From: Jeff Febus (jfebus@calvin.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 20 2002 - 19:22:52 EST
November 20, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Melissa Pell Receives Great Lakes All-Region Honorable Mention Honors
GRAND RAPIDS - Calvin College senior Melissa Pell has received Great Lakes
All-Region honorable mention honors from the American Volleyball Coaches
Association.
The AVCA names 12 players at the NCAA III level to an all-region team and an
additional 12 players to an honorable mention team.
A senior middle-hitter, Pell hails from Fremont and is a graduate of Fremont
High School. This past fall, Pell was named to the All-MIAA first team for the
second straight year. Over the course of the season, she averaged 4.26 kills
and 1.36 blocks-per-game along with a hitting percentage of .285. She was named
MIAA Player of the Week during the first week of the season. In conference
matches, Pell led the MIAA in blocks-per-game for the second straight year,
averaging 1.31 blocks-per-game. She was also third in kills-per-game (3.88) and
sixth in hitting percentage (.265).
Pell is the 12th individual in Calvin volleyball history to receive Great Lakes
All-Region accolades from the AVCA.
Calvin finished the finished the year with a 26-7 overall record and a 12-2
MIAA mark that was good for a second place league finish. With its 26 victories
Calvin reached the 20-win plateau for the eighth straight year.
CALVIN AVCA ALL-REGIONAL HONOREES
1988 Amber Blankespoor, Laurel Calsbeek
1989 Amber Blankespoor
1990 Pam VanTol, Betsy Wilgenburg
1991 Pam VanTol, Betsy Wilgenburg
1993 Christy Keen
1994 Kristine DenHollander, Rachel Schepel, Erika VanStralen
1995 Kristine DenHollander, Erika VanStralen
1996 Kristine DenHollander, Erika VanStralen
1997 Erin Hall, Erika VanStralen
1998 Erin Hall, Rhonda Volkers
1999 Charla Holmes, Rhonda Volkers
2000 Rhonda Volkers
2002 Melissa Pell
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