Seven PBC volleyball players have been
named to the All-Region team by the American Volleyball Coaches
Association (AVCA) or by Daktronics. Flagler had three honorees
with Katie Beale, Justine Burkhardt and Meg Weathersby on the team
while Armstrong Atlantic State also had three with Michele
Remlinger, Kristin Standhardinger and Kathrin Standhardinger.
Augusta State’s Jessica Howard was also named All-Region.
Kristin Standhardinger was named the AVCA Southeast Region
Freshman of the Year for leading the Pirates to their second
straight NCAA Championships berth. The Munich, Germany, native
tallied 1,363 assists - averaging 10.25 assists per set, good for
second in the Peach Belt Conference and 42nd in NCAA Division II.
She also collected 135 kills and 305 digs on the year.
She is just the second AASU player to earn AVCA Region Freshman of
the Year honors, joining Traci Knuth, who earned the honor in
2004.
Standhardinger was also one of three Pirates to earn All-Southeast
Region honors by the AVCA, joining her twin sister Kathrin
Standhardinger, as well as senior Michele Remlinger. The pair of
middle hitters ranked 1-2 in the Peach Belt in hitting percentage
as Kathrin Standhardinger hit .390 and Remlinger hit .357.
Kathrin currently ranks 12th in NCAA Division II in hitting
percentage and led the Pirates this season in kills with 339.
Remlinger, a native of Kalida, Ohio, ranks 27th in NCAA DII and
finished her two-year career as the top hitting player in AASU
history with a career .356 hitting percentage.
For Flagler, Beale leads the team with 506 kills and her 488 digs
are just seven shy of setting a school single-season record. She
leads the team with 21 double-doubles. She earned Southeast Region
All-Tournament honors this past weekend at Wingate and was an
All-Peach Belt Conference first team selection. Beale also earned
PBC Player of the Week honors earlier in the season.
Burkhardt, a senior outside hitter, has 423 kills, 450 digs and a
team-leading 61 service aces. She also earned Southeast Region
All-Tournament and All-Peach Belt honors as well as being selected
to the preseason All-PBC Team.
Weathersby, a junior middle blocker, has 484 kills, 328 digs, 84
total blocks, 56 aces and leads the team with a .240 attack
percentage. She earned Southeast Region All-Tournament and
All-Peach Belt honors like Beale and Burkhardt. Weathersby is a
three-time Conference Player of the Week selection.
Jessica Howard, who led the Jaguars to the second-winningest
season in school history (22-12), became the first ASU player to
earn Peach Belt Conference Player-of-the-Year honors on Nov. 15.
She led the PBC in kills with 524 (4.09 kpg.) and in blocks with
139 (1.09 bpg.) and ranked third in hitting percentage (.318).
A two-time PBC Player-of-the-Week selection in 2009, Howard
registered a season-high and career-high 26 kills at USC Aiken on
Oct. 1. She posted double-digit kills in 29 matches, including the
last 17 in a row, and eclipsed the 20-kill mark eight times,
including five times in conference play. In her career, she amassed
1,803 career kills and 548 career blocks. Both figures rank third
all-time in PBC annals.
All selections to the AVCA team are eligible for All-America
consideration. As selected by the volleyball coaches, the AVCA
All-America team will be released in conjunction with the NCAA
National Championships, which begin this weekend and feature
Flagler, who won the Southeast Regional. Likewise, first-team
Daktronics selections are up for the All-America team, also
released later this week and selected by Sports Information
Directors.
AVCA Southeast All-Region
Team
Katie Beale, Flagler
Lauren Billo, Wingate
Justine Burkhardt, Flagler
Stormi Gale, Wingate
Jessica Howard, Augusta State
Whitney Justice, Lees-McRae
Mai Zoua Lo, Catawba
Maggie Malone, Wingate
Michele Remlinger, Armstrong Atlantic State
Luana Rocha, Lees-McRae
Kristin Standhardinger, Armstrong Atlantic State
Kathrin Standhardinger, Armstrong Atlantic State
Meg Weathersby, Flagler
Liz Willis, Wingate
Freshman of the
Year: Kristin Standhardinger, Armstrong Atlantic State
Daktronics All-Southeast Region Team
First Team
Lauren Billo, Wingate
Katie Beale, Flagler
Jamie Lancaster, Anderson
Stormi Gale, Wingate
Jessica Howard, Augusta State
Mai Zoua Lo, Catawba
Kristin Standhardinger, Armstrong Atlantic
State
Second Team
Justine Burkhardt, Flagler
Amanda Horenkamp, Lincoln Memorial
Mel Ritter, Barton
Meg Weathersby, Flagler
Whitney Justice, Lees-McRae
Maggie Malone, Wingate
Liz Willis, Wingate
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