VB Sends Three To AVCA All-America Teams
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 | Volleyball
University of Florida senior setter Angie McGinnis (Fraser, Mich.) has been named a second-team All-American, while senior outside hitter Marcie Hampton (Gainesville, Fla.) earned third-team accolades and sophomore libero/defensive specialist Elyse Cusack (Melrose, Fla.) garnered honorable mention recognition, the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced on Wednesday.
The trio of UF selections marks the fifth time in the last six years that the Gators have had at least three representatives on AVCA All-America teams, and the seventh-straight season in which they've collected at least two All-America nods.
The Florida volleyball annals now boast 21 players who have combined to earn 46 All-America honors, each coming since head coach Mary Wise took over the reigns in 1991.
Florida's career leader in assists with 5,784, McGinnis captured AVCA All-America honors for the third-consecutive year after establishing a single-season school record for assists per game (13.88), which ranked sixth in the nation, and setting the Gators to a .303 hitting percentage that stood as the country's fifth-best mark. Under McGinnis' direction, UF also set a school record with a 17.49 kills per game average, besting the school record by 0.55. In her final collegiate campaign, McGinnis became the first player in school history to collect both 1,000 digs and 300 blocks in her career, as well as the first setter to reach either of those milestones. She played in 449 games during her career - more than any Gator in the rally scoring era - and owns nearly 40 career, season and match records at UF. She earned her second-straight Southeastern Conference Player of the Year award in 2007, and was named to the AVCA All-South Region team for third year in a row.
McGinnis is just the fourth player in school history to earn three AVCA All-America honors, joining Aury Cruz (2001-03), Benavia Jenkins (2001-03) and Jane Collymore (2003-05). She is also the only setter in school history to be tabbed an All-American by the AVCA in multiple seasons, having been named to the first team in 2006 and the third team in 2005.
Hampton earned the first All-America honor of her career on the heels of her most prolific offensive season, which saw her become the school's career leader in total attacks with 4,204. Despite missing the NCAA Championship with a ruptured Achilles tendon, Hampton registered the ninth-best single-season kills per game average in school history with a mark of 4.49, and finished her collegiate tenure as one of just 12 UF players to average at least 3.00 kills per game over the course of her career. She also finished her career at Florida ranked second in program history in digs (1,384), fifth in kills (1,471) and sixth in points (1,692.5). She was a first-team All-SEC pick this season after garnering second-team accolades in each of the previous two campaigns, and earned a berth on the AVCA All-South Region team. In July, she won a bronze medal while playing with the U.S. Women's National Team at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Hampton's selection keeps in line with Florida's tradition of elite outside hitters, as she is the seventh player at the position to earn All-America honors at UF.
Cusack is the first libero/defensive specialist in school history to capture All-America honors, doing so after posting the second-highest single-season digs total in school history, a career-high 587. On Nov. 18, she became the fastest player in school history to break the 1,000-dig barrier, supplanting Hampton for the honor, as well as just the second player in SEC history to reach that mark as a sophomore. An AVCA All-South Region team member in 2007, Cusack also set school records for assists (123), assists per game (1.13), aces (35), aces per game (0.32), points (42.0) and points per game (0.39) by a sophomore L/DS. She received SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors on both Sept. 24 and Oct. 1, becoming the first player in conference history to earn the award in back-to-back weeks, and owns a league-record five Defensive Player of the Week honors after just two seasons of play. Cusack took her play to another level in the NCAA Championship, averaging 6.60 digs per game, while her 66 digs during the run to the regional semifinal stand as the fourth-highest NCAA Championship total in program history.
Hampton and Cusack are both graduates of Gainesville's P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, and both played club volleyball for Gainesville Juniors. They are the sixth and seventh Florida natives to earn All-America honors at UF, a group that has combined to bring home the accolade 11 times.
2007 AVCA DIVISION I FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
Player Institution Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown
Foluke Akinradewo * @ Stanford University MB Jr. 6-3 Plantation, Fla.
Cynthia Barboza * Stanford University OH Jr. 6-0 Long Beach, Calif.
Juliann Faucette The University of Texas OH Fr. 6-2 San Diego, Calif.
Nicole Fawcett * @ Penn State University OH Jr. 6-4 Zanesfield, Ohio
Christa Harmotto $ Penn State University MB Jr. 6-2 Aliquippa, Pa.
Megan Hodge * Penn State University OH So. 6-3 Durham, N.C.
Asia Kaczor $ Univ. of Southern California RS/Opp. Sr. 6-4 Wroclaw, Poland
Bryn Kehoe $ + Stanford University S Sr. 5-11 North Bend, Ohio
Christal Morrison * % + University of Washington OH Sr. 6-2 Puyallup, Wash.
Sarah Pavan * ^ # University of Nebraska RS/Opp. Sr. 6-5 Kitchener, Ontario
Angie Pressey $ University of California OH Sr. 5-8 Heathrow, Fla.
Nellie Spicer * UCLA S Jr. 5-10 Barrington, Ill.
2007 AVCA DIVISION I SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
Player Institution Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown
Taylor Carico Univ. of Southern California S So. 5-11 Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Hana Cutura University of California OH So. 6-3 Zagreb, Croatia
Brittney Dolgner University of Wisconsin OH So. 6-0 Waupun, Wis.
Alisha Glass Penn State University S So. 6-0 Leland, Mich.
Rachel Holloway ! University of Nebraska S So. 5-10 Franklin, Tenn.
Destinee Hooker The University of Texas OH So. 6-4 San Antonio, Texas
Christina Houghtelling ^ University of Nebraska OH Sr. 6-2 Cambridge, Neb.
Alix Klineman Stanford University OH Fr. 6-4 Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Gorana Maricic University of Oregon OH Jr. 6-3 Subotica, Serbia
Angie McGinnis * + University of Florida S Sr. 5-11 Fraser, Mich.
Tracy Stalls $ University of Nebraska MB Sr. 6-3 Denver, Colo.
Jessica Swarbrick ! University of Washington MB Jr. 6-1 El Dorado, Calif.
2007 AVCA DIVISION I THIRD-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
Player Institution Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown
Kylie Atherstone Cal Poly RS/Opp. Jr. 6-1 Chico, Calif.
Mekana Barnes Colorado State University MB Jr. 6-0 Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Chelsea Goodman Brigham Young University OH Sr. 5-11 Mesa, Ariz.
Marcie Hampton University of Florida OH Sr. 6-1 Gainesville, Fla.
Hui Ping Huang St. John's University MB Sr. 6-2 Shanghai, China
Nataly Korobkova Kansas State University RS/Opp. Jr. 6-3 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Jordan Larson * University of Nebraska OH Jr. 6-2 Hooper, Neb.
Tamari Miyashiro University of Washington DS/Lib. So. 5-7 Kanehoe, Hawai'i
Michelle Moriarty ! The University of Texas S Sr. 5-10 Houston, Texas
Lauren Paolini The University of Texas MB Jr. 6-5 Ann Arbor, Mich.
Taylor Reineke University of Wisconsin MB Sr. 6-3 Naperville, Ill.
Ashley Schatzle Michigan State University OH Sr. 6-1 Monroe, Mich.
* indicates 2006 AVCA First-Team All-America selection
^ indicates 2005 AVCA First-Team All-America selection
# indicates 2004 AVCA First-Team All-America selection
$ indicates 2006 AVCA Second-Team All-America selection
@ indicates 2005 AVCA Second-Team All-America selection
% indicates 2004 AVCA Second-Team All-America selection
! indicates 2006 AVCA Third-Team All-America selection
+ indicates 2005 AVCA Third-Team All-America selection
2007 Division I AVCA Freshman of the Year: Juliann Faucette, Texas, OH
2007 Division I AVCA Player of the Year: Announced at AVCA All-America/Players of the Year Banquet on Dec. 14, 2007
2007 AVCA Division I Honorable Mention All-America
Ashley Adams (Middle Tennessee, RS/Opp., Jr.)
Jackie Ahlers (Stony Brook, OH, Sr.)
Megan Argabright (Western Kentucky, MB, Jr.)
Ashley Asberry (Middle Tennessee, MB, Jr.)
Stephanie Barry (Delaware, DS/Lib., So.)
Kelly-Anne Billingy (Marshall, RS/Opp., Sr.)
Latoya Blunt (St. John's, MB, Sr.)
Natalie Bogan (Rice, MB, So.)
Abbey Breit (Jacksonville State, OH, Sr.)
Jade Brown (Maryland, OH, Sr.)
Katie Bruzdzinski (Michigan, OH, Sr.)
Shelby Burton (Memphis, MB, Sr.)
Alona Cherkez (Villanova, OH, Sr.)
Alexis Crimes (Long Beach State, MB, Sr.)
Elyse Cusack (Florida, L/DS, So.)
Lauren DeGirolamo (LSU, MB, So.)
Carrie DeMange (Duke, MB, Sr.)
Svetlana Dukule (Louisville, OH, Sr.)
Rachel Dyer (BYU, MB, Jr.)
Didem Ege (Clemson, DS/Lib., So.)
Justine Farmer (Houston, OH, Jr.)
Leanne Felsing (Wisconsin-Milwaukee, S/H, Sr.)
Elizabeth Fleming (Marshall, S, Fr.)
Ashley Fornstrom (Colorado State, S, Jr.)
Kelly Goc (Creighton, MB, Sr.)
Melissa Griffin (Ohio, RS/Opp., Sr.)
Marcela Gurgel (South Florida, OH, So.)
Ali Hausfeld (Duke, S, Sr.)
Danielle Hepburn (Clemson, MB, Jr.)
Jaclyn Houston (Cal Poly, MB, Jr.)
Jamie Houston (Hawai'i, OH, Jr.)
Crystal Hudson (Alabama, MB, Sr.)
Talisa Kellogg (Georgia Tech, OH, Jr.)
Sarah Kirkwood (Virginia, OH, Sr.)
Wioleta Leszczynska (St. John's, S, Jr.)
Sara Lungren (Wichita State, RS/Opp., Sr.)
Stephanie Lynch (Purdue, MB, Jr.)
Elena Martinez (LSU, DS/Lib., Jr.)
Crystal Matich (Santa Clara, S, Sr.)
Jenn Miller (Tulane, DS/Lib., So.)
Lauren Miramontes (UNLV, MB, Sr.)
Rachael Moss (Duke, OH, So.)
Kelsey Murphy (Clemson, S, So.)
Amanda Nielson (Utah State, RS/Opp., Sr.)
Queen Nzenwa (Kentucky, MB, Jr.)
Kim Oguh (New Mexico State, MB, Sr.)
Angie Porche (Valparaiso, OH, So.)
Jill Quayle (Xavier, MB, Sr.)
Sara Radosevic (Tulane, OH, Jr.)
Jamie-Lee Richards (Dayton, OH, Sr.)
Yarimar Rosa (Florida International, OH, So.)
Erin Schroeder (Dayton, S, Jr.)
Julia Silva (Tulsa, S, Sr.)
Jackie Simpson (Wisconsin, S, Sr.)
Ulrike Stegemann (Georgia Tech, RS/Opp., Sr.)
Meghan Steiner (Clemson, MB, Sr.)
Jaime Strauss (Colorado State, OH, Jr.)
Rubena Sukaj (American, OH, Jr.)
Bridget Wells (Tulane, RS/Opp., Jr.)
Lena Yee (St. John's, DS/Lib., Jr.)
Brittany Zahn (Appalachian State, OH, Sr.)
Lexi Zimmerman (Michigan, S, Fr.)
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