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2 Lions Named All-Americans

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By BART O'CONNELL

Tribune correspondent

Published: December 6, 2008

ST. LEO - A busy awards season for Saint Leo's volleyball team culminated this week in a couple of All-America honors for two of the Lions' biggest contributors.

Setter Michelle Nogueras (third team) and outside hitter-middle blocker Kaitlin McKenna (honorable mention) were named Division II All-Americans by the American Volleyball Coaches' Association on Wednesday.

A past national player of the week, Nogueras, a junior, finished the year with 1,359 assists and a .343 attack percentage. McKenna, a sophomore, stands seventh in NCAA Division II in hitting percentage (.398) after winning the title last year.

Only one Sunshine State Conference player (Tampa's Melissa Vanderhall) was named to the All-America first team. Concordia-St. Paul setter Maggie McNamara was named the D-II Player of the Year.

Bart O'Connell can be reached at tampasport@gmail.com.

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