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

LOVB Pro LOVB Pro (pronounced "love" and commonly referred to as League One Volleyball) is a women's professional indoor volleyball league in the United States. The league is owned by League One Volleyball (LOVB), a volleyball body founded in 2020. Its ...

team LOVB Atlanta. She played collegiately at

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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 Schertz ( ) is a city in Guadalupe County, Texas, Guadalupe, Bexar County, Texas, Bexar, and Comal County, Texas, Comal counties in the U.S. state of Texas, within the metropolitan area. The population was 42,002 at the 2020 United States census ...

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

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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 (2014–2015) * Ladies in Black Aachen (2016–2018) * SSC Schwerin (2018–2020) *

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(2020–2021) * Eczacıbaşı Dynavit(2021–2022) * Igor Gorgonzola Novara (2022–2023) *

Hisamitsu Springs is a women's volleyball team based in Kobe, Hyogo, Kobe city, Hyogo and Tosu, Saga, Tosu city, Saga, Japan. It plays in V.League (Japan), V.League 1. The club was founded in 1948. In July 2020 the team announced an official name change from ...

(2023-2024) * Cangrejeros de Santurce (2024) * LOVB Atlanta (2024-)

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 to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...

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Champions, with Eczacıbaşı Dynavit * 2021–2022

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Bronze medal, with Eczacıbaşı Dynavit * 2021–2022

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Bronze medal, with Eczacıbaşı Dynavit * 2021–2022

Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup, known as Turkcell Super Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is a super cup tournament in Turkish football. Founded in 1966 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by four teams: the winners ...

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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 tota ...

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Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2020–2021

Italian Super Cup The Supercoppa Italiana, also known as the Italian Super Cup, is an annual super cup tournament in Italian football. Founded in 1988 as a two-team competition, it has featured four teams since 2023 (the winners and runners-up of the previous sea ...

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Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2020–2021

Italian Cup Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since. Juventus is the competition's most successf ...

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Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2019–2020

German Super Cup The Franz Beckenbauer Supercup or ''German Super Cup'' is a one-off football match in Germany that features the winners of the Bundesliga championship and the DFB-Pokal. The competition is run by the Deutsche Fußball Liga (English: German Footbal ...

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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 – Silver medal 2006 OG

Silver medal, with Indias de Mayagüez

Individual awards

Club

* 2019–2020

– ''Most valuable player''

College

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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, Texas, Utah and Washington (state), Washington. Due to ...

Player of the Year (2012)

External links

CEV profile

References

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