McKenzie Elise Adams (born February 13, 1992) is an American professional

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player who plays as an

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for Division 1 team Hisamitsu Springs. She played collegiately at the

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for one season before transferring and finishing her career out at UTSA, where she became the first ever All-American in the program's history.

Personal life

Adams originates from Schertz, Texas and attended high school at Steele High School. She was a first-team all-state honoree and ranked as the national No. 24 recruit in her graduating class.

Career

College

Adams played one season of college volleyball at Virginia. She earned accolades such as NCAA East Region, Atlantic Coast Conference and Virginia Sports Information Directors Freshman of the Year. She posted 265 kills and had over 100 digs on the season. She completed her final three seasons at the University of Texas, San Antonio. In her first season with UTSA, she was named the

Southland Conference The Southland Conference, abbreviated as SLC, is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it pa ...

Newcomer of the Year and first-team All-Southland. During her junior season in 2012, she became the first All-American in program history after earning honorable mention All-America honor. She was also named to AVCA All-West Region, was the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year and first-team All-WAC. She ranked second in the conference and 24th in the nation with 4.33 kills per set, and was fourth in the league with 3.84 assists per set. She finished the season as the 30th ranked national player in points per set (4.85).

Professional clubs

Indias de Mayagüez Indias de Mayagüez is the Professional Female volleyball (LVSF) team of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The team's home court is the Palacio de Recreación y Deportes The Palacio de Recreación y Deportes German Wilkins Vélez Ramírez is a coliseum ...

(2014–2015) * Ladies in Black Aachen (2016–2018) * SSC Schwerin (2018–2020) * Imoco Volley Conegliano (2020–2021) *

Eczacıbaşı Dynavit Eczacıbaşı Dynavit is the professional women's volleyball department of Eczacıbaşı S.K., a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The team plays its home matches at the Eczacıbaşı Spor Salonu hall in Istanbul. Eczacıbaşı has ...

(2021–2022) * Igor Gorgonzola Novara (2022–2023) * Hisamitsu Springs (2023-)

Awards and honors

Clubs

* 2021-2022

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...

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Champions, with Eczacıbaşı Dynavit * 2021–2022

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Bronze medal, with Eczacıbaşı Dynavit * 2021–2022

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup ( Turkish: ''Türkiye Kupası'') is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası ...

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Bronze medal, with Eczacıbaşı Dynavit * 2021–2022

Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup ( Turkish: ''TFF Süper Kupa''), as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known a ...

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Silver, with Eczacıbaşı Dynavit * 2020–2021

CEV Champions League The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation. Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification A tot ...

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Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2020–2021 Italian Super Cup – Simple gold cup

Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2020–2021

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Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2019–2020

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Champions, with SSC Schwerin * 2018–2019

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Champions, with SSC Schwerin * 2018–2019

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Silver medal, with SSC Schwerin * 2014–2015

Puerto Rican League Puerto, a Spanish word meaning ''seaport'', may refer to: Places * El Puerto de Santa María, Andalusia, Spain *Puerto, a seaport town in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines * Puerto Colombia, Colombia * Puerto Cumarebo, Venezuela * Puerto Galera, O ...

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Silver medal, with Indias de Mayagüez

Individual awards

Club

* 2019–2020

– ''Most valuable player''

College

* AVCA All-American (Third Team, 2013)) *

Western Athletic Conference The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, Washington (state), Washington, and Texa ...

Player of the Year (2012)

External links

CEV profile

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, McKenzie 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Texas Outside hitters American women's volleyball players Virginia Cavaliers women's volleyball players American expatriate volleyball players in Germany American expatriate volleyball players in Italy American expatriate volleyball players in Turkey Serie A1 (women's volleyball) players Eczacıbaşı Dynavit players UTSA Roadrunners athletes