LEBANON, Tenn.-- Hazel Konkel and Haley Mitchell each earned a spot on the 2024 Mid-South Conference Women's Volleyball Watch List unveiled by the conference officials today. 

The Mid-South Conference Watch List is comprised of athletes from each school submitted by head coaches that are anticipating these student-athletes to have big seasons. 

Konkel is making her third appearance on the Watch List while Mitchell is making her second-consecutive appearance in the league. 

Hazel is entering her junior season at Cumberland already accomplishing a number of accolades at CU. Her freshman season she was named Mid-South Conference Freshman of the Year and she has earned First Team All-Conference honors in both campaigns. Konkel has also been named to the AVCA NAIA All-Region team twice. 

She picked up 334 kills on an impressive .361 attack percentage and contributed significantly on the defensive end with 126 blocks last season. She has accumulated 609 kills in her career while maintaining a high hitting percent of .390.

Mitchell enters her sophomore season with the Phoenix. The Lebanon local picked up 241 kills last season from the outside while hitting .141. She is expected to be set more this season with the graduation of some outside hitters. 

The Phoenix will play host to the 2024 Phoenix Classic this upcoming weekend. Cumberland will play four matches inside the Dallas Floyd Phoenix Arena starting on Friday against Missouri Valley at 3:00 p.m.