CKSR (Anna Kamp Named AVCA Division III National Player of the Year / Calvin Volleyball Trio Named AVCA Division III All-Americans)

CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR NOV. 15, 2017 (Part Two)
Anna Kamp Named AVCA Division III National Player of the Year;
Calvin Volleyball Trio Named AVCA Division III All-Americans

VOLLEYBALL

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Anna Kamp was named the AVCA Division III National Player of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. The award was announced on Wednesday evening at a pre-national championship banquet at the Prince Conference Center on the campus of Calvin College.
"Anna has had an incredible year and so well-deserving of this award," said Calvin volleyball head coach Dr. Amber Warners. "She is not only a very talented player but also an amazing leader, who has a lot of passion in everything that she does. I'm humbled and honored to not only coach her, but to have her in my life."
A junior from Orland Park, Illinois, Kamp is a graduate of Chicago Christian High School. Kamp is the fifth AVCA National Player of the Year in program history.
Kamp is also the fourth member of her family to receive the honor as oldest sister Rebecca Kamp was the first individual from Calvin to receive the award back in 2011 with Lizzie Kamp receiving the honor in 2012 and Maggie Kamp is 2014.
In the history of NCAA Division III women's volleyball, there has never been four sisters that have all received AVCA National Player of the Year honors. Calvin setter Megan Rietema was the AVCA Division III National Player of the Year in 2013.
This year, Kamp has recorded 458 kills, with 40 assists and 259 digs. She is averaging 4.16 kills-per-set and hitting .281 on the year.
"I feel very honored and blessed to win this award," said Kamp. "I know that without my teammates, family, coaches, and so many others have invested in me along the eay, this wouldn;t be possible. All I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you!"
On Tuesday, she was named a first team AVCA Division III All-American for the second-straight year. Already this year, she was also a member of the AVCA Division III Great Lakes All-Region team and named the AVCA Great Lakes Regional Player of the Year.
This year, Kamp claimed the MIAA's Most Valuable Player title and was named to the All-MIAA First Team for the second-straight year after helping Calvin win MIAA regular season title while also capturing the MIAA Tournament title.
During the season, she earned MIAA's Player of the Week twice. She was named to the all-tournament team at Midwest Invitational and at the Trinity Invitational, where was earned MVP honors.
Last weekend, she was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Division III regional tournament held at Illinois Wesleyan. In a five-set victory over Washington University in St. Louis, in the regional quarterfinal, she tallied 18 kills, 17 digs, four service aces and three assists.
At outside hitter, she ranks 17th nationally in total kills (458), 18th in kills-per-set (4.16) and 24th in points-per-set (4.59).
Calvin will face Johnson & Wales in the quarterfinals on Friday at 8:00 p.m.
MORE VOLLEYBALL

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Three members of the Calvin volleyball team received AVCA Division III All-America honors on Tuesday. Junior Anna Kamp was named to the AVCA Division III All-America first team. Senior Jenna Lodewyk and sophomore Sarah DeVries were named to the second team.
"I am very happy for these three," said head coach Amber Warners. "They have all worked very hard this season and throughout their careers. I am happy that they are being honored for their hard work."
Kamp is a junior from Orland Park, Illinois, a graduate of Chicago Christian High School. A 6-1 outside hitter, Kamp is receiving first team AVCA Division III All-America honors for the second-straight year. This fall, Kamp averaged 4.16 kills-per-set and 0.41 blocks-per-set and had 23 service aces and 259 digs on the year. She was named to the All-MIAA first team and Great Lakes All-Region team. She was also named the MIAA MVP in October.
Lodewyk is a senior from Villa Park, Illinois, a graduate of Timothy Christian High School. This is her fourth AVCA All-America citation as she was a third team selection in 2014 and a second team selection in 2015 and 2016. A 5-11 setter, Lodewyk averaged 9.55 assists-per-set and 2.08 digs-per-set this fall. She also has a hitting percentage of .381 and collected 30 service aces on the year. She was a four-time MIAA Specialty Player of the Week and was recently named to the All-MIAA first team for the fourth-straight year.
DeVries is a sophomore from Grand Rapids, Michigan, a graduate of Northpointe Christian High School. This is her first AVCA All-America honor. DeVries tallied 353 kills and 106 blocks. She averaged 0.64 assists-per-set and 1.67 digs per set, with a .323 hitting percentage. DeVries was named to the All-MIAA First Team.
Lodewyk is receiving AVCA Division III All-America honors for the fourth-straight year. She joins Rebecca Kamp (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011) as the only Calvin player to receive AVCA All-America honors four times.
CALVIN COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL AVCA DIVISION III ALL-AMERICANS

1986 Julie Dykstra
1987 Julie Dykstra, Leah Calsbeek, Roxanne Helmus
1997 Erika VanStralen
2000 Rhonda Volkers
2006 Kristen Kalb, Molly Krikke
2007 Molly Krikke, Katie Zondervan
2008 Rebecca Kamp
2009 Rebecca Kamp, Kelsey Sears
2010 Rebecca Kamp
2011 *Rebecca Kamp, Lizzie Kamp, Megan Rietema
2012 *Lizzie Kamp, Megan Rietema
2013 *Megan Rietema, Maggie Kamp, Emily Crowe
2014 *Maggie Kamp, Laura Danhoff, Jenna Lodewyk
2015 Maggie Kamp, Jenna Lodewyk, Laura Danhoff
2016 Laura Danhoff, Anna Kamp, Jenna Lodewyk
2017 *Anna Kamp, Jenna Lodewyk, Sarah DeVries

*Denotes named AVCA Division III National Player of the Year
Received on Thu Nov 16 00:32:52 2017