Jenna Hampton Named SEC Libero of the Year

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina’s Jenna Hampton made historical past Sunday afternoon, incomes the SEC’s Libero of the Yr Award. She is the primary Gamecock to earn the award from the convention’s coaches because the crew joined the SEC in 1991 and is simply the third student-athlete from Carolina to have earned a person award in that span. Hampton can also be on the 18-woman All-SEC crew, marking the sixth season in a row for a Gamecock to be acknowledged on the postseason checklist however the first time a libero represented this system.

It was a momentous yr on the courtroom for Hampton, her 460 digs rank sixth-most in a single season within the rally scoring period and he or she is the tenth girl to surpass 450 digs in a season in this system’s 49-year historical past. The Tampa, Fla. native completed with 317 digs in SEC play alone, fourth most for South Carolina since becoming a member of the league in 1991 and her 4.53 digs per set in convention play led all people.

Hampton had a stretch of 4 video games in a row with 20 or extra digs and her six whole matches over 20 digs are probably the most in a single season for South Carolina since 1996. To place her season’s efforts into perspective, Hampton accounted for over 35 % of the crew’s whole digs, the best share by a single participant since official stats have been first recorded in 1984 – solely two different people have even cracked the 30 % barrier.

This fall put a bow on an illustrious profession for Hampton, who joined the Gamecocks after 4 seasons at Penn State. Counting her time as a Nittany Lion, Hampton is effectively over 1,500 profession digs. Solely eight different ladies within the NCAA Division I Energy-5 conferences have extra.

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