The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 1 Volleyball’s Skinner named VolleyballMag.com Player of the Year
12.23.2023 | Volleyball
Skinner is the Longhorns’ third-straight VBMagazine National Player of the Year.
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 1 Texas Volleyball's Madisen Skinner was named the VolleyballMag.com National Player of the Year, marking the third-consecutive season for a Longhorn to win the award.
Skinner was joined by Asjia O'Neal on the publication's All-America First Team after the pair helped lead Texas to the 2023 National Championship.
Jerritt Elliott was also named the VolleyballMag.com National Coach of the Year.
In six NCAA matches, Skinner totaled 125 kills (20.8/match). In the national semifinals against Wisconsin, she had 18 kills, an assist, six aces and nine digs. Then in the championship-match sweep of Nebraska, Skinner had 16 more kills, two aces, five digs and a solo block. For the season, she had a Big 12-leading 547 kills — 203 more than she had in 2022 — averaging 4.8/set and added 46 aces. She also averaged 1.96 digs/set.
VolleyballMag.com voters were instructed to list four teams and each had to include at least one setter and one libero. The publication is also not beholden to the restrictions and nominating process that the AVCA adheres to and they also wait until after the NCAA semifinals and final to conclude voting.
