AVCA announces All-America teams, St. Thomas’s Foley named Freshman of the Year

The AVCA released its 2011 All-America teams. St. Thomas middle Kelly Foley was named the AVCA national Freshman of the Year. The AVCA national Player of the Year will be announced tomorrow. My money’s on either Lauren Budde of Washington-St. Louis or Calvin’s Rebecca Kamp.

As of this posting UW-Eau Claire middle Liz Amici was on two teams. I’ll put her on the Second Team, the higher of the two Amici listings.

The following are the Central and Midwest region players receiving All-America recognition.

FIRST TEAM Senior middle Lauren Budde, Washington-St. Louis Senior outside Jenna Green, Concordia-Moorhead Junior setter Marilee Fisher, Washington-St. Louis Senior middle Katie Vohnoutka, Concordia-Moorhead

SECOND TEAM Senior outside Kelsy England, Millikin Senior setter Ashley Maher, St. Thomas Sophomore middle Megan Reynolds, Elmhurst Junior libero Kelly Pang, Washington-St. Louis Senior middle Liz Amici, UW-Eau Claire

THIRD TEAM Junior outside Drew Hargrave, Washington-St. Louis Junior libero Kaitlain Wachter, St. Thomas Senior outside Michelle Madeja, Carthage Senior outside Lauren Dembkowski, Carthage

HONORABLE MENTION Freshman middle Kelly Foley, St. Thomas Sophomore outside Meghan Byrne, Washington-St. Louis Senior outside Chelsea Koth, Northwestern Sophomore outside Kathleen O’Conner, Cornell Senior setter Amy Sykora, Concordia-Moorhead Junior outside Anna Zyvoloski, St. Scholastica Junior middle Caroline Brander, Chicago Junior outside Christina Brinkman, UW-Stevens Point Junior setter Brittany Cardott, Millikin Junior outside Torey DeLozier, Maranatha Senior middle Briana Kaiser, UW-Platteville Freshman middle Audrey Krajec, Millikin Junior libero Perrie Morgan, Elmhurst Senior setter Drewann Pancratz, Carthage Senior outside Sofia Sanchez, UW-Whitewater

-Ricky Nelson (not an All-American)