Murray State University Athletics
Sun first from OVC to earn AVCA All-American honors
12/17/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Sophomore outside hitter Paige Sun of the Murray State volleyball team became the first-ever AVCA All-American from Murray State and the Ohio Valley Conference, being named to this year's American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American Honorable Mention Team.
Sun was also named to the AVCA's All-Midwest Region Team as well as to the All-OVC Honorable Mention Team.
"That is amazing," said MSU head volleyball coach David Schwepker. "I am very excited. I knew she was awesome; she certainly had great numbers for us. This is a great honor for her and for Murray State."
The 6-0 native of Beijing, China, led the OVC this season with 4.67 kills per game and was fifth in hitting with a .300 attack percentage. She also ranked ninth in the league with 3.96 digs per game and had 0.43 blocks per game. Sun ranked third in the OVC with 540 points (kills, aces, solo blocks and half of the block assists) and had a league-high 5.29 points per game.
Sun was the 16th player from the conference and the first from Murray State to be named to an AVCA All-Region Team. She was the sole OVC player named to an all-region team this season. This is the first season for an AVCA All-America Honorable Mention Team.
The 2003 AVCA All-America Teams -- selected by the AVCA Division I All-America Committee -- include:
FIRST TEAM: Emily Adams, Southern California; Cassie Busse, Minnesota; Bibiana Candelas, Southern California; Aury Cruz, Florida; Kele Eveland, Georgia Tech; Lauren Goehring, Kansas State; Jennifer Joines, Pacific; Ogonna Nnamani, Stanford; April Ross, Southern California; Cara Smith, Penn State; Katie Wilkins, Pepperdine; Kim Willoughby, Hawai'i.
SECOND TEAM: Keao Burdine, Southern California; Melissa Elmer, Nebraska; Paula Gentil, Minnesota; Stacey Gordon, Ohio State; Jennifer Harvey, Stanford; Benavia Jenkins, Florida; Mia Jerkov, California; Lily Kahumoku, Hawai'i; Melissa Munsch, Texas A&M; Sanja Tomasevic, Washington; Sam Tortorello, Penn State; Sherri Williams, Florida.
THIRD TEAM: Lisa Argabright, Illinois; Julie DuPont, Cincinnati; Jennifer Forma, Cal State-Northridge; Kim Glass, Arizona; Wendy Hatlestad, Pittsburgh; Kanoe Kamana'o, Hawai'i; Erin Moore, Michigan; Lynnette Moster, Georgia Tech; Becky Potter, Santa Clara; Kim Turner, Utah; Linette White, Southwest Missouri State; Kelly Wing, California-Irvine.
HONORABLE MENTION: Jacqueline Ahlers, St. John's; Jill Arganbright, Northern Iowa; Whitney Ashcraft, Virginia; Areal Bienemy, Butler; Lauren Brewster, Notre Dame; Erin Cartwright-Davis, Utah State; Alyson Coler, New Hampshire; Jane Collymore, Florida; Melissa Courtney, Colorado State; Trinia Cuseo, New Mexico State; Paige Davis, Virginia; Kristen Fenton, Fresno State; Leslie Finn, Clemson; Deva Fowler, Tulane; Jenny Frank, Central Florida; Monique Gerlach, Colorado; Gabby Guerre, Kansas State; Laura Hageman, Ohio; Anna Marie Hammond, Idaho; Erin Heffner, Alabama; Sarah Hokom, George Washington; Bethany Howden, Texas; Aimee Huddleston, Maryland; Erin Iceman, Penn State; Lynnsy Jones, Maryland; Lauren Kelbley, Notre Dame; Sara Kincaid, Arkansas; Kristen Kinder, Notre Dame; Kari Krouse, Tennessee-Chattanooga; Karla Kucerkova, American; Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, Pennsylvania; Laura Lauder, Cincinnati; Josi Lima, Kansas; Emily Loomis, Notre Dame; Corina Marginas, North Texas; Megan Miller, Pittsburgh; Shameka Mitchell, South Florida; Kelli Nerison, Loyola Marymount; Molly O'Brien, Northern Iowa; Jill Odenthal, Wisconsin; Sonja Percan, Louisville; Aline Pereira, George Mason; Alexandra Preiss, Georgia Tech; Valerie Rydberg, Wake Forest; Jennifer Saleaumua, Nebraska; Lauren Sauer, Georgia Tech; Kim Schram, Michigan State; Katie Jo Shirley, Colorado State; Allie Smerz, Wright State; Lindsey Spoden, Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Bing Sun, Louisville; PAIGE SUN, MURRAY STATE; Roberta Tarnauskaite, Arkansas; Janelle Tomlinson, Wisconsin-Green Bay; Mira Topic, Texas; Erin Treadway, Dayton; Lena Ustymenko, Louisville; Martina Veiglova, Georgia Southern; Erin Virtue, Illinois; Christy Williams, Wake Forest.
