She was our national player of the year in 2021, and Logan Eggleston of Texas, who pretty much led wire to wire, is the 2022 VolleyballMag.com national player of the year.
What a season for Eggleston and her Texas teammates, culminated by winning the NCAA national championship last Saturday in Omaha. All she did for Texas (28-1) in the title-match victory over Louisville was lead with 19 kills — 10 in the first set with one error in 16 attacks — while hitting .341 to go with seven digs and three blocks.
But that was typical of a season in which Eggleston, the 6-foot-2 product of Brentwood, Tennessee, averaged 3.9 kills per set, .67 blocks and had 42 aces. She rarely had a bad match in 2022. What’s more, her teammates made it their goal to win for the highly respected fifth-year outside hitter.
Gabby Blossom of San Diego and Julia Bergmann of Georgia Tech also got first-place votes. Others getting votes included Taylor Landfair of Minnesota and Claire Chaussee of Louisville. Chaussee appeared on almost every ballot.
Earlier Thursday we announced San Diego’s Jen Petrie as the VolleyballMag.com national coach of the year. Later Thursday we’ll have our All-American teams.
We talked to Eggleston, also the AVCA national POY, from her home in…
