NCAA Ladies
December 22, 2023
For the previous two years, our VolleyballMag.com nationwide participant of the 12 months was Logan Eggleston of Texas. This 12 months the respect stays in Austin with Texas junior exterior hitter Madisen Skinner, who simply received her third — third! NCAA volleyball championship.
Skinner, who received a title as a freshman with Kentucky after which final 12 months at Texas, was the Huge 12 participant of the 12 months after which actually turned it on within the NCAA Event.
In six NCAA matches, Skinner, a 6-2 product of Katy, Texas, totaled 125 kills (20.8/match).
Within the nationwide semifinals in opposition to Wisconsin, she had 18 kills, an help, six aces and 9 digs. Then within the championship-match sweep of Nebraska, Skinner had 16 extra kills, two aces, 5 digs and a solo block. For the season, she had a Huge 12-leading 547 kills — 203 greater than she had in 2022 — averaging 4.8/set and added 46 aces. She additionally averaged 1.96 digs/set.
Skinner, in fact, is a first-team All-American. Click on right here for that story and full checklist of our 4 groups and honorable mentions.
Two days after the NCAA ultimate, she went to go to her sister, Avery, who performs professionally in Chieri, Italy. We caught up together with her by Zoom on Friday:
Our All-American groups and high honors are introduced by the Professional Volleyball Federation, which begins its inaugural season subsequent month.