ATKINS,
CASADO, BOWERS EARN TOP CACC VOLLEYBALL HONORS
Nyack Wins Team Sportsmanship Award; All-League Teams Announced
NEWARK, N.J. – Julia Atkins of Wilmington (Del.) College was named Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Women’s Volleyball Player of the Year and New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Angie Casado earned Newcomer of the Year honors in balloting released today. Rich Bowers of Goldey-Beacom College was named Coach of the Year by his peers. The voting was done by the league’s 11 head coaches.
Atkins, a sophomore middle hitter from King George, Va., breaks Bloomfield College’s eight-year stranglehold on the Player of the Year Award. She is the CACC’s leading hitter by percentage (.329) and is second in block average (1.14). Atkins’s Wildcats enjoyed their third consecutive undefeated league season and are the top seed in the upcoming conference tournament.
Casado, who is third in the nation in kill average (5.56), wins the CACC’s inaugural Newcomer of the Year award. An outside hitter from Brick, N.J., she leads the CACC in kill average, is third in hitting percentage (.284) and fourth in service ace average (0.60). She was the AVCA National Player of the Week on September 20.
Bowers guided Goldey-Beacom to a third-place finish. The Lightning’s 18-15 overall record represents a seven-win improvement from 2003, and their 15-5 league mark is six wins better than a year ago.
The CACC’s annual Team Sportsmanship Award went to Nyack College, coached by Sheri Leegwater. The league also announced the all-CACC teams, which are listed below.
Honorable Mention: Lauren DiSabatino, Sr, MH, Wilmington; Kendra Russell, Fr, OH, Goldey-Beacom.
Player of the Year: Julia Atkins, Wilmington
Newcomer of the Year: Angie Casado, NJIT
Coach of the Year: Rich Bowers, Goldey-Beacom
Team Sportsmanship Award: Nyack
Nyack Wins Team Sportsmanship Award; All-League Teams Announced
NEWARK, N.J. – Julia Atkins of Wilmington (Del.) College was named Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Women’s Volleyball Player of the Year and New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Angie Casado earned Newcomer of the Year honors in balloting released today. Rich Bowers of Goldey-Beacom College was named Coach of the Year by his peers. The voting was done by the league’s 11 head coaches.
Atkins, a sophomore middle hitter from King George, Va., breaks Bloomfield College’s eight-year stranglehold on the Player of the Year Award. She is the CACC’s leading hitter by percentage (.329) and is second in block average (1.14). Atkins’s Wildcats enjoyed their third consecutive undefeated league season and are the top seed in the upcoming conference tournament.
Casado, who is third in the nation in kill average (5.56), wins the CACC’s inaugural Newcomer of the Year award. An outside hitter from Brick, N.J., she leads the CACC in kill average, is third in hitting percentage (.284) and fourth in service ace average (0.60). She was the AVCA National Player of the Week on September 20.
Bowers guided Goldey-Beacom to a third-place finish. The Lightning’s 18-15 overall record represents a seven-win improvement from 2003, and their 15-5 league mark is six wins better than a year ago.
The CACC’s annual Team Sportsmanship Award went to Nyack College, coached by Sheri Leegwater. The league also announced the all-CACC teams, which are listed below.
2004
All-CACC Volleyball Teams
| FIRST TEAM | ||||
| S |
Courtney McGinnis | Post |
SR | Seymour, Conn. |
| MG |
Julia Atkins | Wilmington
|
SO |
King George, Va. |
| MG |
Sherry Keech | Georgian Court | SR |
Glencoe, Ontario |
| OH |
Angie Casado | NJIT
|
FR |
Brick, N.J. |
| OH |
Emily Roth |
USP
|
JR | York, Pa. |
| OH |
Tadj Williams | Post
|
SO | Albany, N.Y. |
| L |
Melissa Zebley | Holy Family | GR |
New Castle, Del. |
| SECOND TEAM | ||||
| S |
Angela
Estep |
Wilmington |
JR |
Chesapeake
Beach, Md. |
| OH |
Norah
Burdette |
Goldey-Beacom |
JR |
Ellicot
City, MD |
| OH |
Jennifer
Giarratano |
Post |
SR |
Oxford,
Conn. |
| OH |
Lindsay
Miller |
Wilmington |
SR |
New
Castle, Del. |
| OH |
Juruena
Silveira |
Bloomfield |
SO |
Brazil |
| OH |
Kristin
Wiedeman |
Wilmington |
SO |
Ashland,
Va. |
| L |
Rebecca
Walczak |
Georgian
Court |
FR |
Toms
River, N.J. |
Honorable Mention: Lauren DiSabatino, Sr, MH, Wilmington; Kendra Russell, Fr, OH, Goldey-Beacom.
Player of the Year: Julia Atkins, Wilmington
Newcomer of the Year: Angie Casado, NJIT
Coach of the Year: Rich Bowers, Goldey-Beacom
Team Sportsmanship Award: Nyack