With just 15 days until first serve, here is a roundup of news, both recent and some from the summer I haven’t posted yet.

• Season tickets are available online now for just $30 for 15 home matches.

• The Lady Vols will appear on television at least seven times this season, three times on ESPNU and four times on the SEC Network.

TENNESSEE ON TV IN 2021
	Arkansas	Sunday September 26th 12pm
	Auburn	Wednesday September 29th 8pm
	at Texas A&M	Sunday October 3rd 1pm
	at LSU	Sunday October 24th 3pm
	Kentucky	Wednesday October 27th 6pm
	Mississippi	Sunday November 7th 2pm
	at Missouri	Wednesday November 24th 8pm

• An NCAA article ranks the top ten preseason volleyball teams heading into the new season. Hopefully UT is prepared — the team will be facing five of the top ten this season! (#4 Florida, #6 Kentucky, #7 Pittsburgh, #8 Purdue, and #10 Baylor)

• Tennessee was one of seven fellow SEC schools to earn the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2020-21 season. The award “honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.30”.

• Congrats to Ava Bell on being named to the 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District III Women’s Volleyball First Team!

• Congrats to JaKya Moore on being named to the 2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll!

• In addition to the previously announced newcomers to Rocky Top, several more were announced during the offseason. (I’m hoping to have more before the season starts!)