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The Southeastern Conference
SEC Volleyball Quick Facts
Media Relations Staff
Charles Bloom
Associate
Commissioner
Tammy Wilson
Associate Director
of Media Relations
DeWayne Peevy
Associate Director
of Media Relations
Chuck Dunlap
Assistant Director
of Media Relations
Ayanna Wakefield
Volleyball Contact
Commissioner: . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Slive
Founded: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1933
SEC Media Relations
Volleyball Contact: . . . .Ayanna Wakefield
Address: . . . . . . .2201 Civic Center Blvd.,
Birmingham, Ala. 35203-1103
Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(205) 458-3010
Fax: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(205) 458-3030
E-mail: . . . . . . . . . . . . .awakefield@sec.org
Member Schools:
Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana State, Ole Miss,
Mississippi State, South Carolina and
Tennessee.
(Vanderbilt does not participate in volleyball)
Year after year, the Southeastern Conference
shows why it is considered to be
one of the premier volleyball conferences in
the nation.
In the decade of the 1990s, the SEC made
stellar contributions in volleyball. The conference
has sent at least two SEC teams to the
NCAA Tournament in every season the last 16
years. The SEC has had a team reach the Final
Four seven of the 10 seasons in the '90s with
the league having a team advance to the regional
final nine of those 10 seasons.
In 2006, Florida claimed its 16th consecutive
regular season league title and made its
16th NCAA Tournament appearance. A record
seven teams earned bids to the NCAA Tournmament
after a then-record six had been
accepted in 2005.
The SEC has sent a team to the Final Four
in five of the last 10 years and is one of only
four conferences in the nation to accomplish
that feat.
Since the inaugural SEC volleyball championship
in 1979-80, many changes have
occurred in the conference with volleyball. The
addition of Arkansas and South Carolina to
the league in 1991 brought the divisional format
to the sport with five teams competing in
SEC Office
2201 Richard Arrington Blvd. N. • Birmingham, AL 35203-1103
Main Phone: (205) 458-3000 • SEC Media Relations: (205) 458-3010 • Fax: (205) 458-3030
the Eastern Division and six teams in the
Western Division.
Along with the popularity growth throughout
the country, women's volleyball has also
grown in the SEC. A benchmark in that
growth came in 1995 when SEC volleyball was
first broadcast on SEC-TV (FOX Sports Net
South, FOX Sports Net Southwest and Sun
Sports) on a tape-delay basis.
For the past eight seasons the coverage has
grown, especially in the last five years, to live
telecasts of several regular-season matches and
the SEC Tournament championship match.
SEC volleyball will continue to enjoy the live
coverage on SEC-TV to almost 22 million subscribers
in the conference's nine-state region.
2006 SEC Volleyball Standings
SEC Notes
• The 2006 season marked the 17th consecutive
season in which the SEC has placed at least
two teams in the NCAA Tournament.
• Ten of the SEC’s 11 teams posted wins in
double-digits in 2006, with five posting 18
or more victories.
• Florida captured its 16th consecutive regular
season league title while LSU claimed the
SEC’s Western Division with a 26-6 record.
• Three teams spent all or part of the season in
the AVCA Top 25 poll.
• Tennessee made its eighth NCAA appearance
• Two players were named AVCA All-Ameri
can with six earning national honorable
mention honors. Eight players were named to
the AVCA Division I All-South Region team.
• In the past 16 years, 907 student-athletes
have earned selection to the SEC Academic
Honor Roll.
Eastern Division
SEC
Overall
Record Win Pct. Record Win Pct.
%#Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-1 .950 20-3 .909
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-9 .550 19-12 .613
Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-10 .500 19-12 .613
South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-12 .400 15-17 .469
Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-18 .100 6-25 .194
Western Division
Record Win Pct. Overall Win Pct.
&LSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-4 .800 26-6 .812
Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-8 .586 17-13 .567
Ole Miss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-10 .500 19-13 .594
Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-11 .450 16-13 .552
Mississippi State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-12 .400 17-13 .567
Auburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-15 .250 13-18 .419
% - SEC Champion, # - Eastern Division Champion, & - Western Division Champion
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