Brooklyn DeLeye Wins SEC Player of the Year, Skinner Coach of Year
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky Volleyball outside hitter Brooklyn DeLeye was named the 2024 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year and Craig Skinner was named the 2024 SEC Coach of the Year, the conference office announced Sunday afternoon.
Additionally, Kentucky had several other winners in the annual postseason awards as DeLeye was joined by Emma Grome on the conference first team. Molly Tuozzo, Kentucky’s standout sophomore libero was voted by the coaches to the SEC’s second team and the Wildcats placed two players on the SEC All-Freshman Team with Asia Thigpen joining Brooke Bultema.
DeLeye becomes the sixth different Kentucky Wildcat to win SEC Player of the Year as a Kentucky player has now won the award for a seventh time. DeLeye joins Sarah Rumley (2008), Leah Edmond (2018, 2019), Madison Lilley (2020), Alli Stumler (2021) and Emma Grome (2022) as winners of the conference’s top honor. Kentucky has now won the award six of the last seven years.
For Skinner, he wins SEC Coach of the Year for the second-straight season and the sixth time in his career. He picked up his 300th-career SEC win Wednesday night in Columbia, Missouri as the Wildcats claimed the 2024 SEC title outright in a 3-1 win over Missouri. Skinner has previously been named the SEC Coach of the Year in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023 and now 2024. He posted a 14-2 record in SEC play this year as Kentucky won its eighth-straight conference title.
Brooklyn DeLeye
SEC Player of the Year, First Team All-SEC
- 4.74 kills per set
- .282 hitting percentage
- 46 service aces
- 515.5 points scored
Emma Grome
First Team All-SEC
- Led the SEC with 11.17 assists per set
- 2.23 digs per set
- 1.53 blocks per set
- 7 double-doubles
Molly Tuozzo
Second Team All-SEC
- 10+ digs in 23 matches
- 18-straight matches with 10+ digs from August to November
- 4 aces vs. Louisville, a new season high
- 3.99 digs per set
Asia Thigpen
SEC All-Freshman Team
- 112 total kills, goo enough for 1.81 kills per set
- .259 hitting percentage
- 56 digs per set
Brooke Bultema
SEC All-Freshman Team
- 08 kills per set
- .292 hitting percentage
- 01 blocks per set to lead all Kentucky players
2024 SEC Awards
First Team All-SEC
| Kennedy Martin, Florida |
| Sophie Fischer, Georgia |
| Brooklyn DeLeye, Kentucky |
| Emma Grome, Kentucky |
| Jurnee Robinson, LSU |
| Nia Washington, Ole Miss |
| Jordan Iliff, Missouri |
| Maya Sands, Missouri |
| Mychael Vernon, Missouri |
| Alexis Shelton, Oklahoma |
| Riley Whitesides, South Carolina |
| Nina Cajic, Tennessee |
| Marianna Singletary, Texas |
| Madisen Skinner, Texas |
| Ifenna Cos-Okpalla, Texas A&M |
| Logan Lednicky, Texas A&M |
Second Team All-SEC
| Courtney Jackson, Arkansas |
| Jaela Auguste, Florida |
| Elli McKissock, Florida |
| Erykah Lovett, Georgia |
| Molly Tuozzo, Kentucky |
| Kari Geissberger, Oklahoma |
| Lydia Martyn, Oklahoma |
| Marina Crownover, Missouri |
| Caroline Kerr, Tennessee |
| Reagan Rutherford, Texas |
SEC All-Freshman Team
| Aniya Madkin, Arkansas |
| Jaela Auguste, Florida |
| Taylor Parks, Florida |
| Brooke Bultema, Kentucky |
| Asia Thigpen, Kentucky |
| Victoria Harris, South Carolina |
| Ayden Ames, Texas |
SEC Player of the Year: Brooklyn DeLeye, Kentucky
SEC Libero of the Year: Maya Sands, Mizzou
SEC Newcomer of the Year: Mychael Vernon, Mizzou
SEC Freshman of the Year: Jaela Auguste, Florida
SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Cammy Niesen, Ole Miss
SEC Coach of the Year: Craig Skinner, Kentucky
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