2013 San Jacinto College Volleyball Team
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2013 MEDIA GUIDE 2013 SAN JACINTO COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL ROSTER 2013 SAN JACINTO COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Team No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown / Previous School 1 Keili Harrison S 5-9 Soph. Columbus, Texas / Columbus HS 2 Chandler Bacon DS 5-2 Soph. Houston / Morton Ranch HS 3 Chyla Thomas MB 6-4 Soph. Atlanta, Ga. / Milton HS (Florida State College) 4 Haley Dibbern MB 6-0 Soph. Bay City / Bay City HS 5 Kacey LeBlanc DS 5-3 Fresh. Orange / Orangefield HS 6 Elisa Woinowsky OH 5-10 Fresh. Berlin, Germany / Merian School 7 Lea Lieb M/S 6-1 Fresh. Sonthofen, Germany / Gymnasium Immenstadt 8 Alex Hackett DS 5-2 Soph. Little Cypress-Mauriceville / LCM HS 9 Rachel Warner OH 5-11 Fresh. Burton / Burton HS 10 Jacie Pullig DS 5-7 Soph. Deer Park / Deer Park HS 11 Shelbie Dailey S 5-9 Soph. Birmingham, Ala. / Parkway Christian Acad. (University of South Florida) 12 Ana Helena Ribeiro MB 6-1 Fresh. Villa Nova de Gaia, Portugal 13 Emily Ellington MB 5-10 Fresh. Roswell, N.M. / Roswell HS 14 Kezia Boyer OH 5-11 Fresh. Los Angeles, Calif. / Lithia Springs HS 15 Delaney Driver OH 5-8 Fresh. Wichita Falls / Christ Academy Head Coach: Sharon Nelson, 12th season (332-105 overall), Eastern New Mexico University (1993) Academic Success Coordinator and Assistant Coach: Jeff Pearce, third season, University of Houston – Clear Lake (2010) Assistant Coach: Dennis Allen, fourth season, Peru State University (2005) 2 San Jacinto College Volleyball 2013 PLAYER BIOS Keili Harrison Chandler Bacon 5-9 | Soph. | S 5-2 | Soph. | DS/L Columbus, Texas | Houston| Morton Ranch HS Columbus HS Texas Elite TexStar 01 02 As a freshman: Played in all 39 matches… Averaged 4.81 assists and 1.28 digs per As a freshman: Saw action in 25 matches… Averaged 2.41 digs per set. set… Served up 34 aces, third best on the team. Prior to San Jac: Four-time varsity letterwinner… Team captain as a junior and Prior to San Jac: Helped the Cardinals to four district championships and to the senior… Second-team All-district as a senior. state semi-finals as a junior… Named the district MVP as a senior… Four-time academic All-district selection… Also played softball and ran track. Chyla Thomas Haley Dibbern 6-4 | Soph. | MB 6-0 | Soph. | MB Atlanta, Ga. | Milton HS Bay City | Bay City HS (Florida State College) Protégé, Southern Swing 03 04 Prior to San Jac: Averaged 1.26 kills and 0.62 blocks per set with Florida State As a freshman: Played in 14 matches, averaging 0.64 blocks and 0.60 kills per set. College… Named the 2011 Milton HS most valuable player… Earned the Wall and Prior to San Jac: Played volleyball and soccer, and ran track and cross country the Queen of the Court award after averaging 2.4 kills and 0.7 blocks per set… for the Blackcats… Member of the National Honor Society and Bay City Scholars. Two-year letterwinner. Kacey LeBlanc 5-3 | Fresh. | DS Orange | Orangefield HS Jefferson County Juniors Prior to San Jac: Led the Bobcats to the 2013 area and district championships… Named the 2012 defensive player of the year and to the all-state team… Team captain as a senior… 2012 academic all-state. 05 For more information about the volleyball team, please visit www.sanjacsports.com 3 PLAYER BIOS Elisa Woinowsky Lea Lieb 5-10 | Fresh. | OH 6-1 | Fresh. | RS/S Berlin, Germany | Sonthofen, Germany | Merian School Gymnasium Immenstadt TSV Sonthofen 06 07 Prior to San Jac: Played for KSC Berlin and was captain.. Led her team to Prior to San Jac: Played TSV Sonthofen. Helped lead her team to be promoted promote through the leagues to win the Won Berlin Championships, Regional through the leagues and they Won 2x Bavarian Championship, 7x South Bavarian Championships, 3rd at National Championship . She’s a versatile player that we Championship, Selected as a member of the All Bavarian Regional team and they expect great things from this year. won the National Championship. Alex Hackett Rachel Warner 5-2 | Soph. | DS/L 5-11 | Fresh. | OH Little Cypress - Burton | Burton HS Mauriceville | Little Brazos Valley Juniors and Cypress - Mauriceville HS Houston Juniors Orange County Juniors 08 09 As a freshman: Saw action in 10 matches… Averaged1.25 number of digs in her Prior to San Jac: Helped the Panthers to the state semi-finals as a junior and rotation. regional finals as a senior… Named the Offensive MVP as a senior, and earned a Prior to San Jac: Led the Bears to the bi-district championship… First-team All- spot on the all-state team. district as a senior… Named to the academic All-state team… Named to The Orange Leader first team… Team captain as a senior… Also played softball and tennis. Jacie Pullig 5-7 | Soph. | L/DS/S Deer Park | Deer Park HS Houston Stellar As a freshman: Played in 37 matches… Averaged 2.20 assists and 2.32 digs per set. Prior to San Jac: Three-year letterwinner… Led the Deer to the district championship and state playoffs… All-district first-team as a senior… Named the defensive player of the year… Earned a spot on the greater Houston All-star 10 team… Also played basketball. 4 San Jacinto College Volleyball 2013 PLAYER BIOS Shelbie Dailey Ana Helena Ribeiro 5-9 | Soph. | S 6-1 | Fresh. | MB Birmingham, Ala. | Villa Nova de Gaia, Parkway Christian Portugal | Antonio Academy (University Sergio School Grouping of South Florida) Team Sting 11 12 Prior to San Jac: Appeared in 27 of 28 matches as a freshman at the University Prior to San Jac: Played for Leixoes Sport Club . 2x national Champion 2010- of South Florida in 2011… Shined during conference play with 10.20 assists 12. 2nd place in Portugal National Championship. Semifinalist of Portugal’s per set, which ranked fourth in BIG EAST play ... Managed five double-double Nationals Cup. Represented Portugal in World Cup Qualifier 2012. Ranked efforts during her freshman campaign… Lettered in both volleyball and golf in Portugal for blocks/game. MVP of Leixoes Sports Club for 2011-12. in high school… Named to the Under Armour All-American watch list in 2010. Emily Ellington Kezia Boyer 5-10 | Fresh. | MB 5-11 | Fresh. | OH Roswell, N.M. | Roswell HS Los Angeles, Calif. | Artesia Elite Lithia Springs HS Volleyball Club Atlanta Boom Volleyball Institute 13 14 Prior to San Jac: Two-time 4A all-district player and academic team Prior to San Jac: Led the Lions to three county championships, and four state honoree… 2012-2013 Roswell HS offensive player of the year… Member of appearances, including a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2011… Four-year the Southeastern Volleyball Association Top 10… Played for the Goodwil letterwinner… Two-time All-Area first-team selection… 2011 County player of Ambassadors team in Italy. the year and team MVP. Delaney Driver 5-8 | Fresh. | OH Wichita Falls | Christ Academy Clay County Volleyball Association, Tornado Volleyball Club Prior to San Jac: Guided the Warriors to the district and state championship in 2012… First-team all-district and all-state as a junior and senior… Named to 15 the state all-tournament team as a senior… Graduated fourth in her class. For more information about the volleyball team, please visit www.sanjacsports.com 5 COACHING STAFF BIOS Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Americans. San Jac earned the conference player, setter, newcomer, and coach of the year honors, and had six sophomores sign national letters of intent to play volleyball at four-year institutions. In 2009, Nelson had to dig deep to build a squad that finished 32-9 overall, and made its fifth-straight appearance at the NJCAA tournament. With only four returning players from the previous season, San Jac proved many people wrong. Six players earned a spot on the all-conference team, including Christie Dorch who was named the conference player and offensive player of the year, and Alyssa Dibbern who was Sharon Nelson named the Region XIV freshman of the year. Four players Head Coach went on to earn scholarships to NCAA schools, and Nelson Eastern New Mexico University (1993) earned her fifth-consecutive Region XIV District M coach of Overall record: 335-105 (11 seasons) the year. Conference record: 123-8 (11 seasons) In 2008, San Jac made its fourth straight trip to the national tournament, finishing with a 33-3 overall record, including a Now in her 12th season at the helm of the San Jacinto College volleyball program, Head perfect 10-0 in conference play. Five players, including all four Coach Sharon Nelson has established herself not only as one of the best coaches in San sophomores and one freshman, signed to play with Division Jacinto College volleyball history, but among the best in the National Junior College II schools. Setter Abbey Parker led the nation in assists per Athletic Association (NJCAA). Her 335-105 overall record is seventh among active game for most of the season, and Zuzana Cizova finished fifth NJCAA Division I coaches. She was named the 2010 and 2012 American Volleyball in kills per game. Nelson was named the Region XIV coach Coaches Association (AVCA) Southwest Region Two-Year Coach of the Year and has of the year, Cizova was the conference’s player of the year, earned eight consecutive Region XIV coach of the year honors. and Parker earned setter of the year honors. In addition, five players were named to the all-conference team. Since she arrived at San Jacinto College in 2002, Nelson’s teams have won nearly 76 percent of their matches, claimed eight consecutive regional titles, nine straight In 2007, Nelson’s squad came together in a big way.