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Panna Ratkai Earns AVCA All-Region Honors
12/10/2024 11:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Horizon League Player of the Year and Purdue Fort Wayne women's volleyball student-athlete Panna Ratkai was selected to the American Volleyball Coaches Association Midwest All-Region Team, the AVCA announced on Tuesday (Dec. 10).
With the honor, Ratkai moves on to the All-America ballot, where she is guaranteed at least All-America Honorable Mention due to her All-Region status.
Ratkai is the first Mastodon since Katie Crowe in the spring 2021 season to earn an All-Region distinction and the second non-honorable mention in the program's Division I history. The other was Emily Spencer in 2014.
The Budapest, Hungary native was selected as the Horizon League's Player of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year and earned a spot on the First Team All-League last month. She led Purdue Fort Wayne to a fifth-place finish in the Horizon League regular season with a 10-8 mark in league play.
From the left side, Ratkai averaged 5.17 points, 4.57 kills and 2.63 digs per set in her redshirt-sophomore season. Her point and kill averages both ranked top-20 nationally and led the Horizon League. She racked up 17 double-doubles, including seven in a row to end the season. She had a season-high 30 kills against Oakland, the most by any Horizon League student-athlete this season. Her 27 against Western Illinois was also higher than any other HL player.
Ratkai became the first Mastodon player since Katie Crowe in spring 2021 to earn Horizon League Player of the Year. She also became the first Mastodon to earn two Offensive Player of the Year awards since Fabiana Souza in 2003 and 2005. She is one of two Horizon League players to do so since the award was first given in 2016. This season, Ratkai earned three Player of the Week awards, totaling seven for her career, which ranks fifth in Horizon League history.
Ratkai is the only sophomore in the country to have over 1,000 kills in her career, as she wrapped up her second year of play with 1,048 total kills.
With the honor, Ratkai moves on to the All-America ballot, where she is guaranteed at least All-America Honorable Mention due to her All-Region status.
Ratkai is the first Mastodon since Katie Crowe in the spring 2021 season to earn an All-Region distinction and the second non-honorable mention in the program's Division I history. The other was Emily Spencer in 2014.
The Budapest, Hungary native was selected as the Horizon League's Player of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year and earned a spot on the First Team All-League last month. She led Purdue Fort Wayne to a fifth-place finish in the Horizon League regular season with a 10-8 mark in league play.
From the left side, Ratkai averaged 5.17 points, 4.57 kills and 2.63 digs per set in her redshirt-sophomore season. Her point and kill averages both ranked top-20 nationally and led the Horizon League. She racked up 17 double-doubles, including seven in a row to end the season. She had a season-high 30 kills against Oakland, the most by any Horizon League student-athlete this season. Her 27 against Western Illinois was also higher than any other HL player.
Ratkai became the first Mastodon player since Katie Crowe in spring 2021 to earn Horizon League Player of the Year. She also became the first Mastodon to earn two Offensive Player of the Year awards since Fabiana Souza in 2003 and 2005. She is one of two Horizon League players to do so since the award was first given in 2016. This season, Ratkai earned three Player of the Week awards, totaling seven for her career, which ranks fifth in Horizon League history.
Ratkai is the only sophomore in the country to have over 1,000 kills in her career, as she wrapped up her second year of play with 1,048 total kills.
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