UF VB | Two Gators Garner AVCA All-America Accolades

Alexis Stucky and Marina Markova tabbed as Third Team All-Americans

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two Gators garnered All-America accolades from the American Volleyball Coaches Association, as the organization announced Wednesday.

Marina Markova and Alexis Stucky each found themselves on the AVCA All-America Third Team.

This is the second AVCA All-America honor for Markova, who earned Honorable Mention accolades a season ago at Syracuse.

Stucky becomes just the third Florida freshman to be placed on either the First, Second or Third teams during a rookie campaign, joining Rhamat Alhassan (2014 – Second Team) and Kelly Murphy (2008 – Third Team).

With these two honors, Florida has now racked up 47 players with 132 All-America honors since the 1991 season.

The Gators finished the 2022 season with a 25-6 overall record, making the 29th program appearance in the Regional Semifinal. Florida also clinched its 25th SEC Championship, the most in the league.

Marina Markova

* Second AVCA Honor
* Earned AVCA All-America Honorable Mention accolades during the 2021 season at Syracuse
* 2022 AVCA All-Southeast Region selection
* 2022 All-SEC Team selection
* Has recorded double-digit kills in 22 matches this season
* Hit .300 or better in 18 matches during the 2022 campaign
* Posted a Florida career-high 19 kills in the final regular season match
* Eclipsed the 1,000-kill milestone in the final regular season match of the year
* Recorded at least 3.0 blocks in 14 matches during the 2022 season
* Finished the season first on the team in kills (353), second in points (401) and fourth in total blocks (76.0)
* Also ranks second on the team in both kills per set (3.15) and points per set (3.58)
* Has led the Gators in kills 14 times this season
* Has led the Gators in points 12 times this season

Alexis Stucky

* First AVCA All-America Honor
* 2022 Southeast Region Freshman of the Year
* 2022 Southeast All-Region Team
* Fifth Gator to receive AVCA Region Freshman of the Year honors and first since Rhamat Alhassan in 2014
* SEC Freshman of the Year – sixth Gator to earn the honor and first since 2014
* 2022 All-SEC Team selection
* Posted five double-doubles in the 2022 campaign
* Has recorded at least 40 assists in 12 matches this season
* Has led the team to at least a .300 clip in 15 matches this season
* Recorded a career-high 56 assists against LSU On Oct. 9
* Has posted a career-high five kills on four occasions in 2022
* Registered 6.0 blocks against Minnesota on Sept. 4
* Has led the Gators in assists 31 times this season
* Has led the Gators in aces nine times this season
* Eclipsed 1,000 assists during her freshman season, becoming just the second Florida true freshman to hit that milestone
* Earned AVCA National Division I Player of the Week honors on Oct. 18
* Named SEC Overall Player of the Week twice (Sept. 19, Oct. 17)
* Named SEC Setter of the Week twice (Oct. 17, Nov. 7)
* Named SEC Freshman of the Week six times (Aug. 29, Sept. 19, Oct. 30, Nov. 14, Nov. 21, Nov. 28)