The AVCA has announced their picks for the AVCA Division I All-America teams.
The Division I AVCA Player of the Year will be announced on December 16 at the 2016 AVCA Convention in Columbus, Ohio. Making the first-team this season and sealing their fourth overall All-America team are Nebraska’s Kadie Rolfzen and Wisconsin’s Lauren Carlini. They are the 27th and 28th players in Division I history to accomplish this.
Inky Ajanaku joins Carlini as the 29th and 30th player in Division I history to each First-Team accolades three times in their career.
Kathryn Plummer of Stanford earns AVCA Freshman of the Year honors. Plummer is the only true freshman to be awarded First-Team honors.
2016 AVCA DIVISION I FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
| First Name | Last Name | School | Pos. | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inky | Ajanaku$& | Stanford University | MB | Sr. |
| Amy | Boswell# | Brigham Young University | MB | Sr. |
| Lauren | Carlini*$! | University of Wisconsin | S | Sr. |
| Simone | Lee | Penn State University | OH | Jr. |
| Ebony | Nwanebu& | University of Texas | RS | Jr. |
| Kelsie | Payne* | University of Kansas | RS | Jr. |
| Kathryn | Plummer | Stanford University | OH | Fr. |
| Kadie | Rolfzen*%? | University of Nebraska | RS | Sr. |
| Courtney | Schwan | University of Washington | OH | Jr. |
| Samantha | Seliger-Swenson^ | University of Minnesota | S | So. |
| Haleigh | Washington* | Penn State University | MB | Jr. |
| Micaya | White | University of Texas | OH | Fr. |
| Sarah | Wilhite | University of Minnesota | OH | Sr. |
| Justine | Wong-Orantes# | University of Nebraska | L | Sr. |
2016 AVCA DIVISION I SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
| First Name | Last Name | School | Pos. | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adora | Anae | University of Utah | OH | Jr. |
| Abby | Cole^ | University of Michigan | MB | Sr. |
| Chloe | Collins# | University of Texas | S | Sr. |
| Alyssa | Garvelink | Michigan State University | MB | Jr. |
| Alex | Holston#$ | University of Florida | RS | Sr. |
| Kelly | Hunter | University of Nebraska | S | Jr. |
| Crissy | Jones | University of Washington | RS | Jr. |
| Taylor | Leath | University of North Carolina | OH | So. |
| Haleigh | Nelson^ | University of Wisconsin | MB | Sr. |
| Taylor | Sandbothe* | Ohio State University | MB | Sr. |
| Katie | Staiger | Baylor University | OH | Jr. |
| Bailey | Tanner | University of Washington | S | Jr. |
| Hannah | Tapp* | University of Minnesota | RS/MB | Sr. |
| Nikki | Taylor^ | University of Hawai’i | RS | Sr. |
2016 AVCA DIVISION I THIRD-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
| First Name | Last Name | School | Pos. | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhamat | Alhassan*@ | University of Florida | MB | Jr. |
| Katie | Brand | Kansas State University | S | Sr. |
| Melanie | Crow | University of Missouri | OH | Jr. |
| Lydia | Dimke | Creighton University | S | Jr. |
| Leah | Edmond | University of Kentucky | OH | Fr. |
| Molly | Haggerty | University of Wisconsin | OH | Fr. |
| Ainise | Havili* | University of Kansas | S | Jr. |
| Merete | Lutz^@ | Stanford University | RS | Jr. |
| Kalei | Mau | University of Arizona | OH | Sr. |
| McKenna | Miller | Brigham Young University | OH | Fr. |
| Amber | Rolfzen^ | University of Nebraska | MB | Sr. |
| Penina | Snuka | University of Arizona | S | Sr. |
| Lindsey | Vander Weide | University of Oregon | OH | So. |
| Tionna | Williams | University of Wisconsin | MB | So. |
* indicates 2015 AVCA First-Team All-America selection
^ indicates 2015 AVCA Second-Team All-America selection
# indicates 2015 AVCA Third-Team All-America selection
$ indicates 2014 AVCA First-Team All-America selection
@ indicates 2014 AVCA Second-Team All-America selection
% indicates 2014 AVCA Third-Team All-America selection
& indicates 2013 AVCA First-Team All-American selection
! indicates 2013 AVCA Second-Team All-America selection
? indicates a 2013 AVCA Third-Team All-American selection
2016 Division I AVCA Freshman of the Year: Kathryn Plummer, Stanford, OH
2016 Division I AVCA Player of the Year: Announced at the AVCA All-America/Players of the Year Banquet on Friday, December 16.
2016 AVCA Division I Honorable Mention All-America
| First Name | Last Name | School | Pos. | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephanie | Aiple | Texas A&M University | S | Jr. |
| Autumn | Bailey | Michigan State University | OH | Jr. |
| Nele | Barber | Long Beach State University | OH | Sr. |
| Ali | Bastianelli | University of Illinois | MB | So. |
| Amanda | Benson | University of Oregon | L | Sr. |
| Abbey | Bessler | Xavier University | OH | Sr. |
| Kaitlyn | Blake | Texas A&M University | MB | So. |
| Alyssa | Cavanaugh | Western Kentucky University | OH | Jr. |
| Olivia | Dailey | University of Kentucky | S | So. |
| Brandi | Donnelly | University of Illinois | L | Jr. |
| Ashley | Dusek | University of Kentucky | L | Jr. |
| Audriana | Fitzmorris | Stanford University | MB | Fr. |
| Mikaela | Foecke | University of Nebraska | OH | So. |
| Janey | Goodman | James Madison University | RS | Sr. |
| Natalie | Gower | TCU | MB | Sr. |
| Chelsey | Harris | Rice University | RS | Sr. |
| Alexis | Hart | University of Minnesota | OH | Fr. |
| Marion | Hazelwood | University of Oklahoma | MB | Jr. |
| Morgan | Heise | SMU | L | Sr. |
| Briana | Holman | University of Nebraska | MB | Jr. |
| Kyra | Holt | Washington State University | OH | Sr. |
| Taylor | Hughes | Ohio State University | S/H | So. |
| Lily | Johnson | Missouri State University | OH | Jr. |
| Carly | Kan | University of Missouri | OH | Sr. |
| Sasha | Karelov | Duke University | L | Sr. |
| Aleksandra | Kazala | American University | OH | So. |
| Taryn | Kloth | Creighton University | OH | So. |
| Caroline | Knop | University of Florida | L | Jr. |
| Lisa | Kramer | University of San Diego | RS | Sr. |
| Milica | Kubura | Florida State University | OH | Jr. |
| Khalia | Lanier | University of Southern California | OH | Fr. |
| Jody | Larson | Wichita State University | RS | Sr. |
| Abbie | Lehman | Wichita State University | MB | Jr. |
| Anna | Logan | Butler University | OH | So. |
| Molly | Lohman | University of Minnesota | MB | Jr. |
| Taylor | Louis | Marquette University | OH | So. |
| Jessica | Lucas | Western Kentucky University | S | Jr. |
| Emily | Maglio | University of Hawai’i | MB | Jr. |
| Mary-Kate | Marshall | Oregon State University | OH | Jr. |
| Madison | McDaniel | Rice University | S | Jr. |
| Allie | Monserez | University of Florida | S | So. |
| Alyssa | Munlyn | University of Missouri | MB | So. |
| Sierra | Nobley | Boise State University | OH | Jr. |
| Carlyle | Nusbaum | Lipscomb University | OH | So. |
| Maddy | O’Donnell | Boise State University | MB | Sr. |
| Katie | Oleksak | Colorado State University | S | Fr. |
| Jenna | Potts | University of Pittsburgh | MB | Sr. |
| Jordyn | Poulter | University of Illinois | S | So. |
| Paulina | Prieto Cerame | University of Texas | OH | Sr. |
| Madison | Rigdon | University of Kansas | OH | Jr. |
| Krystal | Rivers | University of Alabama | RS | Sr. |
| Elise | Ruddins | University of Southern California | MB | Sr. |
| Lindsey | Ruddins | UC Santa Barbara | OH | Fr. |
| Danielle | Rygelski | Saint Louis University | OH | Sr. |
| Lauren | Schad | University of San Diego | MB | Sr. |
| Jess | Schaben | Iowa State University | OH | So. |
| Markie | Schaedig | Arkansas State University | L | Sr. |
| Julia | Scoles | University of North Carolina | OH | Fr. |
| Carli | Snyder | University of Florida | OH | Jr. |
| Sarah | Sponcil | Loyola Marymount University | OH | Jr. |
| Olga | Strantzali | University of Miami | OH | Jr. |
| Jordan | Thompson | University of Cincinnati | RS | So. |
| Erica | Treiber | University of Tennessee | MB | So. |
| Jordan | Tucker | Duke University | MB | Sr. |
| Teegan | Van Gunst | Georgia Tech | OH | Sr. |
| Cassie | Wait | University of Kansas | L | Sr. |
| MacKenzi | Welsh | University of Michigan | S | Fr. |
| Stephanie | Williams | University of Pittsburgh | OH | Fr. |
| Jaali | Winters | Creighton University | OH | So. |
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