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Ashley Brassfield - Libero - SR
DAC Libero of the Year
DAC 1st Team All-Conference |
Micah Tolzin -
MH - SR
DAC 1st Team All-Conference |
Stacy Dunklau -
RS - JR
DAC 2nd Team All-Conference |
Three Dakota
State University athletes have been tabbed as all-conference selections
in
volleyball for the Dakota Athletic Conference.
Seniors Micah Tolzin of Sioux
Falls and Ashley Brassfield of New Underwood have been named to the
first team. Junior Stacy Dunklau of Arlington, Neb., has been placed on
the second team.
Brassfield also received a post-season award for libero of the year.
Tolzin and Brassfield are returning all-conference players from 2004,
said DSU Volleyball Coach Cindy Henning.
"Micah has completed her
career at DSU as a three-time all conference selection and a two-time
all-region selection," Henning said.
All-region selections for 2005 have not been announced.
"Ashley is a two-time all-conference selection and has been the heart of
the Trojan defensive efforts since she was a sophomore," Henning said.
Dunklau is a first-time all-conference selection.
"Stacy has really stepped into a leadership role for us and has had a
great year for us. She was very inconsistent at times last year, and
this season she has come into her own on our court. She is an impact
player for us, and her selection to all-conference says a lot about her
maturity over the course of the last year," Henning said.
Brassfield and Tolzin are among the hardest-working athletes Henning has
coached, she said.
"The rise of the Dakota State volleyball team can be linked directly
back to this recruiting class, not just Micah and Ashley, but Cami
Martin and Katie Lanoue. While not all of them are able to `get the
glory,' one just has to look at the record books to see their
accomplishments as individual players and also as a core group of
seniors."
This was the final season for Tolzin and Brassfield.
"Their departure from our
program will leave some very serious holes for us to fill," Henning
said.
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1st Team |
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Name |
School |
Position |
Year |
Hometown |
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Nancy Nyongesa |
Dickinson State |
OH |
So |
Nairobi, Kenya |
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Ashley Brassfield |
Dakota State |
L |
Sr |
New Underwood, SD |
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Kristi Senftner |
Jamestown College |
S |
So |
Saskatoon, SK, Canada |
|
KateLynn Stiefel |
Dickinson State |
S |
So |
Dickinson, ND |
|
Brittany Jones |
Dickinson State |
MB |
Jr |
San Pedro, CA |
|
Micah Tolzin |
Dakota State |
MB |
Sr |
Sioux Falls, SD |
|
2nd Team |
|
Name |
School |
Position |
Year |
Hometown |
|
Carrie Sandstrom |
Minot State |
OH |
Sr |
Williston, ND |
|
Nicole Webb |
Minot State |
MB |
Sr |
McAuley, MB, Canada |
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Rachel Roylance |
Dickinson State |
MB |
Jr |
Moses Lake, WA |
|
Sarah Lervick |
Black Hills State |
MB |
Sr |
Gilette, WY |
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Renee Buysee |
Jamestown College |
MB |
Jr |
Minneota, MN |
|
Heidi Larson |
Valley City State |
OP |
Fr |
Grand Rapids, MN |
|
Megan Floerke |
Valley City State |
S |
Fr |
Inver Grove Heights, MN |
|
Stacy Dunklau |
Dakota State |
RS |
Jr |
Arlington, NE |
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Elena Malysheva |
Dickinson State |
OH |
So |
Nizhnii Tagil, Russia |
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Meagan Paradine |
Minot State |
OH |
Jr |
Binscarth, MB, Canada |
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Alyssa Boeding |
Black Hills State |
OH |
Jr |
Caputa, SD |
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Jennie Malone |
South Dakota Tech |
MH |
So |
Rapid City, SD |
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Post-Season Awards: |
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Player of the Year: |
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Nancy Nyongesa |
Dickinson State |
OH |
So |
Nairobi, Kenya |
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Libero of the Year: |
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Ashley Brassfield |
Dakota State |
L |
Sr |
New Underwood, SD |
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Freshman of the Year: |
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Heidi Larson |
Valley City State |
OP |
Fr |
Grand Rapids, MN |
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Coach of the Year: |
|
Dana Fiedler |
Minot State |
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Nick Huntimer,
Dakota State Sports Information
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