The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
12.10.2019 | Volleyball
Skylar Fields named Southwest Region Freshman of the Year.
AUSTIN, Texas – The No. 2-seed Texas Volleyball team saw four student-athletes named American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Region Team on Tuesday morning.
Senior Micaya White, sophomores Logan Eggleston and Jhenna Gabriel and freshman Skylar Fields were all named to the first team, making them eligible for All-America honors.
Fields was also named the Southwest Region Freshman of the Year, making her eligible for National Freshman of the Year.
White, a unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection, has led the team in kills in 2019, averaging 4.00 on .306 hitting percentage. She is also the team's leading point scorer at 4.68 per set. She has added 30 aces, 59 blocks and 228 digs, at 2.45 per set.
Eggleston, a unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection, is averaging 3.55 kills per set at .313 hitting percentage. She is also averaging 0.52 aces per set with 48 on the season. She has also added 202 digs and 69 blocks.
Gabriel has led the offense to the nation's top hitting percentage of .325, while dishing out 10.50 assists per set. The 5-foot-8 setter has added 21 aces, 188 digs and 18 blocks.
Fields, the 2019 Big 12 Freshman of the Year, is averaging 3.03 points per set this season on 238 for 2.56 per set. She is third in the Big 12 in hitting percentage at .338. She has also added 87 blocks on the year.
This marks White's fourth All-Region selection of her career, earning a spot as a First Team All-American in 2016, a Third Team selection in 2017, and a Second Team selection in 2018.
Eggleston was a Southwest All-Region First Team honoree and an AVCA All-America Honorable Mention selection in 2018.
This marks first career AVCA honors for Fields and Gabriel.
