KENZIE FOLEY, ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY

• Becomes St. Cloud State’s first Division II National Player of the Year
• Picked up AVCA All-America honors for the third-consecutive season (first team in 2022 and 2023 and second-team in 2021)
• Her name is all over the 2023 Division II statistical lists; she ranks first in kills per set, second in points per set, and is fifth in kills
• Had double-digits kill totals in every match this season to go with 20 double-doubles (kills-digs)
• Reached 1,000 kills quicker than any other player in program history and, this season, became the 11th member of the school’s 1,000-dig club

Stats: 5.51 P/S, 545 Kills, 5.0 K/S, 350 Digs

 

AVCA NCAA DIVISION II PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

1985: Lynda Johnson, Portland State
1986: Annie Kniss, UC Riverside
1987: Angela Brinton, Cal State-Northridge
1988: Janet Cobbs, North Dakota State
1989: Sheri Benson, UC Riverside
1990: Becky Belland, Central Missouri State
1991: Ana Cristina Pereira, West Texas A&M
1992: Stacey Metro, Northern Michigan
1993: Stacey Metro, Northern Michigan
1994: Christy Wieneke, Cal State Bakersfield
1995: Liu Jun, Northern Michigan
1996: Liu Jun, Northern Michigan
1997: Sarah Butler, West Texas A&M
1998: Melinda Almazan, Regis
1999: Sarah Butler, West Texas A&M
2000: Kari Peterson, Augustana (S.D.)
2001: Shauna Sturm, South Dakota State
2002: Erin Deffenbaugh, Northern Colorado
2003: Kim Morohunfola, Cal State San Bernardino
2004: Brianna Harris, Cal State San Bernardino
2005: Erin Gudmundson, University of Nebraska Kearney
2006: Vicky Braegelmann, Minnesota Duluth and Li YiZhi, Lock Haven
2007: Vicky Braegelmann, Minnesota Duluth
2008: Maggie McNamara, Concordia-St. Paul
2009: Maggie McNamara, Concordia-St. Paul
2010: Samantha Middleborn, Cal State San Bernardino
2011: Samantha Middleborn, Cal State San Bernardino
2012: Danielle Selkridge, University of Tampa
2013: Kate Lange, University of Minnesota Duluth
2014: Berkley Whaley, University of Tampa
2015: Preecy Seever, Rockhurst University
2016: Annie Wolfe, University of Nebraska Kearney
2017: Taylor Reiss, Southwest Minnesota State
2018: Taylor Reiss, Southwest Minnesota State
2019: Alexis Cardoza, Cal State San Bernardino
2021: Alexis Cardoza, Cal State San Bernardino
2022: Diana Akopova, Barry University
2023: Kenzie Foley, St. Cloud State University