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Akasha Anderson Season 2023

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Akasha Anderson Season 2023

PositionPH
Height6-3
ClassSophomore
HometownReston, Va.

HONORS & AWARDS
2023 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 AVCA South Region Freshman of the Year
2022 AVCA All-South Region
2022 All-SEC
2022 SEC All-Freshman Team
2x SEC Freshman of the Week


2023
Started in all 27 matches she played in… Averaged 3.82 points per set and 3.37 kills per set on 1,114 total attacks… Was second on the team with 356 kills throughout the season… Tied her career high with 26 kills in a five-set win over South Alabama... Was second on the team and first among hitters with nine double-doubles throughout the year... Complied the third-most aces on the team with 27... Finished the year with career highs in aces per set (0.26) and digs per set (2.30)... Had three matches (at South Alabama, vs Ole Miss, at Mississippi State) with more than 20 kills... Reached double digits in kills in 22 matches... Had a career-high .448 hitting percentage with 14 kills and 11 digs against LSU... 

2022
Played in all 31 matches for the Tigers, starting in 27 of them... Made her collegiate debut on Aug. 26 vs Belmont... Hit a career-best .526 on Aug. 27 vs Marist... Piled up a career-high 18 digs in win over Alabama on Sept. 25... Recorded her first double-double on Sept. 9 vs UAB with 24 kills and 14 digs... notched the second-most double-doubles on the team with nine... Had at least 10 kills in 23 matches... Stacked up at least 20 kills in eight separate matches... Her 428 kills were the 2nd-most in a single season at Auburn as was her 3.54 kills per set and 1,240 total attacks... Ranked top-5 in the SEC in Total Attacks, Kills, Kills per Set, Points and Points per Set... Was top-10 in the Nation among Freshmen in Kills, Kills per Set, Points and Points Per Set... Was named SEC Freshmen of the Week twice... Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team... An All-SEC Selection... Named to the AVCA South All-Region Team... Awarded the 2022 AVCA South Region Freshman of the Year.

HIGH SCHOOL
Named the team captain for the 2021 season … multi-time All-District Team selection … selected to PrepVolleyball.com's FROSH 59 List … Northern Region D Player of the Year … 2021 Class 6 Liberty Conference District Player of the Year … 2021-22 Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year … played for Virginia Elite club team since 2016 … 2021 and 2022 JVA All-National Team selection … named to 2021 and 2020 JVA Ultra Ankle Watch List … 2021 Under Armour All-America nominee … 2021 Sunshine Volleyball Classic Star Search … selected to 2020 AVCA Phenom List … named to 2020 PrepVolleyball's Watch List … 2019 Capitol Hill Class Star Search … tabbed to 2018 AVCA Phenom List … member of 2018 PrepVolleyball.com FROSH 59 List … 2018 and 2017 Team Excellence Award winner … selected to the 2020 USAV High Performance Program … named to the 2019 and 2018 USAV Girls Select A1 Program … played at HP World Championships in both 2018 and 2019 … selected to 2017 USAV Girls Future Select National Training Program … Academic Excellence Award winner … member of the National Honor Society … four-year member on both the academic and athletic honor rolls … received Virginia Board of Education Seal for Excellence in Civics Education.

PERSONAL
Born Akasha Manijah Reece Anderson on Oct. 2, 2004, in Alexandria, Virginia … parents are LaKesha and Jerrad Anderson … has one sibling, Exodus … intending to major in political science.