LEXINGTON, Ky. – Tennessee’s Morgahn Fingall earned AVCA Southeast Region Player of the Year honors Tuesday morning, as the organization recognized four Lady Vols with yearly awards.
Fingall is the first Lady Vol to earn regional player of the year status, and joins AVCA Southeast Region Freshman of the Year winners Yuliya Stoyanova (2004) and Mary Pollmiller (2011) as the only UT student-athletes to be honored by the association with top yearly awards.
Tennessee had four representatives on the Southeast All-Region Team, as Fingall, Caroline Kerr and Jenaisya Moore earned the distinction, while Yelianiz Torres was tabbed with All-Region honorable mention recognition. The Big Orange’s four selections are its most since having four in 2011 as well. With her honor this year, Fingall has claimed a spot on the All-Region Team each of the last three years.
Fingall’s quickly growing list of yearly honors now include AVCA Southeast Region Player of the Year, SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and All-SEC and AVCA All-Region selections. Throughout the season, she earned AVCA National Player of the Week recognition, brought home SEC Player of the Week honors twice and was four times named SEC Offensive Player of the Week.
The right side hitter is averaging 4.98 points, 4.29 kills, 1.85 digs, 0.77 blocks and 0.30 aces per set while hitting .326 this year. Fingall ranks second in the SEC in kills per set, third in points per set and seventh in hitting percentage. She led the league with 4.38 kills per set during conference play. She sits inside the top 25 nationally in both kills and points per set.
One of the best setters in the country, Kerr adds AVCA All-Region honors to her All-SEC and All-Freshman Team selection. For the year, she is averaging 11.77 assists, 1.98 digs, 0.65 kills, 0.38 blocks and 0.31 aces per set this year. She earned 11 SEC weekly honors this season, including seven SEC Freshman of the Week and two SEC Player and Setter of the Week awards each.
The Champaign, Ill., native ranks third nationally, second in the SEC and leads all NCAA freshmen in assists per set. Kerr posted 30 or more assists in all but two matches this season, including 13 40-assist efforts and four 50-assist performances. She posted four double-doubles on the year, seven outings with multiple aces and seven matches with multiple blocks.
In her lone season with the Lady Vols, Moore has made a huge impact in helping elevate the UT…
Fingall is the first Lady Vol to earn regional player of the year status, and joins AVCA Southeast Region Freshman of the Year winners Yuliya Stoyanova (2004) and Mary Pollmiller (2011) as the only UT student-athletes to be honored by the association with top yearly awards.
Tennessee had four representatives on the Southeast All-Region Team, as Fingall, Caroline Kerr and Jenaisya Moore earned the distinction, while Yelianiz Torres was tabbed with All-Region honorable mention recognition. The Big Orange’s four selections are its most since having four in 2011 as well. With her honor this year, Fingall has claimed a spot on the All-Region Team each of the last three years.
Fingall’s quickly growing list of yearly honors now include AVCA Southeast Region Player of the Year, SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and All-SEC and AVCA All-Region selections. Throughout the season, she earned AVCA National Player of the Week recognition, brought home SEC Player of the Week honors twice and was four times named SEC Offensive Player of the Week.
The right side hitter is averaging 4.98 points, 4.29 kills, 1.85 digs, 0.77 blocks and 0.30 aces per set while hitting .326 this year. Fingall ranks second in the SEC in kills per set, third in points per set and seventh in hitting percentage. She led the league with 4.38 kills per set during conference play. She sits inside the top 25 nationally in both kills and points per set.
One of the best setters in the country, Kerr adds AVCA All-Region honors to her All-SEC and All-Freshman Team selection. For the year, she is averaging 11.77 assists, 1.98 digs, 0.65 kills, 0.38 blocks and 0.31 aces per set this year. She earned 11 SEC weekly honors this season, including seven SEC Freshman of the Week and two SEC Player and Setter of the Week awards each.
The Champaign, Ill., native ranks third nationally, second in the SEC and leads all NCAA freshmen in assists per set. Kerr posted 30 or more assists in all but two matches this season, including 13 40-assist efforts and four 50-assist performances. She posted four double-doubles on the year, seven outings with multiple aces and seven matches with multiple blocks.
In her lone season with the Lady Vols, Moore has made a huge impact in helping elevate the UT…
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