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Kentucky Volleyball Picked to Win SEC By Conference Coaches

Three Wildcats make Preseason All-SEC Team

LEXINGTON – October 8, 2020

The No. 3 Kentucky Volleyball team has been picked to win the Southeastern Conference for the fourth-straight season, the league coaches announced on Thursday afternoon. Kentucky won 11 of the 13 first-place votes, with the Florida Gators picking up the other two.

Additionally, three Kentucky players, Madison Lilley, Gabby Curry and Alli Stumler were named to the nine-person Preseason All-SEC Team, which was also voted upon by the 13 SEC head coaches. The three representatives on the All-Conference Preseason Team is the most for any team in the league, and one of only two teams (Missouri) with more than one representative on the team.

Kentucky has won the SEC in each of the last three years running, and brought in the No. 1 recruiting class in the country this season. UK last season went 14-2 in SEC play, beating Ole Miss on the final day of the regular season to claim its third-straight SEC championship.

For Lilley and Curry, they return to the Preseason All-SEC Team after having earned spots on the 2019 team a season ago. Lilley and Curry are both returning AVCA All-American’s, as is Stumler, who earns a spot on the Preseason All-SEC Team for the first time in her career.

Preseason Coaches’ Poll

(First-Place Votes in Parentheses)

PlaceSchoolPoints
1.Kentucky (11)143
2.Florida (2)132
3.Missouri120
4.Texas A&M103
5.LSU98
6.Georgia91
7.South Carolina77
 Tennessee77
9.Arkansas52
10.Ole Miss40
11.Alabama34
12.Mississippi State28
13.Auburn19

Volleyball Preseason All-SEC Team

Name, SchoolPos.Yr.Ht.Hometown
Thayer Hall, FloridaOHJr.6-3Spartanburg, S.C.
Gabby Curry, KentuckyLiberoSr.5-8Buford, Ga.
Madison Lilley, KentuckySSr.5-11Overland Park, Kan.
Alli Stumler, KentuckyOHJr.6-1Floyds Knobs, Ind.
Taylor Bannister, LSURSSr.6-5Missouri City, Texas
Kylie Deberg, MissouriOHSr.6-4Hudson, Iowa
Tyanna Omazic, MissouriMBSr.6-2Kansas City, Mo.
Mikayla Robinson, South CarolinaMBSr.6-2West Dundee, Ill.
Camille Conner, Texas A&MSSr.6-1Katy, Texas

Kentucky opens its 2020 season on Oct. 16 against Tennessee in Memorial Coliseum. The match will begin at 7 p.m. ET and will be shown live on the SEC Network.

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