2015 – First Team; 2016 – Third Team; 2017 – First Team)
- 2017 SEC Player of the Year
- Four-time All-SEC (seventh Gator in history to do so)
- Leads the nation in blocks per set (1.75) and ranks 15th in hitting percentage (.399)
- One of two Division I players since 2010 (Haley Warner, BYU) to average at least 1.70 blocks per set and hit above .355
- Tied for the seventh-highest career hitting percentage (.423) in Division I history
- Earned first career AVCA All-America honor
- Named All-SEC for the first time in her career last month
- Ranks seventh in the SEC and tied for 51st nationally in hitting percentage (.366)
- Posted 15 matches of 10-plus kills and five matches of 15-plus points this season, including three outings with 19-plus kills
- Two-time SEC Community Service Team honoree (2015, 2016)
- Two-time AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (2016, 2017)
- Two-time All-SEC selection
- Ranks fourth in the SEC and in the top 100 nationally in digs per set (4.53)
- On pace for sixth-highest single-season digs per set average in school history
- First career AVCA All-America honor
- Earned her first All-SEC honor last month
- Ranks seventh nationally and leads the SEC in hitting percentage (.429)
- Ranks ninth in the SEC in blocks per set (1.06)
- Has 16 matches with double-digit kills and nine matches with five-plus blocks (only had five and six, respectively, last season)
- 2016 SEC All-Freshman Team
- First AVCA All-America honor of her career
- Two-time AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (2015, 2016)
- Two-time All-SEC selection (2016, 2017)
- Only player in the nation averaging at least 4.20 points per set, 0.40 service aces per set and 3.20 digs per set
- Ranks sixth nationally and leads the SEC in service aces per set (0.50)
- Ranks fifth in the SEC in points per set (4.20) and seventh in kills per set (3.44)
- Also ranks in the top 100 nationally in points per set (4.20)
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