Senior CLASS Award for women's volleyball | |
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Awarded for | the outstanding senior NCAA Division I Student-Athlete of the Year in women's volleyball |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Premier Sports Management |
First awarded | 2010 |
Currently held by | Sydney Hilley, Wisconsin |
Website | http://www.seniorclassaward.com/volleyball/ |
The Senior CLASS Award is presented each year to the outstanding senior NCAA Division I Student-Athlete of the Year in women's volleyball. The award was established in 2010 and the first award went to Ellie Blankenship of the Northern Iowa Panthers.
So far, no men's version of this award has been created. Three NCAA sports that are sponsored for both men and women have Senior CLASS Awards for only one sex—ice hockey and lacrosse do not have women's awards, and volleyball does not have a men's award.
Year | Winner | School |
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2010 | Ellie Blankenship [1] | Northern Iowa |
2011 | Kanani Danielson [2] | Hawaii |
2012 | Gina Mancuso [3] | Nebraska |
2013 | Ariel Scott [4] | Penn State |
2014 | Liz McMahon [5] | Illinois |
2015 | Cassie Strickland [6] | Washington |
2016 | Paige Tapp [7] | Minnesota |
2017 | Haleigh Washington [8] | Penn State |
2018 | Mikaela Foecke [9] | Nebraska |
2019 | Kathryn Plummer [10] | Stanford |
2020–21 [lower-alpha 1] | Stephanie Samedy [11] | Minnesota |
2021 | Sydney Hilley [12] | Wisconsin |
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