MELBOURNE, Fla. - Twenty-one volleyball student-athletes are recognized across three teams as All-Sunshine State Conference for the 2017 season. SSC Champions, Florida Southern College, boast three first team selections and Coach of the Year. Voting for the team was conducted among the league's volleyball coaches.
The SSC Player of the Year award goes to Ally Rohn from Palm Beach Atlantic University. Rohn, an outside hitter/setter from Cedar Lake, Indiana, brings PBA its second SSC Player of the Year award in any sport
1. For the season, Rohn has averaged 3.22 kills, 4.78 assists, and 3.43 digs per set. She is the only SSC athlete to rank Top-12 kills/s, digs/s, and hitting percentage
2. Rohn is also tied for first nationally with 12 triple-doubles. The junior reached the mark with just 93 sets played
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Florida Southern’s Jill Stephens has been named Coach of the Year by her peers. The honor is the second for Stephens
4 and seventh for the Moccasins
5. Stephens led the Moccasins to their first conference title since 2006, and the program’s first outright SSC championship since 1990. FSC ends the regular season with a 25-6 overall record, 19-1 conference record, and a 17-game winning streak.
Melanie Canfield of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University wins Newcomer of the Year and Freshman of the Year accolades. Canfield is the first student-athlete in Embry-Riddle history to win a SSC individual award
6. She becomes the fourth player in conference history to win both Newcomer and Freshman of the Year, first since 2014
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Anna Tovo of Florida Southern highlights the repeat All-SSC winners this season. Tovo earns All-SSC honors for the fourth consecutive year and repeats as a First Team selection from 2016. Florida Southern’s Nicole Mattson and Nova Southeastern University’s Denvyr Tyler-Palmer move up to the First Team after Second Team accolades a year ago. Other repeat All-SSC winners include Bri Civiero and Shannon McDonough of Rollins College along with the University of Tampa’s Taylor Fosler, Barry University’s Kristina Filimonova, and Eckerd College’s Kaitlyn Sibson
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Player of the Year: Ally Rohn, Palm Beach Atlantic
Freshman of the Year: Melanie Canfield, Embry-Riddle
Newcomer of the Year: Melanie Canfield, Embry-Riddle
Coach of the Year: Jill Stephens, Florida Southern
| 2017 Volleyball ALL-SSC First Team |
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
| OH/S |
Ally Rohn |
Palm Beach Atlantic |
Jr. |
Cedar Lake, Ind. |
| OH |
Nicole Mattson* |
Florida Southern |
Jr. |
Oviedo, Fla. |
| OH |
Denvyr Tyler-Palmer*~ |
Nova Southeastern |
Jr. |
Jacksonville, Fla. |
| OH |
Anna Tovo^#~ |
Florida Southern |
Sr. |
Aiken, S.C. |
| MB |
Sarah Kimmey |
Palm Beach Atlantic |
Sr. |
Jacksonville, Fla. |
| S |
Bethany Besancenez |
Florida Southern |
Jr. |
St. Peters, Mo. |
| MB |
Kristina Filimonova~ |
Barry |
So. |
Moscow, Russia |
| L |
Olivia Roa |
Embry-Riddle |
So. |
Port Orange, Fla. |
| - |
|
|
|
|
| 2017 Volleyball ALL-SSC Second Team |
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
| MH |
Taylor Fosler~ |
Tampa |
So. |
Ocala, Fla. |
| OH |
Bri Civiero^~ |
Rollins |
Sr. |
Mount Dora, Fla. |
| S |
Anna Garrett |
Saint Leo |
So. |
Merritt Island, Fla. |
| OH/RS |
Shannon McDonough*~ |
Rollins |
Sr. |
Orlando, Fla. |
| OH |
Britt Sederholm |
Saint Leo |
So. |
Ogden, Utah |
| MB |
Maddie Span |
Palm Beach Atlantic |
Jr. |
St. Petersburg, Fla. |
| L |
Kaitlyn Sibson~ |
Eckerd |
Sr. |
Tampa, Fla. |
| - |
|
|
|
|
| 2017 Volleyball ALL-SSC Newcomer Team |
| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
| OH |
Melanie Canfield |
Embry-Riddle |
Fr. |
Tallahassee, Fla. |
| Opp |
Jasmine Schmidt |
Palm Beach Atlantic |
Fr. |
Parker, Colo. |
| OH |
Sonja Udovcic |
Lynn |
So. |
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| OH |
Paula Hoffmann |
Eckerd |
Fr. |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| OH |
Sorrel Houghton |
Tampa |
Fr. |
Osteen, Fla. |
| OH |
Ashley Quero |
Saint Leo |
Fr. |
Hialeah, Fla. |
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^ = 2016 First Team All-SSC
* = 2016 Second Team All-SSC
# = 2015 Second Team All-SSC
~ = Former All-SSC Newcomer Team Selection
1Charlie Dennis was named men’s soccer Player of the Year in 2017.
29th in Kills, 11th in Digs, 11th in Hitting Percentage
327 sets fewer than co-leader Mckenzey Beck of Augusta.
4Stephens was previously named Coach of the Year in 2005
5Lois Webb won five Coach of the Year awards for FSC between 1982 and 1990
6Mike Rosolino was named women’s cross country Coach of the Year in 2017
7Shannon McDonough (2014 - Rollins), Kayshia Brady (2012 - Florida Southern), Kahley Patrick (Tampa - 2011)
8Seven All-SSC First and Second Team selection in 2017 have previously been named to the All-Newcomer team, including former Freshman of the Year winners McDonough (Rollins - 2014) and Filimonova (Barry - 2016)