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MIAA Announces Volleyball All-League teams and Alma gets two players honored

The MIAA announced Saturday evening the 2009 All-MIAA Volleyball Teams and Alma College had two players honored for their play this season. Jr. S Hannah Hewitt (Alanson, MI/Harbor Light Christian) was named to the first team, while So. MH Shelby Gray (Bloomfield Hills, MI/W. Bloomfield) earned second team honors.

 

Hannah Hewitt                    Shelby Gray

For the season, Hewitt finished third in the MIAA with 640 assists for an average of 10.00 per game, while Gray ended the 2009 campaign sixth in the league in kills with 190, 2.97 per game. The Scots finished third in the league in 2009 and lost to eventual tournament champion Calvin College Friday night, 0-3, in the MIAA Semi-Finals at host Hope College.

2009 All-MIAA Volleyball Teams

Most Valuable Player
Andrea Helminiak, Hope (senior from Maumee, Ohio/Anthony Wayne HS)

Defensive Player of the Year
Kristen Johnson, Hope (senior from Naperville, Ill./Wheaton Academy)

Freshman of the Year
Betsy Irwin, Trine (freshman from Athens, Ohio/Alexander HS)

All-MIAA First Team
Morgan Watler, Albion** (senior from Novi/Farmington HS)
Hannah Hewitt, Alma* (junior from Alanson/Harbor Light Christian HS)
Rebecca Kamp, Calvin** (sophomore from Orland Park, Ill./Chicago Christian HS)
Kelsey Sears, Calvin** (junior from Traverse City/West HS)
Jacie Fiedler, Hope* (junior from Richmond, Ill./Richmond Burton HS)
Andrea Helminiak, Hope** (senior from Maumee, Ohio/Anthony Wayne HS)
Kara VandeGuchte, Hope** (junior from Hamilton/Hamilton HS)
Lorna Slupczynski, Saint Mary's* (senior from St. John, Ind./Andrean HS)
* - denotes years All-MIAA first team

All-MIAA Second Team
Alexis Brum, Albion (junior from Troy/Birmingham Seaholm HS)
Shelby Gray, Alma (sophomore from Bloomfield Hills/West Bloomfield HS)
Renee DeHaan, Calvin (sophomore from Grand Rapids/GR Christian HS)
Erin VanderPlas, Calvin (sophomore from Cadillac/McBain Northern Michigan Christian HS)
Cassidy Bulthuis, Hope (junior from Nunica/Spring Lake HS)
Kristen Johnson, Hope (senior from Naperville, Ill./Wheaton Academy)
Colleen Leonard, Kalamazoo (sophomore from Mason/Mason HS)
Betsy Irwin, Trine (freshman from Athens, Ohio/Alexander HS)

 

Posted: Sat, November 7th, 2009 at 8:58PM

 

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Cheyenne Luzynski

Cheyenne Luzynski

Alma College Athletics appointed Cheyenne Luzynski as head volleyball coach beginning with the 2007 spring non-traditional season. Luzynski is the eighth head coach in the 31-year history of Alma College volleyball.

Luzynski has served as an assistant volleyball coach for two seasons and has led the junior varsity program during that time. She has served as an assistant coach with the men’s basketball program, leading its junior varsity program and is an assistant coach with the men’s and women’s track and field teams at Alma College. Additionally, Luzynski has been named an assistant Athletic Director and serves as the Senior Woman Administrator within the department.

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