Elliott Earns AVCA All-America Honors
12/16/2015 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Coming off an impressive season in Big Ten play, outside hitter Adreené Elliott finishes her career as a member of the Maryland volleyball program earning American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America Honorable Mention honors, the association announced Wednesday.
Elliott is Maryland's first All-American since Ashleigh Crutcher earned the recognition in 2012. She was named AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention last week. Elliott is the seventh All-American in program history.
“This is an incredible honor for Adreené and for the program,” head coach Steve Aird said. “She has the potential to be a very elite player, and it's great that her hard work and dedication this season is being rewarded.”
The Terrapins' first-ever All-Big Ten and Big Ten Player of the Week honoree, Elliott averaged 3.54 kills per set this season, good for seventh in the Big Ten, while ranking third in conference play with 4.01 kills per set. She posted double-digit kills in 25 matches this season, including a season-high 23 at Rutgers.
After missing nearly all of 2014 to a knee injury, Elliott showed no rust as she set career highs in kills and service aces while leading the Terps to a 10-1 run to start the season and five Big Ten wins.
Elliott also proved one of the best servers in the Big Ten, posting a career-high 38 service aces. She led the Big Ten with 0.51 conference aces per set, and served a career-high five aces twice vs. Purdue and Iowa.
The redshirt senior became Maryland's all-time career solo blocks leader, finishing her time as a Terp with 99. Additionally, Elliott ranks second all-time with 1,424 career kills and is in the top 10 of four other categories, including total attacks, hitting percentage, block assists and total blocks.
Maryland played its most difficult schedule in 2015 as the Terps faced 15 teams that were either ranked or received votes in the AVCA Coaches Poll at the time of competition. The Terps posted 15 wins in 2015, five more than the previous year, and five conference wins, two more than in 2014. Maryland upset No. 12 Ohio State in straight sets on Nov. 6, marking the Terrapins' first win over a ranked opponent since 2010.
To see the complete list of AVCA All-America awards, click here.
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