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The Southeastern Conference continues to flourish as a solid and competitive league in women’s colle- Notes giate volleyball and has made stellar contributions in • Five teams from the SEC represented the league in the the sport. 2014 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship. It The conference has sent at least two SEC teams marked the 25th consecutive season in which the SEC has to the NCAA Tournament in every season the last 25 featured at least two teams in the NCAA Tournament. years. • captured its 21st SEC volleyball championship in The SEC had a team reach the Final Four seven of 2014. The Gators posted a perfect 18-0 league mark. the 10 seasons in the 1990s, with the league having • Florida (6) and (17) finished in the top 25 of the a team advance to the regional final nine of those 10 final 2014 AVCA Coaches Poll. The SEC has had at least two seasons. teams in the final AVCA Top 25 poll each year since 2008. Since 2000, the SEC has had a team reach the Final • Florida freshman middle blocker Rhamat Alhassan led the Four three times and the regional final six times. nation in hitting percentage, recording a .458 clip during her rookie campaign. The won their 21st SEC title in • Six SEC teams won 19 or more matches in 2014, with five 2014, capping off a perfect 18-0 league mark and an squads claiming 20 or more victories. overall regular-season record of 25-3. • SEC student-athletes earned six AVCA All-America honors Five teams from the SEC represented the league in in 2014. Florida’s Alex Holston and LSU’s Briana Holman the 2014 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Cham- earned first-team honors, while Florida’s Rhamat Alhassan pionship: , Florida, Kentucky, LSU and and Kentucky’s Morgan Bergren were second-team selec- A&M. At least three SEC teams have advanced to the tions, and Alabama’s Krystal Rivers and Florida’s Mackenzie NCAA Tournament each season since 2004. Dagostino earned a spot on the third team. SEC student-athletes earned six AVCA All-Amer- • The SEC has boasted at least three AVCA All-America ica honors in 2014, while 13 SEC volleyball players selections each year for six consecutive seasons. received Honorable Mention All-America honors. • The SEC has had 72 total AVCA All-Americans (First, Sec- The SEC has boasted at least three AVCA All-America ond or Third Team) all time. selections each year for six consecutive seasons. • Thirteen SEC student-athletes earned AVCA Honorable Since the inaugural SEC volleyball championship in Mention All-America honors last season. • Florida’s was named the 2014 AVCA Southeast 1979-80, many changes have occurred in the confer- Regional Coach of the Year. During the 2014 campaign, she ence with volleyball. The addition of and became the only active female Division I head coach to Texas A&M to the league in 2012 increased the num- eclipse 800 career victories. ber of SEC institutions sponsoring volleyball to 13. • Florida’s Rhamat Alhassan and Texas A&M’s Stephanie Ai- The SEC Network, a new 24/7 sports network ple earned AVCA Regional Freshman of the Year accolades operated by ESPN that launched August 14, 2014, last season. elevated the Southeastern Conference volleyball pro- • Alabama’s Sierra Wilson and Krystal Rivers earned Capital grams with unprecedented national television cover- One Academic All-America honors for their excellence on age. The SEC Network aired 40 matches throughout the court and in the classroom. the season and an additional 10 matches appeared • Eight student-athletes were named to the 2014 Capital on ESPNU. An additional slate of SEC matches were One Academic All-District® Volleyball Teams for a total of carried on SEC Network+. 83 all time.