After helping her team to a 2-0 start with huge wins over top-five ranked teams, Florida’s Rachael Kramer has been named the AVCA Player of the Week to begin the 2017 season.
Kramer posted 3.44 kills per set on a .549 hitting clip to help the Gators take down #1 Texas and #5 Nebraska. She posted 11 kills, a .391 hitting percentage and five blocks against the Longhorns while tallying a career-best 20 kills on a .679 hitting clip against the Huskers. In her 51 attempts at the ball in the opening weekend, Kramer only posted three hitting errors, putting down a total of 31 kills.
Kramer was named the VERT Challenge MVP for her efforts and the programs’ first time defeating consecutive top-five opponents. In addition, this is the third time that the Gators have defeated the AVCA #1 ranked team.
With her big week, Kramer was also tabbed the SEC Player of the Week. In addition, Kramer and Chloe Mann (Oct. 14, 2012) since 1998 to post over a .675 hitting clip on at least 20 kills – she is also one of two players in the country to accomplish this feat this season.
In Florida’s volleyball history, Kramer is the 15th student-athlete to earn AVCA Player of the Week Honors, with the most recent coming last season when Allie Monserez received the award on October 18.
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