Posted: Dec 04, 2018
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Two Central Methodist University women's volleyball student-athletes were named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America teams for their play during the 2018 season.
Jane Kickham (JR/Springfield, Mo.) received a first-team slot following a successful season in her first year with the Eagles. Kickham was a six rotation player, earning First-Team All-Heart recognition and the Heart Player of the Year award. Kickham finished the season with 379 kills (averaging 3.2 per set) and 423 digs.
Marija Janjusevic (SR/Belgrade, Serbia) garnered an honorable mention selection following a successful senior season. Janjusevic finished the season ranked 30th in the nation with a .314 hitting percentage, totaling 362 kills and 50 blocks.
2018 AVCA NAIA FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
| Name | Institution | Pos. | YR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ema Altena*^ | Dordt College | OH | Sr. |
| Caterina Cigarini | Missouri Baptist University | MB | Jr. |
| Caroline Clifford$ | Columbia College | OH | Sr. |
| Hailey Copinga$ | Rocky Mountain College | RS | Sr. |
| Sarah Cruz | Lindsey Wilson College | OH | Fr. |
| Jamie De Jager | Dordt College | S | Sr. |
| Danna Gomes@ | Park University | S | Sr. |
| Lauryn Hilger | Northwestern College (IA) | OH | Jr. |
| Jane Kickham | Central Methodist University | OH | Jr. |
| Nada Meawad* | Park University | OH | So. |
| Priscilla O'Dowd*% | Midland University | MB | Sr. |
| Kelsey Redmond | Grand View University | OH | Sr. |
| Manuela Vargas | Columbia College | S | Jr. |
| Lydia Xu | Viterbo University | MB | So. |
2018 AVCA NAIA SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
| Name | Institution | Pos. | YR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olivia Brees | Baker University | MB | Sr. |
| Aubrey Aspen | Viterbo University | MB | Sr. |
| Nyssa Baker | Indiana University Kokomo | MB | So. |
| Grace Blomstedt$ | Lindsey Wilson College | MB | Sr. |
| Megan Bunn | Eastern Oregon University | OH | Jr. |
| Makayla Hoyt | Southern Oregon University | MB | So. |
| Mallory Moran | Missouri Baptist University | OH | Sr. |
| Sam Neely | Westmont College | MB | Sr. |
| Ashley Pagan | College of Idaho | OH | Jr. |
| Taylor Ristvedt | Southern Oregon University | RS | Jr. |
| Shayla Scanlan@ | Bellevue University | RS | Sr. |
| Kelsey Shaver | University of Providence (MT) | OH | Jr. |
| Courtney Twit | Grand View University | MB | Sr. |
| Kendra Zwart*! | Cornerstone University | MB | Sr. |
2018 AVCA NAIA THIRD-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
| Name | Institution | Pos. | YR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiersten Anderson | Columbia College | RS | Jr. |
| Elly Burke | Lindsey Wilson College | RS | Jr. |
| Jane Cisar | The Master's University | MB | Jr. |
| Kenna Hall | Ottawa University (KS) | MB | Sr. |
| Lexi Kite | McPherson College | OH | Sr. |
| Rebecca Lowden | Vanguard University | L | Sr. |
| Trystin Luneckas | Grand View University | S | Jr. |
| Shaelyn Martin | Kansas Wesleyan University | MB | Sr. |
| Sage Meyer | Hastings College | OH | Sr. |
| Jessica Peters$%+ | Midland University | S | Sr. |
| Caylee Robalin | Embry Riddle Aeronautical (AZ) | RS | So. |
| Kali Shaw | Southwestern Assemblies of God | OH | Sr. |
| Kacie Stoll@ | Trinity Christian College | RS | Sr. |
| Lacey Wacker | Northwestern College (IA) | S | So. |
AVCA NAIA HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICA
| Name | Institution | Pos. | YR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hailee Ackerman | Eastern Oregon | OH | Jr. |
| Dominque Andrews | UC Merced | OH | Jr. |
| Audrey Baldwin | Embry Riddle (AZ) | S | Jr. |
| Morgan Berry | Ottawa (KS) | S | Fr. |
| Marijana Bjelobrk | Oklahoma City | RS | Jr. |
| Kayla Black | Xavier | OH | So. |
| Chase Bohman | Oregon Inst. Of Tech | OH | Sr. |
| Barbara Briceno | Dakota State (SD) | OH | Sr. |
| Arianna Brooks | Hutson-Tillotson | MB | Jr. |
| Amy Buffham | Westmont | S | Jr. |
| Brielle Bumgarner | Carroll | MB | Sr. |
| Erin Clark | Embry Riddle (AZ) | OH | So. |
| Tessa Colden | Reinhardt | OH | Jr. |
| Ana Collar | Indiana Wesleyan | RS | Fr. |
| Tierra Coverson | Texas Wesleyan | MB | Sr. |
| Tatiana Dale | Point | MB | Sr. |
| Kristin Danielson | Aquinas | OH | Sr. |
| Emileishka De Jesus | IU Northwest | OH | Fr. |
| Alex Ewalt | Olivet Nazarene | L | Sr. |
| Suzanny Figueiredo | Southwestern Assemblies of God | OH | Sr. |
| Dylan Fowler | Montana-Western | L | Sr. |
| Olivia Galas | Bellevue | S | Fr. |
| Miah Garant | Viterbo | MB/RS | So. |
| Rachael Gunn | Bethel | OH | Jr. |
| Devon Heitkamp | Northwestern (OH) | MB | Sr. |
| Bailei Hubbard | Our Lady of the Lake | MB | So. |
| Sophia Ivy | Southwestern Assemblies of God | S | Jr. |
| Marija Janjusevic | Central Methodist | RS | Sr. |
| Natalie Jones | Brescia | OH | Jr. |
| Krista Kolbinskie | St. Thomas (FL) | OH | Sr. |
| Samantha Korn | Taylor University | L | Jr. |
| Masha Korol | Montana Tech | OH | Sr. |
| Allison Kuenle | Doane | OH | Jr. |
| Shaylen Larson-Piper | Vanguard | OH | Sr. |
| Monica Loftus | IU Southeast | OH | Sr. |
| Liz Mann | Life (GA) | OH | Sr. |
| Klara Mikelova | Lindsey Wilson | OH | So. |
| Kelly Miller | Indiana Wesleyan | OH | Jr. |
| Karly Morris | Aquinas | L | Jr. |
| Cashlyn Munroe | Southwestern Christian | OH | Jr. |
| Julina Niemeier | Jamestown | L | Sr. |
| Clarissa Olson | Valley City State | MB | Sr. |
| Bresha Orange | St. Thomas (TX) | OH | Sr. |
| Konstantina Pateli | WVU Tech | S | Jr. |
| Maria Pelak | Saint Francis (IN) | S | So. |
| Alyssa Rupert | Milligan | L | Sr. |
| Abbie Seward | Keiser | OH | So. |
| Kendra Siefring | Saint Francis (IN) | MB | So. |
| Kayla Sims | Masters | S | Sr. |
| Lucy Skoch | Hastings | MB | So. |
| Maggie Sorensen | Missouri Baptist | OH | Sr. |
| Sarah Spangler | Marian | RS | Fr. |
| Jackie Stein | Arizona Christian | OH | Sr. |
| Caylie Teel | Grace | DS/OH | Sr. |
| Hannah Trout | Marian | RS | Jr. |
| Skyler Van Note | Marian | OH | Fr. |
| Jackie Van Vliet | College of Idaho | MB | Sr. |
| Dani Van Laten | Trinity Christian | S | Jr. |
| Jayden Warner | Mayville State | L | Jr. |
| Aiko Waters | Marymount | OH | Jr. |
| Kyra White | Coastal Georgia | MB | Sr. |
| Julianne Wilkes | Faulkner | L | Jr. |
