After securing back-to-back American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) South Region Coach of the Year honors for the first time in his career, Western Kentucky volleyball coach Travis Hudson has earned one of the 10 spots on the National Coach of the Year ballot again in 2017.
Hudson and the nine other finalists will be in attendance when the nation's top coach is announced at the AVCA Convention's Jostens Coaches Honors Luncheon on Thursday in Kansas City, Mo.
Collecting the fifth AVCA South Region Coach of the Year accolade of his career, Hudson will be joined on the final ballot by each of the AVCA Division I Region Coach of the Year honorees including: Dani Busboom Kelly (Louisville, East Region), Dan Fisher (Pittsburgh, East Coast Region), Melissa Stokes (Missouri State, Midwest Region), Chris Lamb (Wichita State, North Region), Russ Rose (Penn State, Northeast Region), Sam Crosson (Cal Poly, Pacific North Region), Jennifer Petrie (San Diego, Pacific South Region), Tom Mendoza (High Point, Southeast Region) and Andrew Palileo (North Texas, Southwest Region).