"First overall → Future's Star Awards → Young Player Awards." Lee Ji-yoon had everything in her first year of debut [at the V-League Awards]

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"The first overall nomination → Future Star Awards → Young Player Awards."

Lee Ji-yoon (19), a middle blocker of the Korea Expressway Corporation in professional volleyball, held everything she could have as a rookie player.

Lee Ji-yoon won the Women's Young Player Award at the Jin Air 2025-2026 V-League Awards held at Grand Walkerhill Seoul in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul on the 13th. He won 23 votes (67.6%) out of a total of 34 votes cast by reporters, beating Choi Seo-hyun (21), a setter of the articles of association.

Lee Ji-yoon said, "I'm honored to receive the award. I am grateful to the coaches, coaches, and fellow sisters who trusted and hired me. I will try to improve further and become a good player in the future," he said.

"People around me looked forward to the Young Player Award, so I thought it would be good to be nominated. As the youngest member of the team, I tried to raise the atmosphere on the court and unite with my sisters, he said. "I am especially grateful for Yuna (Bae) (37, Doro Corporation) for giving me a lot of advice and addition. We are very grateful to the fans of the Korea Expressway Corporation, and we will show you a lot of good performances, so please support us more."

Lee Ji-yoon, who is 188 centimeters tall, was selected by the Korea Expressway Corporation as the first overall pick in the first round of the 2025-2026 V-League rookie draft in October last year when she was in Jungang Girls' High School. In November, he won the first star award in volleyball at the "2025 Futures Star Awards" hosted by Star News.

Lee Ji-yoon, who was unable to attend the awards ceremony due to severe flu at the time, told Star News during the season, "My dad went and won the award instead, so I was very grateful. When I heard that I received it, I was grateful to our Chung-Ang Girls' High School coaches and coaches," he said.

This season, in his first year as a rookie, Lee Ji-yoon played in 31 games and contributed to Korea Expressway Corporation's top regular league. He played 112 sets, scored 164 points, ranked fifth (45.0 percent) in mobile attacks with an attack success rate of 38.59 percent, and also scored two points in two matches against GS Caltex in the championship game.

Lee Ji-yoon said in an interview after the awards ceremony, "Since it's my first season, I felt that conditioning and team atmosphere are important. I lived a cheerful and cheerful life as a rookie this year, but I want to show my technological improvement next year, he said with a smile, "I will give my parents pocket money and bring it to my grandmother."

"It was my first time here at the awards ceremony, so I was nervous and nervous, but I thought I should grow up while watching my sisters. As a person who receives an award in the future, I want to attend this event," he said.

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