2011 DAKTRONICS NCAA DIVISION II ALL-SOUTHEAST REGION VOLLEYBALL TEAM ANNOUNCED

2011 DAKTRONICS NCAA DIVISION II ALL-SOUTHEAST REGION VOLLEYBALL TEAM ANNOUNCED

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2011 DAKTRONICS NCAA DIVISION II ALL-SOUTHEAST REGION VOLLEYBALL TEAM ANNOUNCED

 

SAVANNAH, Ga. - Daktronics, Inc. and the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) released today the 2011 Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region Volleyball teams. Wingate senior setter Liz Willis (Raleigh, N.C.) was named the Southeast Region Player of the Year while Flagler paced all schools with four honorees, two on the first team and two on the second team.

 

The 2011 South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year, Willis headlines a first-team that includes two players from all three nationally-ranked Southeast Region schools – No. 14 Wingate, No. 21 Armstrong and No. 24 Flagler. Wingate teammate and rightside hitter Anna Hilton (Hickory, N.C.) joins Willis on the first team from the Bulldogs, while Flagler middle hitter Crystal Niederriter (Merritt Island, Fla.) and outside hitter Dianna Craine (Oshawa, Ontario) represent the Saints. Armstrong’s first-team honorees are rightside hitter Brendyce Budd (Page, Ariz.) and middle hitter Brittany Wolf (Bethlehem, Ga.) Tusculum libero Caitlyn Dean (Fort Wayne, Ind.) rounds out the first team and is the only first-team repeat honoree from 2010.

 

Members of the first team are now eligible for Daktronics NCAA Division II All-America honors. The Daktronics NCAA DII teams are voted on by the NCAA Division II members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA) from the Southeast Region, which is comprised of schools from Conference Carolinas, the South Atlantic Conference and the Peach Belt Conference. The online nomination and voting process is powered by ATHLETICSITE.COM.

 

The second team features two more members of the Saints in setter Olivia Snipes (Easley, S.C.) and libero Casey Gnann (Boca Raton, Fla.). The outside hitters on the second team are Wingate’s Cory McGowan (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Armstrong’s Jessica Santaniello (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Lees-McRae’s Taylor Clendenin (Statesville, N.C.). A tie in the voting resulted in three middle hitters earning second-team honors – Carson-Newman’s Nikki James (Cookeville, Tenn.), Lincoln Memorial’s Blaire Fowler (Fort Worth, Texas) and Montevallo’s Manyi Ati (Lawrenceville, Ga.).

 

The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition.

 

2011 Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region Volleyball Team

 

First Team

Pos.    Name                          School                        Year    Hometown

RS       Anna Hilton                 Wingate                       Soph.   Hickory, N.C.

OH      Dianna Craine             Flagler                         Jr.        Oshawa, Ontario

RS       Brendyce Budd           Armstrong                   Sr.       Page, Ariz.

MH      Brittany Wolf               Armstrong                   Jr.        Bethlehem, Ga.

MH      Crystal Niederriter       Flagler                         Jr.        Merritt Island, Fla.

S          # Liz Willis                   Wingate                       Sr.       Raleigh, N.C.

L/DS    * Caitlyn Dean             Tusculum                    Soph.   Fort Wayne, Ind.

 

2011 Southeast Region Player of the Year: Liz Willis, Sr., Raleigh, N.C.

 

Second Team

Pos.    Name                          School                        Year    Hometown

OH      Cory McGowan          Wingate                       Soph.   Pittsburgh, Pa.

OH      Jessica Santaniello     Armstrong                   Soph.   Boca Raton, Fla.

OH      Taylor Clendenin         Lees-McRae               Jr.        Statesville, N.C.

MH      Nikki James                Carson-Newman        Sr.       Cookeville, Tenn.

MH      Blaire Fowler               Lincoln Memorial        Jr.        Fort Worth, Texas

MH      Manyi Ati                     Montevallo                  Soph.   Lawrenceville, Ga.

S          Olivia Snipes               Flagler                         Sr.       Easley, S.C.

L/DS    Casey Gnann              Flagler                         Jr.        Boca Raton, Fla.

 

* - 2010 Daktronics All-Southeast Region First Team

# - 2009 Daktronics All-Southeast Region Second Team