2017 #RMACvb Preseason All-RMAC
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) announced the 2017 Volleyball Preseason All-Conference team on Monday.
Colorado Christian’s Sophia Proano was named Preseason Player of the Year and teammate Kylee Wurster was voted Preseason Setter of the Year. This year’s Preseason Defensive Player of the Year is Taylor Woods of Colorado Mesa.
The teams were voted on by the conferences’ 15 head coaches. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes.
Ten of the 14 student-athletes on the preseason team earned First Team or Second Team All-RMAC recognition at the end of the 2016 campaign.
Proano, a redshirt senior was named 2016 AVCA NCAA DII All-American Honorable mention, 2016 AVCA All-Region South Central First Team and First Team All-RMAC and All-Academic. The Thornton, Colorado native lead the Cougars with 509 kills on the season. She averaged 3.61 kills per set and accumulated a .307 hitting percentage.
Wurster finished the 2016 campaign ranked fourth in the conference with an average of 10.87 assists per set. She also racked up 33 service aces and 73 kills. She was RMAC Setter of the Week three times and was named Second Team All-RMAC.
Woods led the Mavericks with 4.71 digs per set for a total of 504 digs, and garnered 77 assists last campaign. Her accolades as a sophomore include Second Team All-RMAC and RMAC Defensive Player of the Week for Week 9.
Preseason All-RMAC
Hope Baldrica, CCU
Caitlin Broadwell, CSUP
MacKenzie Edwards, CMU
Vasati Fiatoa, MSUD
Hattie Gianinetti, CMU
Kelsey Green, RU
Mallory Grimsrud, ASU
Taylor Hamilton, UCCS
Janice Jin, CSM
Ellie Monarch, CSM
Sophia Proano, CCU
Santaisha Struges, MSUD
Taylor Woods, CMU
Kylee Wurster, CCU
About the RMAC:
The RMAC is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15-member schools, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 2018-19 Dixie State University will join the RMAC as the 16th member institution. The RMAC sponsors 23 varsity NCAA sports and has produced 59 NCAA Division II national champions and 48 national runners-up since 1992.