DURANT, Okla. – After receiving First Team All-GAC honors earlier this season,
D'Nari Mills was named Second Team All-Central Region by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association.
The Cypress, Texas native put in another impressive season for the Savage Storm, finishing with a team-high 469 kills and averaging 4.08 per set. For the second season in a row, Mills ranks inside the Top 10 in kills across Division II and is 23
rd in kills per set. The junior outside hitter recorded 27 double-digit kill matches across 29 contests and had six 20-kill contests, including a season-high 25 versus Oklahoma Christian.
Additionally, Mills finished second on the team in digs with 394, which saw her record 20 double-doubles on the year. The Cypress Woods High School Product also totaled 46.0 blocks, 44 assists and 15 service aces. Mills helped lead a Southeastern attack that ranked fifth in kills (1475) and eighth in points (1802.5) across the GAC this season.
Mills reached a milestone of 1,000 career kills at the start of the season and ends the year fourth all-time for the Southeastern volleyball program in kills with 1,316. The Cypress, Texas native also ranks third (545) and now sixth (469) in kills for an individual season.
2024 D2CCA Volleyball Central Region Team
Player of the Year - Kenzie Foley, St. Cloud State (!)
1st Team
Libero/DS Alli Wiese, Nebraska-Kearney
MH Taya Beller, Wayne State (Neb.)(#)
MH Lily Kurz, Missouri Western
OH Kenzie Foley, St. Cloud State (!)
OH Addison Wimmer, Central Oklahoma
OH Lacy Mott, Southwestern Oklahoma
S Teagan Starkey, Concordia-St. Paul (!)
2nd Team
Libero/DS Abby Meister, Northern State
MH Mia Berg, Nebraska-Kearney
MH Ella Thompson, St. Cloud State
OH Emma Schmidt, Concordia-St. Paul
OH D'Nari Mills, Southeastern Oklahoma State ($)
OH Weronika Wrzesinska, Emporia State
S Peyton Neff, Nebraska-Kearney
! First Team Selection from 2023
# Repeat First Team Selections from 2022 and 2023
$ First Team Selection from 2023
