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Treiber and Grubbs named AVCA All-Region Selections
December 04, 2018 | Volleyball
Tennessee has multiple players selected to the All-Region Team for the first time since 2011
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. --Â University of Tennessee volleyball team had two players earn AVCA All-Region honors, announced by the America Volleyball Coaches Association on Tuesday morning.
Senior middle blocker Erica Treiber and junior outside hitter Tessa Grubbs were voted to the All-Southeast Region Team.
This marks the second time in Treiber's career she has been named to the All-Region Team as she was also honored as a sophomore in 2016. That season, she would go on to earn AVCA All-American Honorable Mention.
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Grubbs becomes the 19th player in Tennessee history to be named to the AVCA All-Region team, marking the first time since the 2011 season the Lady Vols have had multiple members on the team. This is also the seventh time since 2004 Tennessee has had more than one honoree.
Treiber ended the season as one of two players in the nation to rank in the top five in their conference in hitting percentage, blocks per set and aces per set. She finished the season on top of the SEC in hitting percentage (.392) while ranking fifth in both blocks per set (1.10 blk/set) and aces per set (0.37 aces/set).
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The senior finished her career second in program history in career hitting percentage (.358 hit%) while also ranking fourth in program history in career blocks (507 blocks) and 16th in career kills (1,097). In her senior season, she had new career bests in kills, kills/set, hitting percentage, aces, digs, digs/set and points/set.
Grubbs finished the 2018 slate with nine 20-plus kill matches including six in the last 10 matches Tennessee played this season. Her offensive output was a key component to the Lady Vols 11-match win streak to end the regular season as over that stretch she averaged 4.74 kills per set. Nationally, Grubbs ended the regular season ranked in the top 30 in kills/set while ranking fourth in the SEC at a 4.18 kills/set clip.
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The junior earned SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors twice while being the SEC Player of the Week on Oct. 22nd. Through three seasons, Grubbs has averaged 3.62 kills/set which is fourth in program history.
All-Southeast Region
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Honorable Mention
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Player of the Year:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Madison Lilley, Kentucky
Freshman of the Year:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â McKenna Melville, UCF
Coach of the Year:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Craig Skinner, Kentucky
Senior middle blocker Erica Treiber and junior outside hitter Tessa Grubbs were voted to the All-Southeast Region Team.
This marks the second time in Treiber's career she has been named to the All-Region Team as she was also honored as a sophomore in 2016. That season, she would go on to earn AVCA All-American Honorable Mention.
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Grubbs becomes the 19th player in Tennessee history to be named to the AVCA All-Region team, marking the first time since the 2011 season the Lady Vols have had multiple members on the team. This is also the seventh time since 2004 Tennessee has had more than one honoree.
Treiber ended the season as one of two players in the nation to rank in the top five in their conference in hitting percentage, blocks per set and aces per set. She finished the season on top of the SEC in hitting percentage (.392) while ranking fifth in both blocks per set (1.10 blk/set) and aces per set (0.37 aces/set).
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The senior finished her career second in program history in career hitting percentage (.358 hit%) while also ranking fourth in program history in career blocks (507 blocks) and 16th in career kills (1,097). In her senior season, she had new career bests in kills, kills/set, hitting percentage, aces, digs, digs/set and points/set.
Grubbs finished the 2018 slate with nine 20-plus kill matches including six in the last 10 matches Tennessee played this season. Her offensive output was a key component to the Lady Vols 11-match win streak to end the regular season as over that stretch she averaged 4.74 kills per set. Nationally, Grubbs ended the regular season ranked in the top 30 in kills/set while ranking fourth in the SEC at a 4.18 kills/set clip.
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The junior earned SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors twice while being the SEC Player of the Week on Oct. 22nd. Through three seasons, Grubbs has averaged 3.62 kills/set which is fourth in program history.
All-Southeast Region
| Taylor Anderton | Samford |
| Leah Clayton | ETSU |
| Gabby Curry | Kentucky |
| Leah Edmond | Kentucky |
| Tessa Grubbs | Tennessee |
| Rachel Kramer | Florida |
| Madison Lilley | Kentucky |
| McKenna Melville | UCF |
| Brooke Morgan | Kentucky |
| Sharonda Pickering | FGCU |
| Jordan Pingel | UCF |
| Mikayla Shields | South Carolina |
| Erica Treiber | Tennessee |
| Cortney VanLiew | FGCU |
Honorable Mention
| Holley Carlton | Florida |
| Kylie DeBerg | Missouri |
| Thayer Hall | Florida |
| Molly Livingston | High Point |
| Alyssa Munlyn | Missouri |
| Alli Stumler | Kentucky |
Player of the Year:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Madison Lilley, Kentucky
Freshman of the Year:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â McKenna Melville, UCF
Coach of the Year:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Craig Skinner, Kentucky
Players Mentioned
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