Gators Volleyball

The University of Virginia volleyball team’s trek from Charlottesville, Virginia, to The Swamp for the Gators Invitational was extra special for one particular player. Freshman defensive specialist and Gainesville native Kate Johnson made her college volleyball debut in her hometown. https://twitter.com/UVAVolleyball/status/1562822326948806657 Buchholz Standout Johnson picked up the sport at the …

Florida volleyball couldn’t have asked for a better start to the season.  Over the weekend, the No. 15 Gators dominated North Florida, East Tennessee State and Virginia at the O’Connell Center to kick start Mary Wise’s 32nd season at the program’s helm.  Following a 3-1 win Friday over UNF, the …

On Friday, August. 26, Florida took the courts against the UNF Ospreys in women’s volleyball for the first time in school history at the Gators Invitational. The Gators invited North Florida along with the Virginia Cavaliers and the Eastern Tennessee State Pirates to a two-day tournament.  A good crowd was …

Florida volleyball lost key players to graduation in outside hitters Thayer Hall and T’ara Ceasar, along with setter Marlie Monserez following a Third Round NCAA Tournament exit last season. Now, No. 15 Gator volleyball reloads with eight new players including five freshmen and three transfers. Additionally, they’ve got two preseason …

Gator Football Trophy Watchlist The Football Writers Association of America named Gervon Dexter Sr., O’Cyrus Torrence to the Outland Trophy Watch-List and Kingsley Eguakun to the Rimington Trophy Watchlist. Torrence also collected a Preseason All-American by Phil Steele from Sporting News and Walter Camp. He earned All-SEC honors by Athlon, Phil Steele and …

The Florida Gators volleyball team was picked to finish second next season in the SEC Preseason Coaches Poll. The Gators’ 132 total points and two first-place votes put them in the runner-up position behind the defending SEC champions, the Kentucky Wildcats. https://twitter.com/SEC/status/1546509659535773698?cxt=HHwWhMC4pe6Vp_YqAAAA Two Gators Headline All-SEC Team Sophomores Merritt Beason …

Bre Kelly is a sophomore on the Gators Volleyball team from Rockwall, Texas. Kelly achieved many things prior to coming to the University of Florida. In an interview on Tuesday on “SportScene With Steve Russell,” she mentioned that she has only been doing volleyball for the past four and a …

Three Gators Volleyball players have officially been selected to represent USA’s U21 team at the Pan American Cup. https://twitter.com/GatorsVB/status/1533288268321771527 Merritt Beason, Bre Kelley, and Alexis Stucky have been selected to join the 12-woman roster and will be heading to La Paz, Mexico, to compete at the Pan American Cup, which …

Gabrielle Essix is a freshman on the Gators Volleyball team from Hoover Alabama. Before entering collegiate Volleyball, Essix had a laundry list of accolades. In 2020 she was a member of the U.S. Women’s Junior National Training Team. She was also AVCA Under Armour All-American Second Team in 2020. She …

The NCAA Board of Governors decided to hand over the power of determining transgender athlete eligibility within their transitioned-to gender. Effective immediately for winter championships, national sports’ governing bodies will serve as the de-facto mold for each sports’ transgender athlete policy. The policy replaces the NCAA’s 2010 ruling, which based …