
Head Coach
Joanna Haupt was named the 2014 PSAC Eastern Division Volleyball Coach of the Year, while three players earned accolades, including middle hitter
Kendall Mahony, the PSAC East Rookie of the Year, and
Devan Orr, the East's Defensive Player of the Year Award, when this year's honors selected by the league's coaches were released on Thursday...
(Full PSAC Release) ...
(2014 All-PSAC Volleyball Teams)Â
Along with their individual honors, Mahony and freshman outside hitter
Cambria Wierman were named First-Team All-PSAC East, and Orr earned a spot on the second-team.
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Haupt clinched PSAC East Coach of the Year honors in just her second season at the helm of the Lady Cats program. As season ago she guided her squad to Pitt-Johnstown's first ever PSAC title in any sport with a 3-2 victory over California. Over her two seasons she has posted a 45-24 overall record and has produced seven All-PSAC selections.
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Mahony, an All-PSAC East First Team selection, posted 357 kills in 127 sets for an average of 2.81 kills per set ranking her amongst the league's top 15 hitters. The middle hitter swung at a .286 attack rate, while racking-up 59 service aces second in the league to only teammate
Delaney Roman's 60. Â Mahony also contributed a team-high 100 total blocks, including 20 solo stops. She is the second straight PSAC East Freshman of the Year from Pitt-Johnstown, as
Marissa Erminio took the honor a season ago.
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Wierman finished second on the team behind Mahony in both points per set (3.14) and kills per set (2.76), and was third in digs per set (2.22) on her way to being named First-Team All-PSAC East.
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In 125 sets played Orr has accumulated a PSAC and Division II-high 776 digs for an average of 6.21 per set. The All-PSAC East Second Team selection is also tied for eighth in the league with 45 services aces. With Pitt-Johnstown just joining the league in 2013, Orr is the first Lady Cat PSAC Defensive Athlete of the Year.
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Laura Subject of Clarion and Julia O'Brien of West Chester were selected as the 2014 PSAC Volleyball Athletes of the Year of their respective divisions, alongside PSAC Defensive Athletes of the Year Clarion's Morgan Seybold and Pitt-Johnstown's
Devan Orr.
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Clarion's Gabrielle Olson and Mahony earned PSAC Freshman of the Year honors, while Clarion's head coach Jennifer Mills was selected as the West's Coach of the Year.
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