IRVING, Texas – Colorado volleyball junior pin attacker Ana Burilovic (Split, Croatia/V. Gimnasium “Vladimir Nazor”) was named to the 18-player 2025 Big 12 Volleyball Preseason Team, the Conference introduced on Wednesday, Aug. 6.
Burilovic appeared in 29 out of 30 matches in the course of the 2024 season, taking part in in 113 units. She recorded 401 kills on the 12 months, reaching double-digit kills in 24 video games and tallying not less than three kills in 29 appearances. She was additionally named to the All-Big 12 Volleyball Second Team for her standout sophomore marketing campaign. Burilovic attained 4 double-doubles within the 2024 season, throughout matches towards North Texas (20 kills, 12 digs), Washington (25 kills, 12 digs), Wyoming (12 kills, 10 digs), and Utah (18 kills, 14 digs). Burilovic posted a career-high 25 kills and 28.0 factors towards Washington (Sept. 8) and was named to the 2024 North Texas All-Tournament Team. She completed the season eighth within the Big 12 for kills per set (3.55) and seventh for factors per set (4.12).
As a group, the Buffs have been chosen to complete tenth within the 2025 Big 12 Volleyball Preseason Poll. This marks Colorado’s second season again within the Big 12 after rejoining the Conference in 2024.
The ballot and preseason honors have been decided by the Big 12 head coaches, who weren’t permitted to vote for their very own groups or gamers. This 12 months’s preseason group consists of 18 student-athletes from 11 faculties. BYU and Kansas lead, every with three chosen gamers. BYU acquired each the 2025 Big 12 Volleyball Preseason Player of the Year in junior outdoors hitter Claire Little and the 2025 Big 12 Volleyball Preseason Freshman of the Year in outdoors hitter Suli Davis.
The Buffs open their 2025 season at Rumble within the Rockies, and invitational in Laramie, Wyo., the place they may face Cleveland State (Aug. 29), Tulsa (Aug. 30) and Wyoming (Aug. 31). Before competitors in Boulder, CU will journey to Irvine, Calif., for the UCI/adidas Invitational and face Fresno State (Sept. 4), UPenn (Sept. 5) and UC Irvine (Sept. 6). Colorado returns dwelling to host the Buffs Invitational on the CU Events Center from Sept. 12-14, with matches towards Arkansas, Toledo and Denver. The Buffs will play nonconference in-state rival Colorado State in Fort Collins on Sept. 18, adopted by a rematch within the Battle for the Golden Spike collection on the CUEC on Sept. 19. Conference video games will start on Sept. 25 when the Buffs face BYU in Provo, Utah.
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2025 Big 12 Volleyball Preseason Player of the Year Claire Little, BYU, OH, Jr.
2025 Big 12 Volleyball Preseason Freshman of the Year Suli Davis, BYU, OH
2025 Big 12 Volleyball Preseason Team Jordan Wilson, Arizona, OH, Sr.* #
Noemie Glover, Arizona State, OH, Jr.
Faith Frame, Arizona State, L, So. !
Victoria Davis, Baylor, MB, Jr.
Gabrielle Essix, Baylor, MB, Gr.
Alex Bower, BYU, S, So. !
Claire Little, BYU, OH, Jr.* #
Brielle Kemavor, BYU, MB, Jr.* #
Avah Armour, UCF, OH, Jr.
Ana Burilovic, Colorado, PIN, Jr. ^
Maya Duckworth, Iowa State, OH, Sr.
Cristin Cline, Kansas, S, So.
Reese Ptacek, Kansas, MB, So.* #
Jovana Zelenovic, Kansas, PIN, Fr.
Aniya Clinton, Kansas State, OH, R-So.
Jalyn Gibson, TCU, OH, Sr.* #
Kamryn Gibaldo, Utah, OH, Jr.* #
Emrie Satuala, Utah, MB, Sr. ^
Players are listed alphabetically by college. * signifies unanimous choice. # – 2024 All-Big 12 First Team ^ – 2024 All-Big 12 Second Team ! – 2024 All-Big 12 Rookie Team 2025 Big 12 Volleyball Preseason Poll - BYU (6), 180 factors
- Kansas (4), 170 factors
- Arizona State (3), 168 factors
- Utah (1), 159 factors
- TCU (1), 141 factors
- Baylor, 137 factors
- Arizona, 131 factors
- Kansas State, 95 factors
- Iowa State, 92 factors
- Colorado, 84 factors
- Houston, 75 factors
- Texas Tech, 46 factors
- Cincinnati, 38 factors
- UCF, 32 factors
- West Virginia, 27 factors
Head Coach Jesse Mahoney is coming into his tenth season on the helm of Colorado Volleyball. During his ninth season (2024), CU returned to the Big 12, ending the season 13-17 and 6-12 towards convention opponents. After the conclusion of the common season, sophomore OH Ana Burilovic was chosen to the All-Big 12 Second Team, and sophomores DS/L Avery Bolles and OH Sydney Jordan have been each named to the CSC Academic All-District Team. The Buffs registered 5 dominant sweeps within the 2024 season, together with victories over Cincinnati (Nov. 9) and Kansas State on senior evening (Nov. 27). CU additionally performed in 9 five-set matches in 2024, seeing victories over six groups and three five-set victories in a row in October – towards Texas Tech on Oct. 5, at UCF on Oct. 13 and at Arizona on Oct. 16.
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