BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Outside hitter Jurnee Robinson enters her sophomore season named to the 2024 Preseason All-SEC Team, and the league office picked LSU to finish ninth in the SEC Preseason Coaches Poll announced Wednesday morning.
LSU accumulated 82 points in the SEC Preseason Coaches Poll. Newly admitted SEC member and reigning back-to-back National Champions, Texas, are named the preseason favorites, tallying 196 points and 14 of the 15 first-place points. Florida finished second in the poll with 174 points and claimed the final first-place vote, edging out Kentucky, which rounded out the top three teams with 173 votes.
Robinson, the 2023 AVCA South Region Freshman of the Year, led the Tigers last season with 3.87 kills and 4.46 points per set. She had 391 total kills, a .232 hitting percentage, 63 total blocks, including a team-high 15 solo blocks, and served 20 aces.
LSU opens its 2024 campaign with a two-day tournament at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center Aug. 30-31 in Baton Rouge, La. The Tigers’ season-opener will be a 10 a.m. CT match against New Hampshire, and then face Maryland at 7 p.m. CT on Friday, Aug. 30. The opening weekend will conclude with a 3 p.m. CT match against Troy on Aug. 31. Season tickets for the 2024 LSU Volleyball season are now available and can be purchased here.
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2024 SEC Volleyball Preseason Coaches’ Poll
(First-Place Votes in Parentheses)
| Place | School | Points |
| 1. | Texas (14) | 196 |
| 2. | Florida (1) | 174 |
| 3. | Kentucky | 173 |
| 4. | Georgia | 148 |
| 5. | Tennessee | 144 |
| 6. | Missouri | 127 |
| 7. | Texas A&M | 117 |
| 8. | Arkansas | 109 |
| 9. | LSU | 82 |
| 10. | Auburn | 77 |
| 11. | Oklahoma | 73 |
| 12. | Ole Miss | 49 |
| South Carolina | 49 | |
| 14. | Mississippi State | 42 |
| 15. | Alabama | 15 |
2024 Volleyball Preseason All-SEC Team
| Name, School | Pos. | Ht. | Yr. | Hometown |
| Hannah Hogue, Arkansas | S | 5-8 | Sr. | Fort Smith, Ark. |
| Madison Scheer, Auburn | OH | 6-1 | Jr. | Eureka, Mo. |
| Sophie Fischer, Georgia | MB | 6-5 | 5th | Fort Mill, S.C. |
| Kennedy Martin, Florida | OH/RS | 6-6 | So. | Fort Mill, S.C. |
| Alexis Stucky, Florida | S | 6-2 | Jr. | Laramie, Wy. |
| Eleanor Beavin, Kentucky | L | 5-5 | Sr. | Louisville, Ky. |
| Brooklyn DeLeye, Kentucky | OH | 6-2 | So. | Topeka, Kan. |
| Emma Grome, Kentucky | S | 5-9 | Sr. | Loveland, Ohio |
| Jurnee Robinson, LSU | OH | 6-1 | So. | Simpsonville, S.C. |
| Sasha Ratliff, Ole Miss | MB | 6-2 | Sr. | Atlanta, Ga. |
| Jordan Iliff, Missouri | RS | 6-2 | Sr. | St. Louis, Mo. |
| Caroline Kerr, Tennessee | S | 5-11 | R-So. | Champaign, Ill. |
| Emma Halter, Texas | L | 5-5 | Jr. | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| Reagan Rutherford, Texas | OPP | 6-0 | R-Sr. | Missouri City, Texas |
| Madisen Skinner, Texas | OH | 6-2 | Sr. | Katy, Texas |
| Ella Swindle, Texas | S | 6-3 | So. | Columbia, Mo. |
| Ifenna Cos Okpalla, Texas A&M | MB | 6-2 | So. | Flower Mound, Texas |
| Logan Lednicky, Texas A&M | OPP | 6-3 | So. | Sugar Land, Texas |
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