Auguste Named SEC Freshman of the Year; Four Gators Earn SEC Honors

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida volleyball received one major award and placed four student-athletes on an All-SEC Conference Team, as the league announced its 2024 postseason awards on Sunday.

Florida 2024 SEC Postseason Awards

 
Jaela Auguste becomes the seventh Gator overall and first since Alexis Stucky in the 2022 season to be named SEC Freshman of the Year. The Spring, Tex. native also earned a spot the All-SEC Second and SEC All-Freshman Teams.

Following her historic 2024 campaign, Kennedy Martin was awarded All-SEC First Team. It marks the third All-SEC postseason honor of her career, as she was named to the All-SEC Team and the SEC All-Freshman team a season ago. The Fort Mill, SC native also received 2024 Preseason All-SEC Team accolades. 

After missing seven matches in the beginning of the season due to an ankle injury and only playing in 76 percent of Florida’s 105 sets, she currently ranks second in the nation for points per set (6.13) and for kills for set (5.43). In SEC matches alone, her 6.36 points per set and 5.66 kills per set rank No. 1, while her 0.39 aces per set sits fourth. Furthermore, she has recorded double-digit kills in every match played wearing the Orange and Blue (50 matches). 

Elli McKissock joins Auguste on the All-SEC Second Team, while Taylor Parks lands a spot next to her on the SEC All-Freshman Team.

This is the second honor for McKissock, as she was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team in 2020.

Parks grabbed her first postseason conference honor for her 2024 campaign. The Clearwater, Fla. native was named SEC Freshman of the Week four times in her first season wearing the Orange and Blue.

A breakdown of each honorees 2024 bios are below:

Jaela Auguste

• Currently ranks 14th overall in the nation with her .409 average hitting percentage and her .380 average hitting percentage in conference matches only sits seventh in the SEC
• 2024 SEC Co-Freshman of the Week on Nov. 11
• Has started in 26 matches  and has led Florida in blocking in 15
• Has posted double-digits kills in five matches
• Registered a career-high .733 hitting percentage (12-1-15) against Ohio State on Sept. 8 and has recorded four matches with a hitting clip between .300 -.399, four between .400 -.499, two between .500 -.599 and three between .600 -.699  when recording 10 or more attempts
• She also finished with a career-high 12 kills and 14 points against Ohio State
• Tied her career-high seven blocks in Florida’s win over…