Scott Adds A Second Honorable Mention All-America Honor

Scott	Crotteau	Vea

Alaska Anchorage setter Calli Scott has been selected to the Daktronics NCAA Division II All-American volleyball team.

She was one of five West Region players named to the All-American team, but the only one from the GNAC.

Earlier, Montana State Billings outside hitter Devon Crotteau, Scott and Central Washington libero Brandie Vea were voted to the AVCA All-American squad. Crotteau was a third team selection, while Scott and Vea were honorable mention selections.

Crotteau led the GNAC in both kills (4.47) and points (5.06) this past season. She finished her career ranked sixth in GNAC history in career kills (1,351) and first in kills per set (4.09).

Scott, who was voted the GNAC Player-of-the-Year, was the conference leader in assists (10.64), leading the Seawolves to their first-ever GNAC volleyball title.

Vea, who was an honorable mention selection for the second year in a row, was the conference leader in digs (5.83).

All three players were also named to both the Daktronics and AVCA West Region all-star teams. Scott and Crotteau earned first team honors on both the Daktronics team, which is selected by the region's sports information directors, and the AVCA team selected by the coaches.

Vea was a first-team AVCA pick and a second team Daktronics selection. Also named to the Daktronics second team were UAA outside hitter Jackie Matthisen and Seawolf middle hitter Cortney Lundberg.

Matthisen, Lundberg and Western Washington outside hitter Marlayna Geary were AVCA honorable mention selections. Geary was also voted the AVCA West Region Freshman of the Year.

Alaska Anchorage coach Chris Green, who guided the Seawolves to 23-8 record in only his second season in Anchorage was selected the AVCA West Region Coach of the Year.

ALL-REGION: Daktronics: First Team – Calli Scott, UAA (S, 5-8, Sr., Scottsdale, AZ); Devon Crotteau, MSUB (OH, 6-0, Sr., Casper, WY). Second Team – Jackie Matthisen, UAA (OH, 5-11, So., Anchorage, AK); Cortney Lundberg, UAA (MH, 6-1, Jr., Hardin, MT); Brandie Vea, CWU (L, 5-3, Jr., Honolulu, HI). AVCA: First Team - Calli Scott, UAA (S, 5-8, Sr., Scottsdale, AZ); Devon Crotteau, MSUB (OH, 6-0, Sr., Casper, WY); Brandie Vea, CWU (L, 5-3, Jr., Honolulu, HI). Honorable Mention – Jackie Matthisen, UAA (OH, 5-11, So., Anchorage, AK); Cortney Lundberg, UAA (MH, 6-1, Jr., Hardin, MT); Marlayna Geary, WWU (OH, 5-10, Fr., Tacoma, WA – Bellarmine Prep). Coach-of-the-Year - Chris Green, UAA.

Alaska Anchorage Finishes 24th In Final AVCA National Poll

Alaska Anchorage finished 24th in the final American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division II poll of the 2009 season. The ranking marks UAA's first appearance in the national poll since coming in No. 25 on Nov. 3, 1992.

The Seawolves completed the best season in school history with a 23-8 overall record, won their first Great Northwest Athletic Conference title and made their first-ever NCAA tournament victory.

UAA also won a school-record 13 straight matches and tied the school marks for overall and conference winning percentage. Concordia - Saint Paul, which won the national title last weekend, was a uninamous choice as No. 1 in the poll. Cal State Bernardino, which defeated UAA in the West Regional semifinals, was ranked second in the final poll.

UAF's Holland Top GNAC Volleyball Scholar-Athlete; Five On CoSIDA Team

Holland

Jennifer Holland, a civil engineering major at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, has the top GPA among the 42 student-athletes named to the GNAC's 2009 Academic All-Conference volleyball team.

Holland has a perfect 4.00 mark. Among seniors, Lisa Martini and Amy Herron, both from Western Oregon, have the best GPAs with 3.96 and 3.93 averages, respectively.

Martini and Herron were among five GNAC players selected to the District VIII CoSIDA Academic all-star volleyball team. Martini is the third player in GNAC history to earn first-team CoSIDA honors twice. Herron is also a two-time honoree. A year ago she was voted to the third team.

Also named to the academic team were Brandie Vea and Erin Norris of Central Washington and Lindsey Wodrich of Seattle Pacific. Vea and Wodrich were second team picks while Norris earned third team honors.

Alaska Fairbanks placed the most players on the GNAC academic team with eight. Northwest Nazarene had seven selections and Central Washington and Western Washington had six.

Eleven players including Alexa Sherman, Hannah Armstrong, Jessica Hill and Megan Thigpen, all from Alaska Fairbanks, were named to the team for the third time.

Deidre Scheidt and Norris of Central Washington; Cammy Dranginis of Northwest Nazarene, and Martini, Herron, Laura Sakala and Danielle English, all from Western Oregon, were also selected for the third time.

COSIDA: First Team - Lisa Martini, Western Oregon (Exercise Science, Sr., 3.96, Philomath, OR); Amy Herron, Western Oregon (Exercise Science, Sr., 3.93, Spokane, WA). Second Team - Brandie Vea, Central Washington (Elementary Education, Jr., 3.30, Honolulu, HI); Lindsey Wodrich, Seattle Pacific (Family & Consumer Sciences, So., 3.62, Richland, WA). Third Team - Erin Norris, Central Washington (Biology, 3.35, Sr., Spokane, WA).

UAA's Matthisen Voted to NCAA West Region All-Tournament Team

Matthisen

Alaska Anchorage's Jackie Matthisen, who had 31 kills and three blocks, was selected to the all-tournament team at the NCAA West Regional volleyball tournament which was held Nov. 19-21 at San Bernardino, Calif.

After defeating Hawaii Hilo in the quarterfinals to extend its school-record winning streak to 13 matches, UAA lost to Cal State San Bernardino in the semifinals.

The Coyotes did not lose a single set in winning the regional. Of its three opponents, UAA scored the most points on San Bernardino. CSUSB surrendered 57 points to the Seawolves, 51 to Cal State L.A. in the title match and 48 to Seattle Pacific in the quarterfinals.

2009 GNAC Volleyball Match Stories / GNAC Season Preview