Leverette and Li Named to AVCA Player of the Year Watch List

LOS ANGELES – Junior exterior hitters Cheridyn Leverette and Maggie Li have been named to the AVCA Division I Player of the Year Award Watch List, offered by Nike Volleyball, introduced on Tuesday morning.

Leverette and Li are two of 30 standout athletes chosen from 20 establishments to look on the watch listing. UCLA is one among simply 9 applications to boast a number of honorees.

Leverette’s shortly emerged as one among high participant gamers within the nation to stardom following her breakout 2024 season the place she earned AVCA All-America Honorable Mention and First Team All-Big Ten honors. After restricted appearances in 2022, she emerged as a dependable starter in 2023, rating third on the staff with 288 kills and main in service aces. By 2024, Leverette led the Bruins in 5 statistical classes, totaled 435 kills with 20+ kills in three matches, and posted a outstanding 29-kill outing at Purdue—the best kill tally by a Bruin within the final three years. Her consistency was unmatched, recording double-digit kills in 27 of 28 matches and changing into simply the fifth Bruin within the rally scoring period with 20 straight matches in double figures.

Li will be part of UCLA after two implausible seasons as a standout exterior hitter at Cal. As a freshman in 2023, she led all Division I newcomers in a number of classes and have become the primary in program historical past to earn AVCA Pacific West Region Freshman of the Year and VolleyballMagazine All-America Honorable Mention. She continued her dominance in 2024, beginning each match and rating among the many ACC’s high three in kills, kills per set, and complete factors. She went on to register a complete of 463 kills and 7 double-doubles. Li earned Pac-12 and ACC weekly honors at record-setting charges and posted seven 20+ kill performances, together with a season-high 28 towards Saint Mary’s.