Senior Day Gives Gators Opportunity to Honor One of the Most Successful Classes in Florida History
Sunday, November 20, 2011 | Volleyball
While today may not be the last Gator home match, it's certainly a special one. Sunday's match against Auburn marks Florida's Senior Day, a match designated to acknowledge and celebrate the Gator senior class. These five seniors have given much to the Florida volleyball program. In their four years as Gators, seniors Cassandra Anderson (Bakersfield, Calif.), Stephanie Ferrell (Los Angeles, Calif.), Elissa Hausmann (Tampa, Fla.), Kristy Jaeckel (Littleton, Colo.) and Kelly Murphy (Wilmington, Ill.) have compiled an overall record of 103-17, with an SEC record of 69-9. They have garnered two SEC titles, including the unprecedented 2010 title, where the Gators took the first-ever undefeated SEC title since moving to the double round robin format. Florida has made three straight Sweet 16 appearances in their tenure as Gators.
As we take today to honor our seniors, let's look back at their individual accomplishments as well:
Cassandra Anderson
· Second Team All-SEC (2010)
· Two-time SEC Defensive Player of the Week (2008 & 2010)
· Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll (2 SEC & 1 SEC All-Freshman)
Stephanie Ferrell
· Second Team All-WAC (2009 at Hawaii)
· Stanford Regional NCAA All-Region Team (2009 at Hawaii)
· Active Ankle SEC/ACC Challenge MVP (2011)
Elissa Hausmann
· Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll (2 SEC & 1 SEC All-Freshman)
Kristy Jaeckel
· Honorable Mention All-America (2010)
· AVCA All-South Region (2010)
· Three-time All-SEC (2010: Second Team; 2009: First Team; 2008: All-Freshman Team)
· AVCA National Player of the Week (2011)
· SEC Offensive Player of the Week (2011)
· Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week
· Four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll (3 SEC & 1 SEC All-Freshman)
· 2011 First Team Academic All-District
· Campus USA Credit Union Invitational MVP (2008 & 2011)
· Aquafina Invitational MVP (2008)
Kelly Murphy
· Three-time AVCA All-American (2010: First Team; 2009: Second Team; 2008: Third Team)
· Three-time Volleyball Magazine All-American (2010: First Team, 2009 & 2008: Second Team)
· 2008 Under Armour/Volleyball Magazine National Freshman of the Year
· 2008 AVCA National Freshman of the Year
· Three-time AVCA All-South Region (2008-2010)
· 2008 AVCA Region Freshman of the Year
· Three-time AVCA National Player of the Week
· Seven-time SEC Offensive Player of the Week
· 2010 SEC Player of the Year
· Three-time All-SEC (2009 & 2010: First Team; 2008: All-Freshman Team)
· 2008 SEC Freshman of the Year
· Three-time SEC Freshman of the Week
· 2010 Second Team Academic All-District
· Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll (2 SEC & 1 SEC All-Freshman)
· Campus USA Credit Union Invitational MVP (2009)
· Lowe's Senior CLASS Award finalist
