Volleyball

AzhaniTealer

  • position Middle Blocker
  • height 5-10
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Grand Prairie, Texas
  • High school Grand Prairie HS

2022 (Senior): All-SEC … AVCA All-America … AVCA All-Region … Announced she’s returning for a fifth year in 2023 at UK on Senior Day … SEC Defensive Player of the Week (11/28) … Missed four matches with a shoulder injury (LSU1, LSU2, MIZ, ALA) … Career-high tying 18 kills in match 2 at Arkansas … Set a new Kentucky school record with 13 block assists in a match and did it in a three-setter, against South Carolina on 11/25 … Been All-SEC all four years of her time at Kentucky

2021 (Junior): All-SEC … Twelve matches with 10+ kills, including 11 of the last 20 matches … First-career double-double vs. Mississippi State with 12 kills, career-high 10 blocks … UK’s leading hitting player in terms of percentage … SEC Defensive Player of the Week on three separate occasions (9/6, 10/11, 10/18)

2020-21 (Sophomore): Moved from an outsider hitter to a middle blocker … National Champion … 2.64 kills per set, 1.21 blocks per set … Blocks per set led the team … All-SEC … AVCA Second Team All-America … AVCA All-Region … Career-high 18 kills vs. Florida in match that decided the SEC Championship … Six blocks vs. Missouri, setting a new career-high number.

2019 (Freshman): Set a career high with 12 kills at South Carolina on Nov. 15 … Made a huge impact at Tennessee, coming in for her first-career SEC reps and getting three kills in the third set. Her third kill on match point at 29-28 in the third set clinched the win for UK … Career-high 11 kills and two digs at Ole Miss … Nine kills at Auburn on 19 swings, her second-most SEC attacks (Ole Miss) … First-career start vs. Cleveland State

Pre-College:

  • Rated No. 21 in Prep Volleyball Senior Aces
  • Two-time most valuable player in her district
  • 2018 Offensive Player of the Year
  • Three-time district champion
  • Bronze medalist at USAV 17 Open
  • National Champion, All-American and All-State in track and field
  • An AP Scholar and Principals Award recipient
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