MANHATTAN, Kan. Kansas State volleyball placed one student-athlete on the All-Big 12 First Team on Monday afternoon as senior Agata Rezende earned her first career All-Big 12 honor on Monday. Rezende is the 27th Wildcat to earn an All-Big 12 citation.
Rezende, an outside hitter from Franca, Brazil, leads the Wildcats with 415 kills this season and 3.71 kills per game. She set a career-high earlier this season with 23 kills against Utah State on Sept. 2. She registered six 20-kill matches this season to tie for eighth on the K-State single season list for 20-kill matches in a season.
For her career, Rezende has 624 kills, 191 digs and 173 total blocks. She has totaled 26 matches in which she has hit .300 or better.
The All-Big 12 honors are selected by the league's head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players. Sarah Pavan (Nebraska) earned Big 12 Player of the Year while Husker mentor John Cook was chosen Coach of the Year for the second time in his career, highlighting the 2005 All-Big 12 Volleyball Awards.
Philister Sang (Texas Tech) was tabbed the Newcomer of the Year and Jordan Larson (Nebraska) was chosen Freshman of the Year. Larson's teammate Jennifer Saleaumua received her second straight Defensive Player of the Year accolade while Tatum Ailes (Missouri) was selected Libero of the Year.
Kansas State will play in its 10th consecutive NCAA Tournament beginning Thursday at 5 p.m. (ET). The Wildcats wlll face Florida A&M in Gainesville, Fla.
