BATON ROUGE, La. – Junior Skylar Kuykendall was named the Louisiana Sports Writers Association’s Newcomer of the Year in a vote by the university sports information directors.
Kuykendall became the first LSU player since 2009 and only the 14th in school history to reach the 30-win mark in a season. The Jasper, Alabama native led the nation in wins a majority of the season and even held an 11-match win streak through part of SEC play.