Three years in a row, the best thing you can do is...I thought about it two or three times, but I thought I got it

Sep 05, 2025

Three years in a row, the best thing you can do is...I thought about it two or three times, but I thought I got it
Photo courtesy=KOVO



Three years in a row, the best thing you can do is...I thought about it two or three times, but I thought I got it
Photo courtesy=KOVO
"I didn't expect number 1 to come out...."

Korea Volleyball Life (KOVO) held the 2025-2026 KOVO Women's Rookie Draft at Mayfield Ballroom at Mayfield Hotel in Ovalsan-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul on the 5th.

The order of nomination was decided by lottery based on the last season's final ranking reverse order. Pepper Savings Bank (35%), GS Caltex (30%), Korea Expressway Corporation (20%), IBK Industrial Bank (8%), Hyundai Engineering & Construction (4%), Jeong Kwan-jang (2%) and Heungkuk Life Insurance (1%).




Pepper Savings Bank had the highest probability, but a `miracle' occurred. The white ball came up. It was the ball chosen by the road corporation.

The Korea Expressway Corporation did not hesitate to call the name of Jung-Ang Girls' High School middle blocker Lee Ji-yoon. With a height of 1m88, Lee Ji-yoon played for the national team at the U-21 World Women's Championships in Surabaya, Indonesia, in July last month. It was already evaluated that it worked well in professional programs.

This year was not the only time the good fortune of the road works was this year. In the 2023-2024 season and the 2024-2025 season, he also won the first overall nomination. Kim Se-bin and Kim Dae-eun, who were nominated at the time, both received 'New Player Award (Young Player Award).'




Three years in a row, the best thing you can do is...I thought about it two or three times, but I thought I got it
Photo courtesy=KOVO
Kim Jong-min, director of the Korea Expressway Corporation, smiled. Director Kim said "I was surprised. "I've been the No. 1 pick for three consecutive years, and I wasn't lucky with the beads before, but I think they're okay in the rookie draft."

Coach Kim continued, `I didn't think the first place would come out, and I thought about who I would pick if the second or third came out. I thought a white ball came out and sat down and grabbed it.'

Bae Yu-na and Kim Se-bin are already firmly in charge of the Korea Expressway Corporation. That doesn't mean Lee Ji-yoon is underutilized.




Coach Kim said, `We have Kim Se-bin and Bae Yu-na, but it is difficult for the two players to play 36 full games. That's why Lee Ji-yoon was an essential resource for our team. I think it'll be a great help to the team"I laughed.

Lee Ji-yoon also smiled at the road construction. Lee Ji-yoon would like to say thank you for leaning on " (first priority). To be honest, I wasn't very confident about being selected as the first place. Still, thank you for the good view. "It's an honor to be at the top of the list for the road construction. We will continue to show good performance in the future."



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.