The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference

BABSON PARK, Mass. - The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its 2008 Women's Volleyball post-season award winners on Tuesday. A few days after helping to lead Springfield to the NEWMAC tournament championship, Heather Lively (Royalston, Mass.) was named the NEWMAC Athlete of the Year. Her coach, Joel Dearing was voted the NEWMAC Coach of the Year. A pair of freshman, Cecily Joujon-Roche (Laguna Hills, Calif.) of MIT and Kim Giaquinto (Massapequa, N.Y.) from Springfield, split Rookie of the Year honors. Mount Holyoke received the league's Sportsmanship Award

Teammate Heidi Yohe (Deer Park, Wash.) joined Lively on the first team All-Conference. NEWMAC runner-up, Wellesley, placed three student-athletes, Alice Cummings (Tallahassee, Fla.), Jessica Duff (Milton, Abington, UK) and Emily Peters (Temescal Valley, Calif.), on the first team. Coast Guard senior Nicole Gurr (Acton, Calif.) and MIT junior Alex May (Des Moines, Iowa) completed the first team selections.

2008 Women's Volleyball All-Conference Team and Award Winners

NEWMAC Athlete of the Year:
Heather Lively, Springfield

NEWMAC Co-Rookies of the Year:
Cecily Joujon-Roche, MIT
Kim Giaquinto, Springfield

NEWMAC Coach of the Year:
Joel Dearing, Springfield

NEWMAC Sportsmanship Award:
Mount Holyoke

First Team All-Conference
Nicole Gurr, Coast Guard, MB
Alex May, MIT, OH
Heather Lively, Springfield, OH
Heidi Yohe, Springfield, L
Alice Cummings, Wellesley, OH
Jessica Duff, Wellesley, OH
Emily Peters, Wellesley, L

Second Team All-Conference
Caitlin O'Neill, Babson, MB
Barden Cleeland, MIT, MH
Katrina Ellison, MIT, OPP
Mikal Minarich, Smith, OH
Aylene Ilkson, Springfield, OH
Bethany Stosz, Springfield, MB
Samantha Du, Wellesley, MB

NEWMAC Announces 2008 Women's Volleyball Post-season Award Winners