November 10, 2009

NEWMAC Announces 2009 Women’s Volleyball Post-Season Award Winners

BABSON PARK, Mass. - The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its 2009 Women's Volleyball post-season award winners on Tuesday. After capturing the NEWMAC Tournament Championship on Saturday, Wellesley swept all of the major individual awards as well. Senior Alice Cummings (Tallahassee, Fla.) was named the NEWMAC Athlete of the Year, teammate Isabel Custodio (Powell, Ohio) took home Rookie of the Year honors and Dorothy Webb was tabbed as the league's Coach of the Year. Mount Holyoke received the Sportsmanship Award for the third consecutive time.

In addition to their individual accolades, Cummings and Custodio were also placed on the First Team All-Conference. Tournament runner-up, MIT, also had a pair of First Team selections, in Barden Cleeland (Irvine, Calif.) and Alex May (Des Moines, Iowa). Springfield's Sarah Lang-Rodean (Mansfield Center, Conn.) and Heather Lively (Royalston, Mass.) as well as Keriann Mason (Highland Park, Calif.) of Coast Guard rounded out the First Team honorees.

2009 Women's Volleyball All-Conference Team and Award Winners

NEWMAC Athlete of the Year:
Alice Cummings, Wellesley

NEWMAC Rookie of the Year:
Isabel Custodio, Wellesley

NEWMAC Coach of the Year:
Dorothy Webb, Wellesley

NEWMAC Sportsmanship Award:
Mount Holyoke College

First Team All-Conference
Barden Cleeland, MIT, MH
Alex May, MIT, OH
Keriann Mason, Coast Guard, MB/OH
Sarah Lang-Rodean, Springfield, MB
Heather Lively, Springfield, OH
Alice Cummings, Wellesley, OH
Isabel Custodio, Wellesley, S/OPP

Second Team All-Conference
Meg Flaherty, Babson, OH
Nina Milovanovic, Babson, OH
Jenny Li, MIT, OH
Alyssa Rothman, MIT, S
Mikal Minarich, Smith, OH
Kelsea Hellyar, Springfield, S
Elizabeth Campbell, Wellesley, OH
Victoria Peng, Wellesley, S