Jehlarova nabs first team all-American honors

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Washington State volleyball senior middle blocker Magda Jehlarova continues to add to her Cougar volleyball legacy as she officially became the second student-athlete in program history to be named first team All-American as announced by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Wednesday.

 

Jehlarova, a third-team all-American selection last season and a second-team selection in 2019, finished the ’22 season ranked fifth in the NCAA with 176 total blocks as she climbed to second all-time at WSU with 600 career blocks at the end of the year. After posting the third-highest attack percentage (.389) in WSU history and 21 matches with five or more blocks, Jehlarova became the first player in WSU volleyball history to earn a fourth-consecutive first-team all-Pac-12 selection and is now the first to be named first team all-American since Sarah Silvernail in 1996. 

A native of Prerov, Czech Republic, Jehlarova will head into her fifth season ranked second all-time at WSU in career block assists (483), blocks per set (1.44), and third all-time in career solo blocks (117). She averaged 1.58 blocks per set over the Cougs’ final 10 matches, tallying two matches with 10 or more blocks including a WSU three-set record 11 blocks in a sweep over Cal (Sept. 30).