2011 Volleyball All-MAAC Teams Announced
MAAC Sports
Edison, NJ - Siena College's Taylor Akana has been named the 2011 MAAC
Offensive Player of the Year by the league's head coaches and headlines this
season's All-MAAC teams.
Akana, a sophomore from Kaneohe,
Hawaii, led the MAAC with 4.46 kills per set and 345.5 total points in league
play. She was named to the Preseason All-MAAC Team and was selected to the
All-MAAC Second Team last year as a freshman. Akana was also named Offensive
Player of the Week once this season on Oct. 24.
Niagara's Hannah Hedrick and Siena's junior
Lesli Akeo were named Co-Defensive Players of
the Year. Hedrick,
a senior from Cincinnati, Ohio, finished ninth
in the league with 3.40 digs per set. Hedrick was also named the MAAC Defensive
Player of the Year in 2009, is a three time All-MAAC First Team selection, and
a two-time MAAC Championship Most Valuable Player. Akeo, a Kapolei, Hawaii
native, finished third in the MAAC with 5.41 digs per set in league play. Akeo
also ranks 44th nationally in digs per set.
Fairfield University sophomore
Rachel Romansky earned MAAC Setter of the Year honors. The Denver, Colo. native
was second in the league with 11.37 assists per set and had 37 total blocks on
the season.
Niagara's Sam Morgan was chosen as
the 2011 MAAC Libero of the Year. She ranks fourth nationally with 6.0 digs per
set and led the MAAC with 6.29 digs per set in conference matches. Morgan, a
senior native of Cincinnati, Ohio, has registered double-digit digs in 127
consecutive matches, the longest streak in the nation.
Fairfield's Caitlin Stapleton was
named the MAAC Rookie of the Year. She led the Stags with 291 total points and
ranked third with 2.45 kills per set. The Milford, Conn. native was named Rookie
of the Week twice this season on Oct. 17 and Oct. 31.
The inaugural MAAC All-Rookie Team
consists of Stapleton, Iona College's Catrina Warren, Manhattan College's Malia
McGuinness and Hollegn Henderson, Marist College's Marisa Gilbert, and Siena's
Jacqueline Skeen.
The All-MAAC First Team consists of
Fairfield's Kendal Dirkin, Marist's Joanna Foss, Niagara's Hedrick, Morgan, and
Kari Honomichl, and Siena's Akana.
Canisius College's Danielle Brawn
and Samantha Good, Fairfield's Brianna Dixion, Romansky, and Stapleton, Iona's
Alicja Pawelec and Warren, Manhattan's McGuinness, and Niagara's Ellen Senf make
up the All-MAAC Second Team.
Fairfield head coach Alija Pittenger
was selected as the 2011 Anaconda Sports MAAC Coach of the Year. Pittenger led
the Stags to a 16-2 conference mark and 19-9 overall record in her fourth year at
the helm. She also led the team to an eight match win streak during the season
which ties for 11th best in school history.
2011 All-MAAC First Team
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Kendal Dirkin
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Fairfield University
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Joanna Foss
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Marist College
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Hannah Hedrick
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Niagara University
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Sam Morgan
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Niagara University
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Kari Honomichl
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Niagara University
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Taylor Akana
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Siena College
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2011 All-MAAC Second Team
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Danielle Brawn
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Canisius College
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Samantha Good
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Canisius College
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Brianna Dixion
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Fairfield University
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Rachel Romansky
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Fairfield University
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Caitlin Stapleton
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Fairfield University
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Alicja Pawelec
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Iona College
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Catrina Warren
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Iona College
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Malia McGuinness
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Manhattan College
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Ellen Senf
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Niagara University
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2011 All-MAAC Rookie Team
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Caitlin Stapleton
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Fairfield University
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Catrina Warren
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Iona College
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Malia McGuinness
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Manhattan College
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Hollegn Henderson
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Manhattan College
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Marisa Gilbert
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Marist College
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Jacqueline Skeen
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Siena College
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2011 Award Winners
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Rookie of the Year
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Caitlin Stapleton
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Fairfield University
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Libero of the Year
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Sam Morgan
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Niagara University
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Setter of the Year
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Rachel Romansky
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Fairfield University
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Co-Defensive Players of the Year
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Hannah Hedrick
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Niagara University
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Lesli Akeo
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Siena College
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Offensive Player of the Year
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Taylor Akana
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Siena College
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Anaconda Sports Coach of the Year
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Alija Pittenger
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Fairfield University
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