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Nov 14, 2009 Peach Belt Releases Volleyball All-Conference Team AUGUSTA, GA -- The Peach Belt Conference has released the 2009 volleyball All-Conference team at a banquet from Aiken, S.C., site of the 2009 tournament. Augusta State’s Jessica Howard was named the PBC Player of the Year while Armstrong Atlantic State’s Kathrin Standhardinger the Freshman of the Year and sister Kristin Standhardinger the Setter of the Year. Lander’s Ashley Ferry was named the Libero/Defensive Specialist of the Year while Flagler coach Taylor Mott the Coach of the Year. Howard becomes the first Augsuta State volleyball player to ever be named the Player of the Year. A senior from Athens, Ga., Howard moved into third place on the PBC’s all-time list with 1,783 career kills. In 2009 she led the PBC with 504 kills, a career-high, and in blocks with 134. She is third in the league in hitting percentage and had double-figure kills in 17 matches in a row heading into the PBC Tournament. Kathrin Standhardinger led the Peach Belt and is ranked ninth nationally with a .398 hitting percentage and was seventh in the league in total kills with 294. A true freshman from Munich, Germany, Standhardinger was named the PBC Player of the Week on Oct. 5 and has seven or more kills in 21 straight matches heading into the Peach Belt Tournament. She becomes the third Pirate to ever be named the Freshman of the Year and the first since Kris Bringewatt in 1999. Kristin Standhardinger becomes the first PBC Setter of the Year as the award was created starting with the 2009 season. A freshman from Munich, Germany, Standhardinger was second in the PBC and 46th nationally with 10.03 assists per set. She also averaged 1.07 kills per set and was third on the team with 290 digs. She was named the PBC Specialist of the Week three times in 2009. Ashley Ferry is the first winner of the PBC Libero/Defensive Specialist of the Year, an annual award that begins with the 2009 season. A senior from Woodbridge, Va., Ferry led the Peach Belt and is ranked 31st nationally with 4.91 digs per set. A PBC Specialist of the Week, Ferry had five games with 30 digs or more and owns three of the top five highest dig totals in the PBC this season, including a 38-dig performance against Erskine on Oct. 23. Taylor Mott had the difficult task of guiding a team from independent play into an established Division II conference in 2009 and came through with flying colors as the Saints captured the PBC regular-season championship and the top seed for the tournament. In her 11th year at Flagler, Mott won 29 games, the second-most in her tenure, including 22 in a row heading into the PBC Tournament, the third-longest winning streak in conference history. The Saints lead the PBC in assists, kills and aces. The 14-member all-conference team is listed below, as selected by the league’s head coaches. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players. First Team
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