RICHARDSON, Texas –– McMurry University’s Terah Brown, Texas Lutheran University’s Jamie Jahns and East Texas Baptist University’s Katie Graves – all sophomores – won division player of the year awards and each earned a spot on the eight-player all-conference team to highlight the 2007 American Southwest Conference Volleyball awards, the ASC announced on Monday (Nov. 5) after a vote of the league’s 13 head coaches.
Brown (Abilene, TX / AHS) and Jahns (Spring, TX / Klein Collins HS) – both middle blockers – shared the ASC West Division Player of the Year award. Brown, who also earned the title of ASC West Division Newcomer of the Year, hit .260 on the season with 1.34 blocks per game. Jahns, who guided the Bulldogs to the ASC championship, hit .330 with 3.82 kills per game.
Graves (Crandall, TX / CHS) was named ASC East Division Player of the Year after leading the conference in kills per game with 5.10 and hitting .320.
Brown, Jahns and Graves were joined on the ASC All-Conference Team by Hardin-Simmons University sophomore middle blocker Kaela Parnell (Carrollton, TX / CHS), ETBU senior libero Jill Boyd (Haslet, TX / HHS), Concordia University Texas senior middle blocker Michelle Heckmann (The Grove, TX / Gatesville HS), HSU sophomore setter Amanda Curry (Lago Vista, TX / LVHS) and ETBU sophomore outside hitter Jane Hays (Hereford, TX / HHS).
University of Texas at Dallas freshman outside hitter Amber Wetz (San Antonio, TX / Madison HS) was voted ASC East Division Newcomer of the Year. Wetz (pictured right) averaged 3.42 kills per game.
All nine honorees also landed a spot on their respective division’s first teams.
Jason McAden (pictured left), who in his second year guided McMurry to the ASC tournament, was named ASC West Division Coach of the Year. Marci Sanders (pictured right) collected her second straight ASC East Division Coach of the Year award after guiding the Comets to a second straight ASC East crown.
2007 AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
ALL-CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL TEAM
(Listed in order of voting point totals; # indicates tie in voting)
Jamie Jahns# MB Texas Lutheran So. Spring, TX (Klein Collins HS)
Kaela Parnell# MB Hardin-Simmons So. Carrollton, TX (CHS)
Katie Graves OH East Texas Baptist So. Crandall, TX (CHS)
Jill Boyd L East Texas Baptist Sr. Haslet, TX (HHS)
Terah Brown MB McMurry So. Abilene, TX (AHS)
Michelle Heckmann MB Concordia Texas Sr. The Grove, TX (Gatesville HS)
Amanda Curry S Hardin-Simmons So. Lago Vista, TX (LVHS)
Jane Hays OH East Texas Baptist So. Hereford, TX (HHS)
-ASC WEST DIVISION AWARDS-
ASC West Division Co-Players of the Year:
Terah Brown, MB, So., McMurry University; Jamie Jahns, MB, So., Texas Lutheran University
ASC West Division Newcomer of the Year:Terah Brown, MB, So., McMurry University
ASC West Division Coach of the Year:Jason McAden, McMurry University
(Listed in order of voting point totals; # indicates tie in voting)
ASC West Division First Team
Terah Brown# MB McMurry So. Abilene, TX (AHS)
Jamie Jahns# MB Texas Lutheran So. Spring, TX (Klein Collins HS)
Kaela Parnell MB Hardin-Simmons So. Carrollton, TX (CHS)
Michelle Heckmann MB Concordia Texas Sr. The Grove, TX (Gatesville HS)
Amanda Curry S Hardin-Simmons So. Lago Vista, TX (LVHS)
Megan Purser S Texas Lutheran Sr. Dickinson, TX (DHS)
Melissa Mudge L/S Texas Lutheran Sr. Round Rock (Stony Point HS)
Cambra Hughes MB Hardin-Simmons Fr. Abilene, TX (ACHS)
ASC West Division Second Team
Sara Keithley Lib. Concordia Texas Jr. Colorado Springs, CO (Doherty HS)
Tiffany Miller MB Schreiner So. San Antonio, TX (Churchill HS)
Xandria White MB Schreiner Jr. San Antonio, TX (MacArthur HS)
Jamie Lassiter# MB Texas Lutheran Jr. Richardson, TX (Berkner HS)
Megan Lawrence# RS Hardin-Simmons Sr. Abilene, TX (AHS)
Kristen Eldridge RS/OH Texas Lutheran Sr. Bastrop, TX (BHS)
Amber Meeks OH/L Texas Lutheran Sr. Magnolia, TX (MHS)
Danielle Kelton So. McMurry So. Andrews, TX (AHS)
All-West Division Honorable Mention
Jessica Stetler OH Texas Lutheran Fr. San Antonio, TX (Stetler HS)
Shannon Higgins S McMurry So. Big Spring, TX (BSHS)
Samantha Lucien L Hardin-Simmons So. Flower Mound, TX (FMHS)
Stacy Macias MH Sul Ross State Sr. Fabens, TX (FHS)
Melanie Valenciana MH Sul Ross State Jr. Odessa, TX (Permian HS)
Patricia Brown# S Howard Payne Jr. Tomball, TX (THS)
Sarah Geyer# OH Concordia Texas Sr. Aledo, TX (AHS)
-ASC EAST DIVISION AWARDS-
ASC East Division Player of the Year:Katie Graves, OH, So., East Texas Baptist University
ASC East Division Newcomer of the Year:Amber Wetz, OH, Fr., University of Texas at Dallas
ASC East Division Coach of the Year:Marci Sanders, University of Texas at Dallas
(Listed in order of voting point totals; # indicates tie in voting)
ASC East Division First Team
Katie Graves OH East Texas Baptist So. Crandall, TX (CHS)
Amber Wetz OH Texas-Dallas Fr. San Antonio, TX (Madison HS)
Jill Boyd L East Texas Baptist Sr. Haslet, TX (HHS)
Kyleigh Irish RS Texas-Dallas So. San Antonio, TX (O’Connor HS)
Traci Twardowski S East Texas Baptist Jr. Waller, TX (WHS)
Jane Hays OH East Texas Baptist So. Hereford, TX (HHS)
Patricia Allen M Texas-Dallas So. San Antonio, TX (Judson HS)
Kristen Chapman# MB/OH LeTourneau Fr. Richland, MI (Gull Lake HS)
Melanie Daniell# MB Mary Hardin-Baylor Fr. Florence, TX (FHS)
ASC East Division Second Team
Kathryn Adams L/DS Texas-Dallas So. Houston, TX (Clear Brook HS)
Erin Maenius L Mary Hardin-Baylor Fr. San Antonio, TX (MacArthur HS)
Shedryl Tyler OH Texas-Tyler Fr. Silsbee, TX (SHS)
Stephanie Little S Mary Hardin-Baylor Sr. Waxahachie, TX (WHS)
Chelsea Hannah MB Texas-Tyler So. Naples, TX (Paul Pewitt TX/Ark.-Pine Bluff)
Stephanie Waller OH Texas-Dallas Fr. Wylie, TX (WHS)
Clare Pritchard# RS Mississippi College Fr. Baton Rouge, LA (St. Joseph’s Academy)
Katie Rowland# MB Mississippi College Fr. Vestavia Hills, AL (VHHS)
ASC East Division Honorable Mention
Bethany Suderman L LeTourneau Sr. Lebanon, OR (LHS)
Lauren Snook RS Texas-Tyler So. Jacksboro, TX (JHS)
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