Metro American Volleyball

 Metro American 2011 Season 17 Travel player Kelly McShea recieved the following awards during her high school season:

Team Captain
MVP of PVAC Champioinship
Team MVP -Covenant Life School-2011

Click HERE to read a recent Gazette article featuring Kelly

Congratulations to Corisha, a 2010 16 Travel player, on her accomplishments!

Click HERE to read an article about the Doran Tournament of Champions in Spartansburg, SC.

Click HERE to read an article about the Queen of the Hill tournament in Charleston, WV.  

2011 Metro 17-1 Travle player and Sherwood High School player Alex Holston was recently featured in several news articles:

Click HERE to see the latest Post Sports article

Click HERE to see the Washington Post article

16 Travel player Kayla Johnson and her high school team were featured in the Gazette and the Rockville Patch recently.  

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Click HERE to read the Rockville Patch article

Several Metro American players were named on the Montgomery County All Gazette girls volleyball team including Player of the Year, Sophomore Alex Holston (17-1 Travel).

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First Team: Frankie Emmanuele(Sr, 18-1 Travel), Meagan Lagerlef (Sr., 18-1 Travel), Stephanie Minite (Sr.,18-1 Travel)

Second Team: Maeve Drummey (Sr.,18-1Travel), Taylor Gallart (Soph., 17-1 Travel), Stephanie Paul (Soph., 16-1Travel), Sydney West (Jr., 16-1Travel)

Honorable Mention: Franchesca Kuhney (Soph, 16-1 Travel), Kristen Larrick (Soph, 16-1 Travel), Maddie Moyer (Soph, 16-1 Travel), Teynia Shepherd (Soph, 16-1 Travel), Sierra Hahn-Ventrell (Jr, 17-1 Travel)

Congratulations to Head Coach and MAVBC Director, Barry Goldberg, for guiding the American University women's volleyball team to their 10th Patriot League Championship in 11 seasons and a ticket to the NCAA Division I Volleyball Tournament.  

Led by former Metro American 18-1 Travel alumni, Sara Rishell, American defeated Army in the finals 25-21, 25-21, 21-25, 25-21.  Rishell's honors continue to mount as she becomes the first player in League history to collect the Player and Rookie of the Year awards along with the Tournament MVP trophy in the same season.

The Eagles will now wait to hear who and where they will play the first round of the NCAA Tournament, which will be broadcast next Sunday, November 27 on ESPNU at 6 p.m.  American will be playing in the tournament for the 12th time in last 15 seasons.

Rishell Named Patriot League Molton Rookie of the Week

American University volleyball's Sara Rishell has been named the Patriot League Molton Rookie of the Week, marking the first conference award of her young career.

Rishell led American to a 2-2 week, averaging 3.67 kps, 1.33 dps and 1.00 bps while hitting .293. She scored 11 kills on Wednesday versus No. 16 Oregon before turning in a 13 kill, eight dig performance in Friday's win over Niagara at the Cornell Invitational. Rishell tallied a career-high 21 kills and a .421 hitting percentage against UTEP on Saturday and concluded the tournament with 10 kills and six blocks against Cornell. For her efforts, she was named to the Cornell Invitational All-Tournament Team along with teammate Juliana Crum.

Rishell leads the Eagles on both the offensive and defensive sides of the net, averaging a team-best 3.61 kps and 1.00 bps while hitting .311. The freshman has notched double-digit kills in every match this season and has hit above .300 in four of six matches.

Campbell freshman Brooke Kelley recently notched a highlight week, collecting a season-high 19 kills in Friday night's loss to Winthrop. The rookie right side posted a season-high in kills for the third-straight match on Friday, also becoming the first CU freshman to collect 19 scores since 2007, when Emily Werner and Taylor Deering both hit the mark during the year. The Stafford, Va. native added seven digs and four blocks, also season-bests. Kelley tacked on nine kills, four digs and three blocks in CU's win over Presbyterian on Saturday.

Also, against Loberty, Freshman right side Brooke Kelley paced the Camels with a season-best 14 kills, hitting .310 on 29 swings.

 Kent earns a berth into the NCVBA (National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Association) National Championships in Long Beach.  

WOMEN

Texas Regional Champions - Angela “Benny” Bensend & Brittney Johnson | Louisiana State University

San Diego Champions – Camille Smith* & Morgan Carty | Cal State University, San Bernardino

Hillary Williamson & Roxie Brunsting* | University of California, San Diego

Sally Yingst & Karly Deer | UC San Diego

Kaylnne Delarosa & Alex Risko | Cal State Los Angeles

Paige Wheeler and Megan Kent | University of South Carolina

(*) 2010 AVCA All Americans