Brooklyn DeLeye One of Four Finalists for AVCA National Player of the Year
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky Volleyball outside hitter Brooklyn DeLeye has been voted as one of four finalists for the 2024 American Volleyball Coaches’ Association National Player of the Year, the organization announced Tuesday morning.
DeLeye, who was named the AVCA South Region Player of the Year and Southeastern Conference Player of the Year earlier in the month, will be looking to become the second Kentucky Volleyball player to win the national player of the year winner in the last five seasons as Madison Lilley won the award during Kentucky’s 2020 national championship winning season.
The sophomore from Topeka, Kansas averaged a team-leading 4.87 kills per set this season with over 500 kills on the year, hitting .294. DeLeye also in playing all six rotations had 1.64 digs per set and led Kentucky with 56 aces, good enough for 0.51 aces per set. She accounted for 609.5 points of the Wildcats offense this season.
DeLeye was not voted as one of the 16 quarterfinalists on the watch list for the award at the time of those publications, however due to her impressive performance down the stretch of the season and into the 2024 NCAA Tournament, the committee decided to add DeLeye to the finalist nominations, where her voting took her into the final four.
The winner of the AVCA National Player of the Year award will be announced Friday at the AVCA’s All-America banquet as part of the AVCA convention in Louisville, Kentucky. 2024 AVCA All-Americans for the first, second and third teams will be announced Wednesday.
2024 AVCA National Player of the Year Finalists
- Olivia Babcock (Pittsburgh)
- Brooklyn DeLeye (Kentucky)
- Sarah Franklin (Wisconsin)
- Lexi Rodriguez (Nebraska)
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