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Kate Snead
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Springfield, Ohio — Wittenberg University volleyball standouts Jackie Williams, class of 2009 from Rocky River, Ohio, and Kate Snead, class of 2010 from Westerville, Ohio, have earned All-Great Lakes Region awards from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).
Williams, the 2005 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Newcomer of the Year and 2007 and 2008 Player of the Year, now has four first-team All-NCAC and three first-team All-Great Lakes Region awards to her credit in what will go down as one of the finest careers in Wittenberg volleyball history. Williams may add to her trophy case, as the 2008 All-America teams will be announced later this week and first-team all-region honorees are automatically under consideration. Williams was a 2006 honorable mention All-American and a 2007 second-team All-American.
Her NCAC-leading .375 attack percentage in 2008 was the second-best in school history, trailing her own record of .382 established a year ago. Amazingly, Williams has four of the top seven season attack percentages in school history and comfortably owns the career record. She also ranks seventh in Wittenberg history with 1,379 career kills.
This is Snead's first appearance on the all-region team as she earned honorable mention honors. She also picked up her first All-NCAC award in 2008 - an honorable mention designation announced last week. She ranked second on the team in blocks with 81 and attack percentage with .370, good for the fourth-best mark in school history. Both Williams and Snead finished the regular season ranked in the top 20 in all of NCAA Division III in attack percentage.
Wittenberg won the NCAC regular season title for the 13th time in the last 14 years and added a 13th NCAC Tournament title in the last 14 years a week later. The Tigers bowed out of their 14th NCAA Division III Tournament - and their 13th in a row - in the Great Lakes Regional semifinals with a 3-2 home loss to Ohio Northern on Friday, Nov. 14. Wittenberg was ranked fifth in the final AVCA national poll after holding the top spot in the Great Lakes Region for the entire season.
Written By: Ryan Maurer
067-08