PROVIDENCE, R.I. – UCF, the reigning American Athletic Conference champion, was selected as the preseason favorite in the 2015 American Athletic Conference preseason volleyball poll. SMU senior Avery Acker, a 2014 American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American honorable mention selectee, was tabbed as The American Player of the Year.
![2015 volleyball poll](http://theamerican.org/images/2015/8/17/large_vball_poll.png)
The Knights received seven first-place votes and accumulated 94 points in the balloting as voted on by the conference's 11 head coaches. Head coach Todd Dagenais, the 2014 American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, piloted UCF atop the conference standings with an 18-2 mark and a 25-8 overall record.