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2008 California Pacific Conference Volleyball All Conference Team Announced

Sat, Nov 15, 2008 - [Volleyball]

Courtesy of Michael Burns - menlooakssports.com

California Pacific Conference champion Menlo College took the top two individual honors and placed three players to headline the all-conference women's volleyball first team, Commissioner Don Ott announced today.

Junior middle blocker Deborah Bekowies captured the Player of the Year award and her coach Bill Imwalle, in his 9^th year with the Oaks won Coach of the Year award. Menlo finished 20-8 overall and a perfect 14-0 in Cal Pac play. This is the team's 4^th championship in the last 5 years, with a 59-1 league record in those championship seasons.

Bekowies was joined by two of her teammates on first team - junior Sarah Poole and senior Stephanie Williamson.

Dominican's Gabby Pecora, a junior outside hitter and last year's player of the year, made the first team for the 2^nd time. Her teammate Brooke Swingle, a sophomore setter, is another return honoree. Bethany senior Treva Crocker and Holy Names senior Miya Frank are also first team picks.

Libero of the Year went to William Jessup's Corrisa Jacomini, the Newcomer of the Year is Simpson's Nicole Eileen and the Freshman of the Year is Bethany's Paige Olivo.

Comissioner Ott made this statement about this year's all-conference team: "I applaud all of these student athletes on their achievement. The California Pacific Conference is a competitive volleyball conference because of these outstanding student athletes."

PLAYER OF THE YEAR:     Deborah Bekowies, Menlo
COACH OF THE YEAR:      Bill Imwalle, Menlo
LIBERO:                                 Corissa Jiacomini, William Jessup
NEWCOMER:                        Nicole Eileen, Simpson
FRESHMAN:                         Page Olivo, Bethany

FIRST TEAM

Name	School	Ht.	YR	Pos.	Hometown
Deborah Bekowies	Menlo	6-3	JR	MB	Benicia, California
Treva Crocker	Bethany	5-11	SR	MB	Aromas, California
Miya Frank	Holy Names	5-11	SR	MB	Hilo, Hawaii
Gabby Pecora	Dominican	5-10	JR	OH	Sonoma, California
Sarah Poole	Menlo	5-10	JR	OH	Mesa, Arizona
Brooke Swingle	Dominican	5-9	SO	S	Sonoma, California
Stephanie Williamson	Menlo	5-6	JR	S	Escalon, California

SECOND TEAM

Name	School	Ht.	YR	Pos.	Hometown
Loke Davis	Mills	5-9	SR	MB	Honolulu, Hawaii
Alyssa Giannuzzi	Holy Names	5-7	SR	S	Vacaville, California
Ashley Nickell	Holy Names	6-0	FR	OH	Honolulu, Hawaii
Paige Olivo	Bethany	5-9	FR	S	Fallon, Nevada
Shelby Sweatt	Simpson	5-11	JR	OH	Palo Cedro, California
Stacy Viss	Simpson	5-9	SR	MB	Modesto, California
Amanda Wagner	Dominican	5-11	SR	RS	Rancho Santa Margarita, California

Honorable Mention:

Bethany: Brittany Francis, Kaitlin Halterman, Kara Hazen; Dominican: Laurel Grande; Holy Names: Erica Norris, Erica Reed; Mills: Karen "Sally" Espinosa, Isidora Jimenez, Danielle Thurlow-LaRue; Pacific Union: Heather Jacobson; Simpson: Nicole Eileen, Teddy Jo Sturley; William Jessup: Rachelle Russell

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