Volleyball Wins Four ACC Honors
11/29/2005 7:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Nov. 29, 2005
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Four University of Maryland women's volleyball players were selected by the Atlantic Coast Conference for postseason awards today. Seniors Stephanie Smith and Rachel Wagener were named to the All-ACC First Team, while Jade Brown was named to the All-ACC Second Team, and Maggie Schmelzle to the All-ACC Freshmen Team for the Terps.
The ACC's selection committee is comprised of the conference's 12 coaches. Eighteen players were named to the First and Second-Team All-ACC and six to the Freshmen team.
Senior middle-blockers Wagener and Smith were two of ten players chosen for the All-ACC First Team. It was the first award for both. Wagener received the All-ACC Second Team Award in 2003 and 2004, and the 2002 ACC All-Freshmen Team. Wagener leads Maryland's all-time list for total blocks. Smith is second on Maryland's all-time career list for solo blocks and led the league with a .384 hitting percentage.
Jade Brown received All-ACC Second Team honors. Brown averaged 3.22 kills per game this season and had 984 total attacks for a .240 hitting percentage. Brown's career high is 24 kills and five blocks. Brown also was named to the 2004 All-ACC Freshmen Team.
Freshman Maggie Schmelzle was one of six freshmen in the league to earn All-ACC Freshman Team honors. Schmelzle posted 16 double-doubles on the year for the Terps, with a season high of 15 kills and 26 digs.
The Terrapins travel to Louisville for the first-round of the NCAA Tournament in a match against the University of Kentucky on Friday, December 2, at 5:00 p.m. Winners of the Friday night matches play in the second-round on Saturday in Louisville.
Complete listing of 2005 ACC Awards in alphabetical order
First-Team All-ACC Allison Anderson, Boston College Carrie DeMange, Duke Stefani Eddins, NC State Ali Hausfeld, Duke Karla Johnson, Miami Sarah Kirkwood, Virginia Dani Nyenhuis, North Carolina Andreza Santos, Florida State Stephanie Smith, Maryland Rachel Wagener, Maryland
Second-Team All-ACC Erin Borhart, Wake Forest Jade Brown, Maryland Camilla Ihenetu, North Carolina Lindsey Laband, Georgia Tech Ulrike Stegemann, Georgia Tech Taylor Rayfield, North Carolina Brittany Ross, Clemson Francheska Savage, Miami
ACC All-Freshmen Team Jeannette Abbott, Clemson Shannon Davis, Virginia Talisa Kellogg, Georgia Tech Callie Miller, Georgia Tech Jourdan Norman, Duke Maggie Schmelzle, Maryland
ACC Player of the Year Dani Nyenhuis, North Carolina
ACC Freshman of the Year Jeannette Abbott, Clemson
ACC Coach of the Year Joe Sagula, North Carolina
