Nov. 16, 2005
PHILADELPHIA -
Six members of the University of Dayton volleyball team were honored with Atlantic 10 postseason awards on Wednesday with the release of the A-10 All-Conference teams.
Faye Barhorst was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year while Nicole Schott garnered Setter of the Year designation. Tim Horsmon was named the A-10 Coach of the Year. While Barhorst and Schott were named to the A-10 First Team, Robynne Green was placed on the Second Team and Adrienne Green played her way to Honorable Mention designation. Kortney Norris was also named to the All-Rookie squad.
Barhorst, a 6-3 junior middle blocker from Fort Loramie, Ohio, was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Week three times this season as well as the 2003 A-10 All-Rookie team and the 2004 All-Conference team. She leads the A-10 in hitting percentage (.390) and is third in blocks per game (1.18). Barhorst is also second in points per game (4.80) and fourth in kills per game (3.79). The 2004 AVCA Honorable Mention All-America selection ranks second in UD single-season hitting percentage this year as well as fifth in solo blocks (42). She also has the eighth most kills (456) and ninth most block assists (109) in Flyer single season history.
Schott, a 5-8 senior setter from Roscoe, Ill., is one of just two players in UD history to record three different 1,000-assist seasons with 1,359 this year, which ranks eighth all-time. She ranks fifth in the conference this year at 11.72 assists per game. Schott has dished out 30 assists or more 25 times this season including a career-best 76 in a win over Xavier on Oct. 27. She ranks second all-time at Dayton with 4,372 career assists and is sixth all-time in digs at 1,082. Schott was also named to the A-10 All-Rookie team in 2002.
Horsmon, who has a 70-27 record in his third season at UD, earns his first A-10 Coach of the Year award after leading Dayton to the 2003 and 2004 Atlantic 10 Championship and the West Division Crown this season. Under his direction, the Flyers carry a 16-match winning streak into the conference tournament, which ranks as the eighth longest active streak in the nation. Horsmon holds a perfect 12-0 record in conference tournament play with six titles in six seasons (four at Robert Morris and two at Dayton), all of which led to automatic berths in the NCAA Tournament.
Robynne Green, a 6-2 sophomore middle blocker from Palatine, Ill., was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Week on Oct. 31 and is among the conference leaders in service aces, hitting percentage and points. She leads the Flyers and ranks sixth in the conference with 0.39 sapg. In A-10 matches,
Green, Adrienne's twin sister, ranks sixth in hitting percentage (.363) and fifth in points (4.62 ppg).
Adrienne Green, a 5-9 sophomore libero from Palatine, Ill., ranks third in the A-10 in digs per game (4.02) this season. She has tallied double-figures in digs 23 times this season including a career-high 28 in wins at Temple and against Xavier.
Green, Robynne's twin sister, is also ninth in the A-10 in services aces at 0.32 per game.
Norris, 6-2 freshman outside hitter from Indianapolis, Ind., was named the A-10 Rookie of the Week three times this season. She ranks third on the team with 3.20 kills per game and has tallied double-figures in kills during 13 of the last 16 matches. During UD's 16-match winning streak, Norris is averaging 3.41 kills per game, 0.82 digs per game and 0.52 blocks per game.
Dayton looks to become the first team since Temple (1997-99) to win three consecutive Atlantic 10 Conference Championships this weekend when the four-team A-10 Tournament takes place this weekend in Kingston, RI. Top-seeded Dayton will face fourth-seeded Charlotte in the first semifinal match on Friday at 4:30 p.m. Second-seeded Temple and third-seeded Xavier meet in the other semifinal at 7 p.m. Fans can follow the action live with Gametracker on Dayton's A-10 Tournament central page.
