Jennies named to All-Region volleyball teams

      Four Central Missouri State University Jennies were named recently to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-South Central Region team, while a fifth was named Region Freshman of theYear. Three of those Jennies also received recognition on the Daktronics Division II All-South Central team.

AVCA first-team All-Region honors went to senior middle hitter Elyse Mohme (Columbia, Ill.), junior middle hitter Becky Haug (Lee’s Summit, Mo.), junior setter Kaci Young (Littleton, Colo.), and sophomore libero Katie Tarka (St. Charles, Mo.).

Audrey Jensen, an outside hitter from Independence, Mo., was honored as the Region’s Freshman of the Year. She had 277 kills (2.05 per game), 515 digs (3.81 per game), 57 total blocks (8 solo, 49 assists, 0.42 per game), and 26 service aces in her inaugural collegiate campaign.

Mohme and Young were also named first-team on the Daktronics All-Region team, while Tarka was a second-team selection.

Mohme, a first-team All-Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association pick in 2004, led the Jennies and the MIAA in hitting percentage at .356. She had a team-best 593 kills (4.39 per game), 120 blocks (16 solo, 104 assists, 0.89 per game), and 661 points (4.90 per game). Her kills total was fifth-best in school history, while her 4.39 kills per game was second-highest in Jennies' history.

A second-team All-MIAA selection, Haug was right behind with a .323 hitting percentage, 418 kills (3.45 per game), 117 blocks (25 solo, 92 assists, 0.97 per game), and 509.0 points (4.21 per game).

Young, also a second-team All-MIAA pick, registered the fifth-best assist total in school history (second-best in the MIAA this year) with 1,631. She also had 139 kills (1.05 per game), hit .271, and put up 438 digs. For good measure, Young tacked on a team-leading 37 service aces and 48 total blocks (9 solo, 39 assists).

Tarka set the MIAA record for digs in a season while earning firs-team all-league honors. She had 860 digs (6.77 per game), good for second in NCAA Division II, and also had 25 service aces.

     The Jennies finished the 2004 campaign with a record of 31-7, 13-3 in the MIAA. They

finished second in the MIAA, second in the league tournament, and second in the South

Central Regional Tournament. The season marked the 26^th consecutive year the Jennies

won at least 25 games (the first time since 1996 they won 30), and the 22^nd straight year

they advanced to the NCAA Regional Tournament.