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There will be no split decision this season on who is the National Player of the Year.
Outside attacker Taylor Sander after leading BYU to a conference title and NCAA Tournament berth was voted the 2014 Volleyball Magazine National Player of the Year in the magazine’s latest issue released earlier this week.
Sander en route to already earning the AVCA National Player of the Year earlier this year finished the season second in the nation with a 4.60 kills per game average. The All-American senior also was among the national leaders with 55 aces and a finalist for the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Server of the Year.
This is the second consecutive year Sander earned Volleyball Magazine National Player of the Year honors. However, the AVCA in 2013 awarded its National Player of the Year to Long Beach State outside attacker Taylor Crabb instead of Sander, which created a rare situation of different players earning National Player of the Year awards.
Along with winning the 2014 Volleyball Magazine National Player of the Year and 2014 AVCA National Player of the Year, Sander won on Saturday the 2014 Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Fan Choice Player of the Year.
USC outside attacker Lucas Yoder in the magazine’s latest issue also picked up a top individual honor being named the 2014 Volleyball Magazine National Freshman of the Year. In addition, Shane Davis was named the 2014 Volleyball Magazine National Coach of the Year after leading Loyola to the NCAA championship.
Volleyball Magazine along with presenting these top individual awards unveiled its 2014 All-American Teams.
Check out all the players to earn All-American honors and the top individual awards.
Volleyball Magazine Individual Awards
Player of the Year: Taylor Sander, BYU
Freshman of the Year: Lucas Yoder, USC
Coach of the Year: Shane Davis, Loyola
Volleyball Magazine First-Team All-American
Setter: Micah Christenson, USC
Opposite: Joe Smalzer, Loyola
Outside attacker: Taylor Sander, BYU
Outside attacker: Brian Cook, Stanford
Middle attacker: Taylor Averill, Hawai’i
Middle attacker: Scott Kevorken, UC Irvine
Libero: Michael Brinkley, UC Irvine
Coach: Shane Davis, Loyola
Volleyball Magazine Second-Team All-American
Setter: James Shaw, Stanford
Outside attacker: Taylor Crabb, Long Beach State
Outside attacker: Thomas Jaeschke, Loyola
Outside attacker: Brook Sedore, Hawai’i
Middle attacker: Nick Olson, Loyola
Middle attacker: Conrad Kaminski, Stanford
Libero: Henry Cassiday, USC
Coach: John Kosty, Stanford
Volleyball Magazine Third-Team All-American
Setter: Matt West, Pepperdine
Opposite: Eric Mochalski, Stanford
Outside attacker: Aaron Russell, Penn State
Outside attacker: Gonzalo Quiroga, UCLA
Middle attacker: Matt Leske, Ball State
Middle attacker: Driss Guessous, Ohio State
Libero: Grant Delgado, Stanford