The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Deshotel Tabbed Preseason All-Conference
8/1/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - UAB volleyball senior Gabby Deshotel was named to the Conference USA Preseason All-Conference Team as announced by the league office on Monday.
Deshotel, a 5-foot-11 outside hitter, was one of 12 selections to earn preseason all-conference honors. The Daphne, Ala., native enters her fourth and final season with the Blazers and will be one of four seniors on the team.
"It's a great honor that Gabby was recognized because she's been a great player in our conference the past three years," UAB head coach Kerry Messersmith said. "She's worked extremely hard during her time at UAB and hopefully she will have a great senior season."
Deshotel was a member of the C-USA All-Conference Second Team a year ago after leading UAB in kills and attacks.
Deshotel started all 32 matches and appeared in 117 sets during the 2015 season. Overall, she had 504 kills and attacked at a .200 clip with 1,473 attempts, finishing the season with 15 assists and 21 service aces.
Defensively, Deshotel finished second on the squad with 260 digs and added five solo blocks and 44 block assists for a total of 49.
The outside hitter finished the 2015 season with 12 double-doubles, had 20 or more kills in 10 matches and set single-game career highs in kills (26), total attempts (80), attack percentage (.586), assists (2), total blocks (7) and digs (16).
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C-USA Preseason All-Conference Team
Maja Ristic, Florida Atlantic
Ally Kiekover, Marshall
Chelsey Harris, Rice
Madison McDaniel, Rice
Leah Mikesky, Rice
Portia Okafor, Rice
Stephany Purdue, Southern Miss
Gabby Deshotel, UAB
Dajana Boskovic, UTSA
Marijeta Runjic, UTSA
Alyssa Cavanaugh, WKU
Jessica Lucas, WKU
Preseason Player of the Year
Jessica Lucas, WKU
2016 C-USA Volleyball Preseason Poll
- WKU
- UTSA
- Rice
- Southern Miss
- Florida Atlantic
- North Texas
- FIU
- Marshall
- Charlotte
- Middle Tennessee
- UTEP
- UAB
- Louisiana Tech
