Nov. 15, 2013
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina volleyball program has signed Courtney McKeag, Taylr McNeil and Allie Monserez to National Letters of Intent, head coach Scott Swanson announced Friday.
McKeag, McNeil and Monserez join the program with long lists of accomplishments and will look to make an immediate impact for the Gamecocks in 2014.
Class of 2014 South Carolina Volleyball Signees
Courtney McKeag – 6-0 – MB/OH – San Juan Hills HS – Tstreet Volleyball Club – San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
Parents: Steve and Alana McKeag
Has played six years of club volleyball
2010 Coaches Award – Freshman/Sophomore Team
2010 Tesoro Tournament – Freshman/Sophomore Most Valuable Player
2011 Varsity Team
Summer 2011 – USA High Performance Volleyball – Southern California Region
Summer 2012 – USA High Performance Volleyball – Southern California Region
2012 Volunteer clinic coach Laguna Beach Volleyball Club
2013 San Juan Hills High School Varsity Co-Captain
Swanson on McKeag: “Courtney is an all around athlete that can play middle blocker or either pin position. She has played club volleyball at a high level in Southern California and understands what it takes to compete with top players. Courtney will help raise the level in our gym and will give us more depth at several positions.”
Taylr McNeil – 6-2 – OH – Eagan HS – M1 Mizuno Volleyball Club – Eagan, Minn.
Parents: Mark and Michele McNeil – sister Kellie is a current setter for the Gamecocks
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Minnesota High School All-Conference
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Minnesota HS All-State
2009 Prep Classic Tournament 14-1 Champions/Outstanding Player Award
2010 Pioneer Press Player of the Year
2010 Star Tribune Player of the Year
2010 National Freshman Player of the Year
2010, 2011, 2013 Kare 11 Athlete of the Week
2012 Fusion Showcase Tournament MVP/17’s All-Tournament Team
2010 Fifth place AAU Nationals 15s division/All-American
2011 Eagan High School Offensive Player of the Year
2013 Fusion Showcase Tournament 18’s All-Tournament Team
2013 Fifth place AAU Nationals 18’s Open Division
2013 Eagan High School MVP
2013 Star Tribune Prep Athlete of the Week
2013 Ms. Baden Finalist
2010 and 2013 Minnesota State High Championship Team/All-Tournament Team
Swanson on McNeil: “Taylr is an accomplished six-rotation outside hitter that has a very complete game for her age. She has the size and power to be a terminating hitter in the SEC as a freshman. Taylr will help our program get better right away as she will be graduating early and joining us in January.”
Allie Monserez – 5-9 – Setter – Bishop Moore HS – Orlando Volleyball Academy (OVA) – Windermere, Fla.
Parents: Mathew and Patty Monserez
2011 PrepVolleyball Sophomore 79
2012 PrepVolleyball HS All-American
2012 MaxPreps Medium HS All-American – First Team
2012 MaxPreps Junior HS All-American – First Team
2012 MaxPreps HS National Champions – Captain
2012 Florida HS 4A State Champions – Captain
2013 Florida High School 5A State Champions – Captain
2013 All Central Florida – First Team
2013 Florida Volleyball 5A Player of the Year
2013 PrepVolleyball Senior Aces
2013 Maxpreps Volleyball High School All American – First Team
2009, 2010, 2012 AAU National Champion – Captain
Junior Olympics – Seven National Qualifier Championships – Captain
Sister, Madison, plays for the University of Florida
Swanson on Monserez: “Allie is a pure polished setter that will help raise the level of our program right away. Allie is a winner and plays with confidence and poise, she serves tough and plays great defense on top of being a very accurate setter.”
