Two Gators Garner AVCA All-America Accolades

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two Gators garnered All-America accolades from the American Volleyball Coaches Association, as the organization announced Wednesday.

Marina Markova and Alexis Stucky each found themselves on the AVCA All-America Third Team.  

This is the second AVCA All-America honor for Markova, who earned Honorable Mention accolades a season ago at Syracuse.

Stucky becomes just the third Florida freshman to be placed on either the First, Second or Third teams during a rookie campaign, joining Rhamat Alhassan (2014 – Second Team) and Kelly Murphy (2008 – Third Team).

With these two honors, Florida has now racked up 47 players with 132 All-America honors since the 1991 season.

The Gators finished the 2022 season with a 25-6 overall record, making the 29th program appearance in the Regional Semifinal. Florida also clinched its 25th SEC Championship, the most in the league.

Marina Markova

• Second AVCA Honor

  • Earned AVCA All-America Honorable Mention accolades during the 2021 season at Syracuse

• 2022 AVCA All-Southeast Region selection
• 2022 All-SEC Team selection
• Has recorded double-digit kills in 22 matches this season 
• Hit .300 or better in 18 matches during the 2022 campaign
• Posted a Florida career-high 19 kills in the final regular season match
• Eclipsed the 1,000-kill milestone in the final regular season match of the year
• Recorded at least 3.0 blocks in 14 matches during the 2022 season
• Finished the season first on the team in kills (353), second in points (401) and fourth in total blocks (76.0)
• Also ranks second on the team in both kills per set (3.15) and points per set (3.58)
• Has led the Gators in kills 14 times this season
• Has led the Gators in points 12 times this season

Alexis Stucky

• First AVCA All-America Honor
• 2022 Southeast Region Freshman of the Year
• 2022 Southeast All-Region Team
• Fifth Gator to receive AVCA Region Freshman of the Year honors and first since Rhamat Alhassan in 2014
• SEC Freshman of the Year – sixth Gator to earn the honor and first since 2014
• 2022 All-SEC Team selection
• Posted five double-doubles in the 2022 campaign
• Has recorded at least 40 assists in 12 matches this season
• Has led the team to at least a .300 clip in 15 matches this season
• Recorded a career-high 56 assists against LSU On Oct. 9
• Has posted a career-high five kills on four occasions in 2022
• Registered 6.0 blocks against Minnesota on Sept. 4
• Has led the Gators in…