McKenzie Adams

McKenzie Elise Adams (born February 13, 1992) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for LOVB Pro team LOVB Atlanta. She played collegiately at Virginia 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 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) Imoco Volley Conegliano (2020–2021) Eczacıbaşı Dynavit(2021–2022) Igor Gorgonzola Novara (2022–2023) Hisamitsu Springs (2023-2024) Cangrejeros de Santurce (2024) LOVB Atlanta (2024-)

Awards and honors

Clubs

Individual awards

Club 2019–2020 German Super Cup – Most valuable player

College

AVCA All-American (Third Team, 2013)) Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year (2012)