Updated at 10:33 a.m., Friday, August 10, 2007
UH's Houston named preseason WAC Player of the Year
Advertiser Staff
The University of Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine volleyball team placed four players on the preseason All-Western Athletic Conference team, including player of the year Jamie Houston.Senior middle blockers Kari Gregory and Juliana Sanders also were picked to the team and left-side hitter Tara Hittle joined them.
Hittle, a junior, missed all but five matches last season because of an ankle injury and received a medical hardship.
Houston, a left-side hitter, earned third team All-American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and All-WAC first team honors in 2006.
Gregory and Sanders also were first team all-WAC.
The Rainbow Wahine finished 29-6 last year, losing to UCLA in the Honolulu regional final at the Stan Sheriff Center.
Preseason All-WAC Team
Niki Clement, Jr., SJSU
Teal Ericson, Sr., Nevada
Kari Gregory, Sr., Hawai'i
Tara Hittle, Jr., Hawai'i
Jamie Houston, Jr., Hawai'i
Haley Larsen, Jr., Idaho
Amanda Nielson, Sr., Utah St.
Kim Oguh, Sr., New Mexico St.
Shannon Phillips, Sr., Louisiana Tech
Juliana Sanders, Sr., Hawai'i
Jennier Senftleben, Sr., SJSU
Amber Simpson, Jr., New Mexico St.
Player of the Year: Jamie Houston, Hawai'i
