University Southern California Trojans
Pahl And Ross Receive All-American Honors
December 13, 2000 | Women's Volleyball
Dec. 13, 2000
RICHMOND, VA. -- The American Volleyball Coaches Association will present the 20th annual All-America awards Friday at the AVCA All-America/Player of the Year banquet at the Richmond (Va.) Marriott Hotel. Among them, USC junior midle blocker Jennifer Pahl and freshman April Ross are to be named to the All-America second team.
Pahl and Ross have helped guide the Trojans to their first appearance in the NCAA semifinals in 15 years and first-ever share of the conference title. This season, the duo combines to lead USC in kills and blocks, and have each garnered All-Pac-10 and All-Region accolades. This is the first AVCA All-America honor for both players.
Long Beach State University junior Cheryl Weaver and Stanford University sophomore Logan Tom are repeat AVCA Division I First-Team All-America selections from 1999. Loyola Marymount University senior Sarah McFarland, UCLA junior Kristee Porter and Brigham Young University junior Nina Puikkonen are two-time All-Americans having moved up from the 1999 AVCA Division I Second-Team All-American squad to the first-team in 2000. Nicole Branagh, a senior from the University of Minnesota, is a two-time AVCA Division I Second-Team All-American.
The selections are made by the AVCA Division I All-America Committee: Katie Weismiller, Indiana, Chair, Bonnie Kenny, Massachusetts, Cindy Gannon, Southeast Missouri State, Janice Kruger, Maryland, John Dunning, Pacific, Jeff Nelson, Texas Tech, Judy Green, Alabama, Denise Corlett, Stanford University, and Sharon Dingman, Illinois State, AVCA Awards Chair.
2000 AVCA Division I First-Team All-AmericaPlayer Institution Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown Dana Burkholder Arizona S Jr. 5-8 Bakersfield, California Greichaly Cepero Nebraska S So. 6-2 Dorado, Puerto Rico Kara Gormsen Pacific S Sr. 5-10 Stockton, California Lily Kahumoku Hawai'i OH So. 6-2 Lubbock, Texas Angela Knopf Colorado State MB Jr. 6-1 Troutdale, Oregon Sherisa Livingston Wisconsin MB Jr. 6-2 Simi Valley, California Sarah McFarland + LMU OH Sr. 6-6 Michigan City, Indiana Laura Pilakowski Nebraska OH So. 6-1 Columbus, Nebraska Kristee Porter + UCLA OH Jr. 5-11 Tyler, Texas Nina Puikkonen + BYU MB Jr. 6-3 Murray, Utah Logan Tom ^ Stanford OH So. 6-1 Salt Lake City, Utah Cheryl Weaver ^ LBSU MB Jr. 6-2 Washington, D.C.
2000 AVCA Division I Second-Team All-America
Player Institution Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown Nicole Branagh + Minnesota OH Sr. 6-1 Orinda, California Amanda Burbridge Arizona State OH Sr. 6-2 Scottsdale, Arizona Courtney Cox Colorado State OH Jr. 6-0 Longmont, Colorado Lizzy Fitzgerald Wisconsin S Jr. 6-0 New Orleans, Louisiana Stephanie Hagen Minnesota MB Jr. 6-3 Minnetonka, Minnesota Amber Holmquist Nebraska MB So. 6-4 Houston, Texas Jennifer Joines Pacific MB Fr. 6-3 Milpitas, California Mishka Levy Penn State OH So. 6-2 Stafford, Texas Jennifer Pahl USC MB Jr. 6-1 Murrieta, California April Ross USC OH Fr. 6-1 Newport Beach, California Brooke Rundle UCSB S Jr. 5-6 Westlake, California Colleen Smith Texas Tech OH Sr. 6-7 Albuquerque, New Mexico
^ Indicates 1999 AVCA First-Team All-America selection
+ Indicates 1999 AVCA Second-Team All-America selection
