NESCAC Volleyball All-Conference Teams Announced
Keeler of Wesleyan
Named Player of the Year
HARTFORD, Conn. – Senior
middle hitter Alexis Keeler of Wesleyan was named the 2001 NESCAC
Volleyball Player of the Year. Keeler, a repeat first-team
selection, averaged 4.27 kills and 0.83 blocks per game, and led
the Cardinals to the top seed in the 2001 NESCAC Volleyball
Championship tournament. She is the all-time school leader in kills
and led Wesleyan to its first trip to the NCAA Division III
Championship tournament.
Keeler was joined on the first team
by teammate Eliza Allen, a junior middle hitter who led the NESCAC
in kills per game (4.69) and was second in blocks (1.35 per game).
Senior outside hitter Jessica
Stewart of Tufts was named to the all-conference first team for the
third consecutive year. Stewart averaged 3.85 kills and 3.41 digs
per game.
Two first-year players from NESCAC
champion Williams received first-team recognition. Middle blocker
Joyia Chadwick earned first-team accolades and was named the 2001
NESCAC Rookie of the Year. Chadwick averaged 4.44 kills per game
and led the conference in blocks, averaging 1.62 per game. Outside
hitter Robin Young was also named to the first team in her rookie
season, averaging 4.11 kills and 3.69 digs per game.
Rounding out the first team was
senior outside hitter Erica Hewes of Amherst, who averaged 4.33
kills and 0.82 blocks per game.
Senior outside hitter Lauren
Fennessey of Bates, who was named to the All-NESCAC second team,
was recognized as the 2001 NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year, the
second time she has received the honor in the two years of the
award. Wesleyan head coach Gale Lackey was named the 2001 NESCAC
Coach of the Year.
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2001 NESCAC Volleyball
All-Conference
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| First Team
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School
| Yr.
| Pos
| Hometown
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Eliza Allen
| Wesleyan
| Jr.
| MH
| Durango, Colo.
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Alexis Keeler
| Wesleyan
| Sr.
| MH
| Santa Monica, Calif.
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Joyia Chadwick
| Williams
| Fr.
| MB
| Lawrence, Kan.
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Robin Young
| Williams
| Fr.
| OH
| Andover, Mass.
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Erica Hewes
| Amherst
| Sr.
| OH
| Pebble Beach, Calif.
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Jessica Stewart
| Tufts
| Sr.
| OH
| Tallahassee, Fla.
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| Second Team
| School
| Yr.
| Pos
| Hometown
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| Liz Wanless
| Bates
| So.
| OH
| Belleville, Ill.
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| Lauren Fennessey
| Bates
| Sr.
| OH
| Joplin, Mo.
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| Meredith DeMeules
| Amherst
| Sr.
| S/OH
| Los Angeles, Calif.
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| Amanda Cuiffo
| Colby
| Sr.
| OH
| Waban, Mass.
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Kristin Hagan
| Trinity
| Sr.
| OH
| Kentfield, Calif.
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| Christina Fucci
| Wesleyan
| Sr.
| S
| Tulsa, Okla.
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| Player of the Year
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Alexis Keeler
| Wesleyan
| Sr.
| MH
| Santa Monica, Calif.
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| Defensive Player of the Year
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Lauren Fennessey
| Bates
| Sr.
| OH
| Joplin, Mo.
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| Rookie of the Year
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Joyia Chadwick
| Williams
| Fr.
| MB
| Lawrence, Kan.
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| Coach of the Year
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Gale Lackey
| Wesleyan
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