University of Northern Colorado Athletics
Arterburn earns Bears' first AVCA all-region pick since 2002
12/6/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Northern Colorado senior libero Amanda Arterburn was honored Tuesday with a selection to this year's American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Pacific Region team.
Arterburn, the 2010 and 2011 Big Sky Conference Libero of the Year, is an Honorable Mention pick in Tuesday's announcement but one of only two liberos honored in the Pacific Region. The other is Natalie Hagglund of Southern Cal -- the top ranked team in the country prior to this year's NCAA Tournament.
This is the first AVCA all-region selection for a Northern Colorado player at the NCAA Division I level and the first for the Bears overall in nine seasons, since Erin Deffenbaugh, Teale Goble and Linnea Kiilsgaard were honored in 2002.
Arterburn is the first Big Sky player honored by the AVCA since 2007 and just the eighth since 1997.
"What Amanda [gave] to our team cannot be measured with a statistic," Northern Colorado coach Lyndsey Benson said. "Our team [rallied] around her competitiveness and knowledge of the game. She [made] everyone around her better."
She finished her career with 1,735 digs, getting 19 in last week's 3-0 loss by the Bears to third-ranked Hawai'i in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. That's the fourth-highest total in Northern Colorado history and the second most of any Northern Colorado NCAA Division I player (Abby Mayne, 1782).
She notched 40 digs in a 3-2 victory at Portland State this season, which was a Northern Colorado Division I record and the third-most in the Big Sky since 2006, and ended her time with the Bears with 30 consecutive matches with 10 or more digs.
Arterburn's 5.21 digs-per-set mark in 2011, prior to the NCAA Tournament, was the 35th best mark in the NCAA.
The AVCA Pacific Region is comprised of teams from Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Utah.
2011 AVCA Pacific All-Region Team
Kendall Bateman, S. California, S, Sr.
Alaina Bergsma, Oregon, OH, Jr.
Chloe Ferrari, San Diego, MB, So.
Meagan Ganzer, Washington State, OH, Sr.
Natalie Hagglund, S. California, L, So.
Jennifer Hamson, Brigham Young, OPP, So.
Kim Hill, Pepperdine, OPP, Sr.
Alex Jupiter, S. California, OH, Sr.
Rachael Kidder, UCLA, OH, Jr.
Tarah Murrey, California, OH, Sr.
Bianca Rowland, Washington, MB, Sr.
Lauren Williams, S. California, MB, Sr.
Rachel Williams, Stanford, OH, So.
Carly Wopat, Stanford, MB, So.
Freshman of the Year: Krista Vansant, Washington, OH
Honorable Mention: Amanda Arterburn (N. Colo., L, Sr.), Katie Fuller (USC, Opp., Jr.), Shannon Hawari (California, MB, Jr.), Cursty Jackson (Arizona, MB, Sr.), Lauren Plum (Oregon, S, So.), Kellie Woolever (Pepperdine, S, So.)
All-Time Northern Colorado all-region honorees
2011 Amanda Arterburn
2002 Erin Deffenbaugh, Teale Goble, Linnea Kiilsgaard
2001 Erin Deffenbaugh, Teale Goble
2000 Erin Deffenbaugh
1999 Joyce Jordahl, Tia Self
1998 Joyce Jordahl, Kim Schiemenz, Tia Self
1995 Debbie Ponis
1994 Debbie Ponis, Tatjana Smith, Erica Wymore
1993 Dana Cash, Debbie Ponis, Erica Wymore, Tatjana Smith
1992 Dana Cash, Erica Wymore
1991 Anita Doblo, Michelle White
1990 Debby Kline, Teresa Martin
1989 Debby Kline, Stacey DeJong
1988 Terri Altergott
1987 Julie Colville, Inge Otte, Kelly Pappenheim
1986 Dori DeJong, Inge Otte, Kelley Pappenheim
1984 Mary Vetter
1982 Cindy Rhodes
1981 Josie Rupp (AIAW)
1980 Kristy Jordan (AIAW)
