OKLAHOMA CITY - Four members of the Oklahoma City Stars volleyball team earns all-conference honors after their performances this season. Ruby Kelley and Rylee Steward find their way onto the first-team as Natalie Adams and Kaitlyn Dunlap make the second-team. 

After earning second-team all-conference a year ago Ruby Kelley has found her way onto the first-team in 2023. The junior from Mustang tallied a team-high 312 kills on a .217 hitting percentage with 3.22 kills per set. Kelley also led the squad with 41 service aces and came in second with 302 digs, Kelley reached her season-high in kills on two different occasions notching 18 kills against Wayland Baptist and John Brown back in early September. The junior secured 12 double-doubles and reached double-digit kill totals in 19 of the 27 matches played. 

Junior out of Edmond Rylee Steward found her way back on the first-team for the second year in a row after earning first-team honors in her sophomore stint. The middle blocker became the teams top defender after leading the Stars with 104.0 blocks on 1.08 blocks per set. Steward also showed off her presence on the offensive side coming in second on the team with 207 kills. Steward earned season-high kill totals in both matches against Wayland Baptist as she notched 16 kills each time giving headaches to the Pioneers. Back on Sept. 9, Steward displayed her defensive skill set with 10.0 blocks coming against McPherson. 

Another junior for the Stars to receive all-conference honors was libero Kaitlyn Dunlap. The Wichita Falls native earned second-team all-SAC after finishing fifth in the conference and first for Oklahoma City with 441 digs. Dunlap saw her top game come in the five-set defeat to SAC champion Texas Wesleyan as the junior racked up a season-high 32 digs on on Oct. 20. Dunlap reached 20 or more digs in eight separate contests while only having five matches where she did not reach 10 or more digs. 

Setter Natalie Adams had one of the best freshman seasons in the history of Oklahoma City volleyball. Adams finished her rookie campaign as not only the team-leader in assists but led the entire Sooner Athletic Conference with 793 assists the most by a freshman at OCU since Hannah Mitcham set a total of 1200 assists back in 2012. Adams reached her season-high on Sept. 1 against Wayland Baptist delivering 49 assists in the four-set win over the Pioneers. The freshman reached 40 or more assists four times, 30 or more 11 times, and 20 or more assists 25 times. The San Antonio native also racked up six double-doubles seeing a season-high 17 digs come against Oklahoma Panhandle State on Oct. 6. Adams also became more active in the attacking game towards the end of the year seeing a season-high six kills come in the Sooner Athletic Conference quarterfinal win over John Brown. 

Sooner Athletic Conference Awards
Player of the Year – Andrea Malek – Texas Wesleyan
Setter of the Year – Ruby O'Brien – Texas Wesleyan
Attacker of the Year – Fade Ogunbade – WBU
Defender of the Year - Andrea Malek – Texas Wesleyan
Newcomer of the Year – Selma Sutaj – WBU
Freshman of the Year – Sawyer Franz - MACU
Coach of the Year - Jessica Ransom - Texas Wesleyan
Assistant Coach of the Year - Rachael Self - MACU
 
All-Sooner Athletic Conference First Team 
Andrea Malek – Libero- Texas Wesleyan 
Julie Milligan- Libero- JBU 
Ruby O'Brien- Setter- Texas Wesleyan
Riley Burcham- Setter- SAGU 
Fade Ogunbade- Middle- WBU 
Sawyer Franz- Outside- MACU 
Ruby Kelly- Middle- OCU 
Emma Tompkins- Middle- SAGU 
Rylee Steward- Middle- OCU 
Savanna Riney- Outside- JBU 
Lena Stockhammer- Outside- MACU 
Selma Sutaj- Outside- WBU 
 
 
All-Sooner Athletic Conference Second Team 
Marlee Hunter- Libero- MACU 
Erin Mullins- Middle- JBU 
Natalie Adams- Setter- OCU 
Yaiza Larrauri- Libero- USAO 
Casady McKinney- Setter- MACU 
Tessa Glick- Libero- SAGU 
Sydney Charlton- Opposite- Texas Wesleyan
Karena Tipton- Middle- SAGU 
Lilly Hanna- Middle- SAGU 
Taylor Golmen- Middle- JBU 
Kaitlyn Dunlap- Libero- OCU 
Alanah Best- Middle- OPSU 
 
 
All-Sooner Athletic Conference Honorable Mention 
Cassidy Hargesheimer- Setter- SAGU 
Kendal King- Outside- TXWES 
Makenna Gantt- Setter/Opposite- Texas Wesleyan
Milla Souza- Setter- MACU 
Morgan Fincham- Setter- JBU 
Carly Unruh- Middle- Texas Wesleyan
Brenna Daniel- Libero- WBU 
Amanda Dotter- Outside- CCC
Mia Sanchez- Setter- OPSU 
Victoria Southerland- Outside- USAO 
Tessa Ortiz- Middle- SCU 
Leah McCall- Libero- Langston