Kansas' Zoe Hill (6) celebrates scoring over Texas' Paulina Prieto Cerame (19) with Kelsie Payne (8) and Ainise Havili (11) during a match at Gregory Gym in Austin, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016.

Having two All-American seniors, right-side hitter Kelsie Payne and setter Ainise Havili, who led their teams into the Final Four as sophomores and then won a school-first Big 12 title as juniors can make a school an attractive destination for transfers and that’s how the offseason played out for the Kansas volleyball program.

Libero Cassie Wait and middle blocker Tayler Soucie are gone but the Jayhawks have an experienced, talented roster joining the two All-Americans as they try to return to the Final Four, which is in Sprint Center this year.

The three transfers:

Middle blocker Taylor Alexander, a 6-foot-4 senior,
ranked second on Ole Miss and 11th in the SEC with a .339 hitting percentage last season. Her 115 total blocks gave her the fourth-best single season total in Ole Miss history.

Middle blocker Mmachi Mwoke, a 6-1 sophomore, comes to Kansas from the Dallas area after a spending a year at Arizona State.

Right-side hitter/setter Gabby Simpson, a 6-3, senior, earned Pac-12 honorable mention honors at Colorado last season.

Half of the 16 players on KU’s roster are seniors, so experience won’t be an issue.

In other volleyball news, KU Athletics nominated Wait for the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Wait’s final season as a KU player came when she was a first-year law student. She was named Big 12 Libero of the Year and AVCA All-American Honorable Mention after helping Kansas to earn its first conference title.

The Jayhawks have an exhibition match vs. UMKC on Saturday, Aug. 19 at 1 p.m. in Horejsi and open their season at North Carolina State at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25.