SPOKANE, Wash. - Named to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference volleyball all-conference team for the fourth-consecutive year, Cammy Dranginis leads a trio of Crusaders named to the GNAC all-star team, announced this week by the conference office.
Dranginis, a senior from Nampa, Idaho, was named to the second-team of the 2009 squad, adding to her three previous years of being named to the GNAC first-team. Cammy finishes her career as the GNAC all-time leader in total blocks with 472, ranks 8th all-time in the GNAC in kills with 1,254, and was the 2006 GNAC Freshman-of-the-Year.
Grant, a senior from Nampa, Idaho and Hevern, a junior from Central Point, Ore., were each named as honorable mention selections to the all-conference team. Grant finishes her career at NNU with 1,109 kills and 1,317 digs, ranking in the top-15 all-time in the GNAC in both categories.
Hevern averaged 5.55 digs per game this season and finished the year ranked 11th-nationally, helping the Crusaders finish the season ranked 2nd-nationally in digs per game at 18.94 as a team. She has amassed a total of 1,066 digs in her first three seasons and already ranks 9th all-time in the GNAC in digs per game with a career average of 4.50.
2009 GNAC ALL-CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL TEAM
Player-of-the-Year – Calli Scott, Alaska Anchorage. Newcomer-of-the-Year – Amber Johnson, Seattle Pacific. Freshman-of-the-Year – Marlayna Geary, Western Washington. Coach-of-the-Year – Chris Green, Alaska Anchorage.
First Team - *Calli Scott, UAA (S, 5-7, Sr., Scottsdale, AZ); *+Devon Crotteau, MSUB (OH, 6-0, Sr., Casper, WY); *Sarah Risser, SPU (OH, 5-9, Jr., Santa Barbara, CA); Jackie Matthisen, UAA (OH, 5-10, So., Anchorage, AK); Megan Thigpen, UAF (MB, 5-10, Sr., Spokane, WA); Marlayna Geary, WWU (OH, 5-10, Fr., Tacoma, WA); +Brandie Vea, CWU (L, 5-3, Jr., Honolulu, HI).
Second Team – Carlee Marble, CWU (S, 5-8, So., LaConner, WA); Amber Johnson, SPU (MB, 6-2, So., Mt. Vernon, WA); Emily Jepsen, WWU (MB, 5-11, So., Kennewick, WA); Cortney Lundberg, UAA (MB, 6-0, Jr., Hardin, MT); Cammy Dranginis, NNU (MB, 6-0, Sr., Nampa, ID); Lisa Martini, WOU (MB, 6-0, Sr., Philomath, OR); Anna Herold, SPU (L, 5-8, So., Bothell, WA).
Honorable Mention - Alexa Sherman, UAF (S, 5-9, Sr., Calabasas, CA); Hillary Morrison, MSUB (S, 5-10, Sr., Casper, WY); Laurie Yearout, WWU (S, 5-9, Fr., Spokane, WA); Jen Boe, MSUB (OH, 5-8, Jr., Casper, WY); Erin Norris, CWU (OH, 5-10, Sr., Spokane, WA); Megan Amundson, WWU (OH, 5-11, Jr., Stanwood, WA); Kady Try, CWU (OH, 6-0, Jr., Brentwood, CA); Lindsay Forseth, NNU (OH, 6-0, Sr., Nampa, ID); Jessica Bettencourt, SPU (Opp, 5-11, Sr., South Lake Tahoe, CA); Laura Sakala, WOU (MB, 6-0, Sr., Beaverton, OR); Teilissa Tua, SMU (MB, 5-11, Fr., Kahului, HI); Jody Lutz, MSUB (MB, 6-1, Fr., Dugald, Manitoba); Allie Gotz, WWU (L, 5-3, Jr., Bothell, WA);Stacie Meisner, UAA (L, 5-8, Sr., Gering, NE); Haley Hevern, NNU (L, 5-3, Jr., Central Point, OR).
*Unanimous + - Repeater