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Capital One Academic All-America® Division III Volleyball Team announced
2011 Capital One Academic All-America Division III Volleyball
Team (PDF)
TOWSON, Md. – Senior middle
hitter Rebecca Kamp of Calvin College leads the 2011
Capital One Academic All-America® Division III Volleyball Team,
as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America
(CoSIDA).
Kamp has been chosen as the Capital One Academic All-America®
of the Year award winner for Division III volleyball.
The Capital One Division III Academic All-America® program is
being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national
governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards
fulfillment aspects for the 2011-12 D-III Capital One Academic
All-America® teams program.
A Special Education major with a 3.91 G.P.A.,
Kamp also earned CoSIDA Academic All-America®
College Division first team honors as a sophomore in 2009. Only the
second volleyball player in NCAA Division III history to be named
first team All-American three years in a row, she was selected as
the 2011 NCAA Division III National Player of the Year by the
American Volleyball Coaches Association.
A native of Orland Park, Ill., Kamp led Calvin to a 33-1 record
and a number one national ranking as a senior. By averaging 3.85
kills and 1.37 blocks per match, she guided the Knights to 33
straight wins before they lost in the regional finals to
Wittenberg, the eventual NCAA Division III champion. Honored as the
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Most Valuable Player
three years in a row, she finished her career as the Knights’
all-time leader with 1,868 kills. She also owns the school record
with 574 career blocks.
As a junior, Kamp guided Calvin to a 32-4 record and the
Knights’ first-ever NCAA Division III national championship.
She was named as the Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA
championship.
Named as an All-MIAA selection four times, she helped Calvin post
a 119-17 record in her four-year career.
A three-time Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Most
Valuable Player, Kamp led the defending national-champion Knights
to the NCAA Championship Tournament Round of 16 with 400 kills and
a .401 hitting percentage.
Kamp is joined on the 2011 NCAA Division III Academic
All-America® first team by a pair of repeat selections and
three first-time honorees. The six members of the Capital One
Academic All-America® Division III Volleyball first team have
an impressive average G.P.A. of 3.98. Three of the six first team
picks carry perfect 4.00 G.P.A.’s.
Senior middle hitter Tricia McCutchan of Case Western
Reserve is the only three-time Academic All-America®
honoree on the first team. She earned first-team honors in 2010 and
was a second team pick as a sophomore. Senior setter Maria
Horning of Eastern was named to the Capital One Academic
All-America® first team for the second straight season.
Senior outside hitter Jenna Eshleman of Bluffton,
junior outside hitter Kristen Bennett of Otterbein
and junior setter Jessica Zavatchen of Bethany (W.
Va.) complete the Capital One Academic All-America®
Division III Volleyball first team.
A biomedical engineering (pre-med) major with a 4.0 G.P.A.,
McCutchan is the first player from Case Western
Reserve to earn first team All-University Athletic Association
honors since the 2000 season. A native of Hamilton, Ohio, McCutchan
led the UAA with 457 kills and was second in the UAA with 116 total
blocks. A four-time All-UAA selection, she led the Spartans to a
22-10 record as a senior. She finished her career as Case
Western’s career leader with 1,917 kills and 489 blocks.
An economic development major with a 3.99 G.P.A.,
Horning led the Eagles to a berth in the NCAA
Division III Final Four and a 36-2 record as a senior. Eastern fell
to Wittenberg in the national semi-finals. Honored as a first-team
AVCA All-American for the second year in a row, she was named as
the Freedom Conference Player of the Year for the fourth
consecutive season. A native of Denver, Pa., Horning had 1,416
assists and 355 digs while leading Eastern to its fourth
consecutive Freedom Conference championship.
A social work major with a 3.96 G.P.A., Eshleman
was named as a first team All-Heartland Collegiate Athletic
Conference while leading the Beavers to a 22-11 record. A
three-time selection as first team all-conference, she had 382 and
429 digs as a senior. A native of Landisville, Pa., Eshleman
finished her career with 1,222 kills, fifth on the school’s
all-time list. She also averaged 2.82 kills per set, the second
best mark in program history. She is only the third player in
Bluffton history with more than 1,200 kills and 1,300 digs in her
career.
Bennett is a speech communication major with a perfect
4.00 G.P.A. and was named to the All-Ohio Athletic Conference
second team at Otterbein. While leading the Cardinals to a 26-6
record and their second straight NCAA playoff berth, the
Cincinnati, Ohio native averaged 2.56 kills per set with a .278
hitting percentage and 0.75 blocks per set.
A pre-physical therapy major with a 4.0 G.P.A.,
Zavatchen was named to the All-Presidents’
Athletic Conference first team after breaking the Bethany single
season record with 1,468 assists. Only a junior, she already owns
the Bethany career record with 3,849 assists. A native of
Uniontown, Pa., Zavatchen helped the Bison post a 31-6 record while
winning a second straight Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference
South Region Championship.
Seniors Tiffany Hoffman of Bethany (W.Va.),
Jessie Jones of Averett, Julie Radigan of
Mount Union and Lindsey Russell of
Otterbein earned Capital One Academic All-America®
Division III volleyball second team honors. Juniors Paige
Aaron of Averett, Carle Ax (Wesley) and
Lizzie Kamp of Calvin round out the second
team.
Bethany senior Megan Hoffman,
leads the Capital One Academic All-America® Division III third
team, and is the third player from Bethany selected for 2011
Academic All-America® honors. Senior Sara Artus
(Clarkson), senior Kimmie Dyer
(Wittenberg), junior Marilee Fisher of Washington
(Mo.) and senior Ashley Maher of St. Thomas
(Minn.) complete the third team.
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About CoSIDA's Capital One Academic
All-America®program
To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a
student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain
a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached
sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current
institution and be nominated by his/her sports information
director.
Since the program’s inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed
Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in
Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship
sports.
For more information about the Academic All-America® Teams
program, please visit http://cosida.com/Awards/allamerica.aspx.
FOR MORE INFORMATION on the Capital One Academic
All-America® Division III Volleyball Teams, please
contact:
Dan O’Connell
Towson University
Academic All-America® Vice-Chair for
Publicity/Communications
doconnell@towson.edu
(410) 704-3102
Nick Menard
Case Western Reserve University
Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
nxm229@case.edu
(216) 368-6517
