Cajic Named AVCA Second Team All-American, Kerr Tabbed Honorable Mention

LEXINGTON, Ky. – For the second season in a row and fourth time under head coach Eve Rackham Watt, multiple Lady Vols garnered AVCA All-America status, the organization announced Wednesday.

Graduate outside hitter Nina Cajic earned a spot on the AVCA All-America Second Team, while redshirt sophomore setter Caroline Kerr was an honorable mention selection. Overall, nine different Lady Vols have received a combined 18 All-America distinctions during Rackham Watt's tenure.

Rackham Watt and her staff have been exceptional at developing some of the best offensive players in the country, and that held true once again in 2024. Cajic became the sixth All-American hitter under this staff, and it's the fourth year in a row in which a Tennessee hitter has earned the status. For Kerr, she became the first setter in program history—and 10th Lady Vol—to earn All-America recognition in multiple seasons after being tabbed to the AVCA second team in 2023.

In her lone season on Rocky Top, Cajic broke the Tennessee single-match record and SEC modern era record for kills (42) as well as UT's 25-point rally-scoring era record for aces in a match (7) and aces per set (0.39) in a single season. She ranked third in aces (41), fourth in kills per set (4.31) and seventh in kills (448) for a single season in school history during the 25-point rally-scoring era.

The All-SEC First Team selection led the league in aces per set (0.51) and ranked ninth in kills per set (4.16) during conference play. She was the first Lady Vol during the modern era to post 30 kills in a match, and she did so twice. The AVCA All-Region team member eclipsed 20 kills in five matches throughout the season. Her final numbers for the year were 513 points, 448 kills, 204 digs, 42 blocks, 41 aces and 19 assists.

One of the top offensive players in the country, Cajic ranked 29th nationally and seventh in the SEC in points per set at 4.93 and was 37th and eighth in kills per set (4.31). The Subotica, Serbia, native was the first SEC player selected in the 2024 PVF Draft, being taken with the fourth pick of the fourth round by the Indy Ignite.

An All-SEC Second Team honoree and AVCA South All-Region team member, Kerr finished with 1,069 assists—her second year in a row eclipsing 1,000—to mark the eighth most for a single year during the UT 25-point rally-scoring era, while her 10.28 assists per set ranked sixth. She also ranked sixth in the SEC and 33rd nationally in assists per set.

The Champaign, Ill., native helped the Lady Vol offense average 13.22 kills per set while hitting .277, which ranked 16th nationally and fourth in the SEC. Kerr eclipsed 40 assists in a match 12 times and 50 assists four times. She posted a career-high 57 assists on two occasions, including the four-set victory against Western Michigan during Cajic's historic 42-kill performance.

For her career, Kerr boasts 2,314 assists for an average of 11.02 per set. Her total assists aren't far from cracking the Tennessee career top-10 list, while her assists per set currently ranks fifth in school history.

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Cajic Named AVCA Second Team All-American, Kerr Tabbed Honorable Mention

Players Mentioned

Nina Cajic

Caroline Kerr

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