Brown, Kenning Make All-ACC Teams
11/27/2007 7:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Nov. 27, 2007
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Maryland outside hitter Jade Brown (Atlanta, Ga.) became only the third player in Terrapin volleyball history to garner all-Atlantic Coast Conference honors three consecutive seasons when the league released its all-conference teams on Tuesday.
Brown made the second team for the third straight season while freshman outside hitter Michelle Kenning (Cincinnati, Ohio) was selected to the all-freshman team.
Brown finished the season with 358 kills on a .253 hitting percentage and was second on the team with 127 blocks, including a team-high 20 solo blocks. Brown led the ACC in blocks for much of the season, filling in at middle blocker for a while before moving back to the outside.
Brown's 1,388 kills is the third most in school history, only two behind Lynnsy Jones, who is second. Brown also ranks in Maryland's all-time top-10 in total attacks (3,653), solo blocks (56), block assists (286), total blocks (342) and points (1,618).
The other five Terps to make three straight all-ACC teams are: Sue Vance (1981-83), Colleen Hurley (1989-91), Nicole Lantagne (1991-93), Sherry Smith (1993-95) and Elizabeth Efron (1995-97).
Despite playing alongside proven upperclassmen at the outside hitter position, Kenning made an immediate impact for the Terps in 2007. Kenning finished with 156 kills, 44 blocks and 106 digs. Kenning came on strong toward the end of the season, recording 49 of her 156 kills in the last four matches, doing so at a clip of over three per game.
Current Terp libero Maggie Schmelzle (Cincinnati, Ohio) was the last Maryland player to make the all-freshman team, doing so in 2005. Brown was an all-freshman selection in 2004, placing her on an all-conference team all four years in College Park, Md.
Duke outside hitter Carrie DeMange was named player of the year, Clemson's Jolene Jordan Hoover was named coach of the year and Virginia Tech middle blocker Felicia Willoughby was named freshman of the year.
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