BELLEVUE, Neb. -- Five Bellevue University volleyball players earned first team all-conference honors highlighted by senior setter Jordan Broady who was named the MCAC Player of the Year announced on Saturday in conjunction with the MCAC Volleyball Tournament hosted by Bellevue.
Broady is a four-time first team all-MCAC selection and ranks second in school history with 5,796 career assists and eighth with 136 service aces. Broady currently ranks third nationally with 1,494 assists this season in leading the BU offense which ranks first nationally with 2,101 kills.
Bruins named to the first team included: Broady, Symone Faulkner, Annie Benson, Meghan Evans, and Sydney DeBoer. Second team honorees from Bellevue included Caitlyn Rueth and Sunny Bell. Freshman Beth Walker earned honorable mention accolades.
The Bruins (33-9/13-0 MCAC) garnered three of the four major awards as Faulkner was named the MCAC Freshman of the Year and Trish Siedlik earned MCAC Coach of the Year honors for the eighth time in her career.
The top-seeded Bruins will meet No. 3-seeded Waldorf College in the MCAC Tournament title match at 1 p.m. today (Nov. 10) at the Gordon Lozier Athletic Center. The tournament champion will earn an automatic berth into the NAIA Volleyball National Tournament.
Player of the Year: Jordan Broady, Bellevue
Newcomer of the Year: Meagan Macias, Waldorf
Freshman of the Year: Symone Faulkner, Bellevue
Coach of the Year: Trish Siedlik, Bellevue
First Team
Annie Benson, Bellevue
Hayley Blair, College of the Ozarks
Jordan Broady, Bellevue
Sydney DeBoer, Bellevue
Meghan Evans, Bellevue
Symone Faulkner, Bellevue
Jennifer Henke, Waldorf
Jess Kuehner, College of St. Mary
Joy Leick, College of St. Mary
Meagan Macias, Waldorf
Hannah Meadows, College of the Ozarks
Mandy Muncy, Oklahoma Wesleyan
Rhonda Tree-Mangan, Haskell Indian Nations
Jenny Wuerfell, College of the Ozarks
Second Team
Sunny Bell, Bellevue
Hannah Brown, College of the Ozarks
Abby Buehler, Waldorf
Baylee Collins, College of St. Mary
Erin Davidson, York
Kelsey Garrish, Oklahoma Wesleyan
Viola Kincade, Oklahoma Wesleyan
Klarissa Larsen, Waldorf
Jamie Reaves, College of the Ozarks
Alejandra Rivas, Oklahoma Wesleyan
Caitlyn Rueth, Bellevue
Tiffany Runs Through, Haskell
Amanda Sanders, Oklahoma Wesleyan
Kaylee Wallace, College of St. Mary
Honorable Mention
Lisa Atcitty, Haskell Indian Nations
Melani Baxa, York
Mallory Boone, College of the Ozarks
Taylor Fisher, Oklahoma Wesleyan
Becca Flavin, Waldorf
Lindsy Gumb, College of St. Mary
Alexandra Simpson, Central Baptist
Beth Walker, Bellevue
