MELBOURNE, Fla. – Two University of Tampa volleyball players have earned All-Sunshine State Conference honors. Katie McKiel earned first-team honors and Kamari Potter earned second-team honors. McKiel also was named Sunshine State Conference Player of the Year.

McKiel, an outside hitter from Colorado Springs, Colo., becomes the 11th Spartan to be named Player of the Year and the first since 2016¹. For the season, McKiel led the league in total attempts (1,160), kills (433), and kills per set (3.77). She was also 21st in digs (277) and 29th in digs per set (2.41).

Potter, a middle blocker from Daytona Beach, Fla. earned second-team honors after a solid year for Tampa. She finished the year with 251 kills which ranked third on the team. She would also finish the regular season with a .359 hitting percentage, which was third among all qualified athletes in the SSC.

SSC Volleyball History: ALL-SSC Teams | Players & Coaches of the Year | Conference Champions | National Champions

Player of the Year: Katie McKiel, Tampa

Freshman of the Year: Sam Wolf, Palm Beach Atlantic

Newcomer of the Year: Sam Wolf, Palm Beach Atlantic

Coach of the Year: Adam Milewski, Lynn

2019 Volleyball ALL-SSC First Team
Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	Hometown
OH	Katie McKiel^@	Tampa	Jr.	Colorado Springs, Colo.
OH	Sonja Udovcic^‡	Lynn	Jr.	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
OH	Marine Kinna	Lynn	Jr.	Guethary, France
MB	Anilise Fitzi~	Saint Leo	Sr.	Walton, New Zealand
OH	Kristina Filimonova^#@Δ	Barry	Sr.	Moscow, Russia
S	Alyssa Rudd	Embry-Riddle	Sr.	Tallahassee, Fla.
L	Olivia Roa*#	Embry-Riddle	Sr.	Port Orange, Fla.
–
2019 Volleyball ALL-SSC Second Team
Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	Hometown
OH	Ally Ford	Nova Southeastern	Jr.	Leesburg, Va.
OH	Megi Buvinic^~ †	Barry	Sr.	Umag, Croatia
OH	Sam Wolf	Palm Beach Atlantic	Fr.	Cincinnati, Ohio
M	Kamari Potter	Tampa	So.	Daytona Beach, Fla.
MB	Kishara Gordon	Barry	Sr.	Stouffville, Ontario
MB	Anastasiia Samokhvalova*	Barry	Jr.	Moscow, Russia
L	Audren Rose^~	Barry	Sr.	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
–
2019 Volleyball ALL-SSC Newcomer Team
Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	Hometown
OH	Sam Wolf	Palm Beach Atlantic	Fr.	Cincinnati, Ohio
OH	Ally Ford	Nova Southeastern	Jr.	Leesburg, Va.
MH	Alex Boone	Nova Southeastern	Jr.	Burnsville, N.C.
OH	Jordan Schumacher	Embry-Riddle	Jr.	Delray Beach, Fla.
MB	Victoria Macaluso	Lynn	So.	Lone Tree, Colorado
S	Sydney Case	Eckerd	So.	Lakeville, Minn.

 

^ = 2018 First Team All-SSC                       * = 2018 Second Team All-SSC                 ~ = 2018 All-SSC Newcomer Team

† = 2018 Newcomer of the Year              # = 2017 First Team All-SSC                       ‡ = 2017 All-SSC Newcomer Team

@ = 2016 All-SSC Newcomer Team         Δ  = 2016 Freshman of the Year

 

¹ Eleven Tampa athletes have been named Player of the Year a combined 15 times, led by Berkley Whaley (2013, 2014, 2015). Allee Stelogeannis (2016) was the previous winner for UT.