Eight PBC Volleyball Players Named Daktronics All-Region

Eight Peach Belt Conference volleyball players were named to the Daktronics All-Southeast Region team.  Four of those players were placed on the first team and are eligible for All-America consideration.  In all, PBC players took more than half of the available 15 spots on both teams combined and four of the seven first-team selections.

Flagler led all schools in the region with four picks.  Dianna Craine and Crystal Niederriter were named first-team while Olivia Snipes and Casey Gnann second team.  Armstrong Atlantic State was next with three overall selections; Brendyce Budd and Brittany Wolf were placed on the first team with Jessica Santaniello on the second team  Montevallo was the only other PBC school to have a player on the team with Manyi Ati named second team.

 The Daktronics NCAA DII teams are voted on by the NCAA Division II members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA) from the Southeast Region, which is comprised of schools from Conference Carolinas, the South Atlantic Conference and the Peach Belt Conference. The online nomination and voting process is powered by ATHLETICSITE.COM.

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2011 Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region Volleyball Team

 First Team

Pos.    Name                          School                        Year    Hometown

RS       Anna Hilton                 Wingate                       Soph.   Hickory, N.C.

OH      Dianna Craine             Flagler                         Jr.        Oshawa, Ontario

RS       Brendyce Budd           Armstrong                   Sr.       Page, Ariz.

MH      Brittany Wolf               Armstrong                   Jr.        Bethlehem, Ga.

MH      Crystal Niederriter       Flagler                         Jr.        Merritt Island, Fla.

S          # Liz Willis                   Wingate                       Sr.       Raleigh, N.C.

L/DS    * Caitlyn Dean             Tusculum                    Soph.   Fort Wayne, Ind.

Pos.    Name                          School                        Year    Hometown

OH      Cory McGowan          Wingate                       Soph.   Pittsburgh, Pa.

OH      Jessica Santaniello     Armstrong                   Soph.   Boca Raton, Fla.

OH      Taylor Clendenin         Lees-McRae               Jr.        Statesville, N.C.

MH      Nikki James                Carson-Newman        Sr.       Cookeville, Tenn.

MH      Blaire Fowler               Lincoln Memorial        Jr.        Fort Worth, Texas

MH      Manyi Ati                     Montevallo                  Soph.   Lawrenceville, Ga.

S          Olivia Snipes               Flagler                         Sr.       Easley, S.C.

L/DS    Casey Gnann              Flagler                         Jr.        Boca Raton, Fla.

* - 2010 Daktronics All-Southeast Region First Team

# - 2009 Daktronics All-Southeast Region Second Team