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Minnesota Volleyball: Three Gophers Named AVCA All-Americans

The American Volleyball Coaches Associated named their 2017 All-Americans on Wednesday and three Minnesota Golden Gophers were honored. Gopher freshman outside hitter Stephanie Samedy was named a first Team All-American, junior setter Samantha Seliger-Swenson was named a 2nd team All-American, and sophomore outside hitter Alexis Hart was named a 3rd team All-American. Senior middle blocker Molly Lohman was named to the honorable mention team. With Samedy’s selection Minnesota is now just one of 13 programs in the nation who have had double digit first team All-Americans. Additionally with Samedy and hart being honored for thr first time, Minnesota is just the 11th program in the nation with more than 20 All-Americans overall.