Nicole Hill
  • Nursing
  • Class of 2021
  • Parsippany, NJ

Volleyball Earns Four End of Year Awards

2017 Oct 31

The Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) has announced its 2017 end of the season volleyball awards. These awards include Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year, All-CSAC and the All-CSAC All-Sportsmanship team. The awards were determined by a vote of the conference's 12 head coaches.

"I am extremely proud of our team this year," commented Head Coach Shelby Morgan. "Nicole, Tiffany, and Devyn have been impact players that have contributed to our team success and growth. Each of them have been great leaders anddeserve the recognition. We are excited for the future and I am honored to be recognized by my peers but it is truly our athletes and my coaching staff that put in the work day in and day out. "

The Falcons had four members honored, the first, freshman defensive specialist Tiffany Hoppes (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) was named to the CSAC All-Conference First Team. This is the first time since 2000 that Cedar Crest has been honored with a First Team selection. Hoppes, after her first season, is in the Cedar Crest College record book as she sits in second for digs in a season with 415. This season she has been on the CSAC Honor Roll twice and has contributed 56 service aces, 26 kills, and 29 assists.

Next, sophomore middle hitter Nicole Hill (Parsippany, NJ/Parsippany) was named to the CSAC Honorable Mention Team. Hill led the team with 220 kills, 54 blocks, 67 digs and 23 service aces and was named CSAC Player of the Week. Freshman setter Devyn Crowder (Aston, Pa./Sun Valley) was named to the CSAC All-Sportsmanship Team, Crowder paced the Falcons this season with 296 assists, while adding 113 kills, 72 service aces, 163 digs, and 10 blocks.

Finally, Cedar Crest coach Shelby Morgan was named as the 2017 CSAC Coach of the Year. She becomes the third coach from Cedar Crest to win the award (Stewart Arevallo a 1998, Dave Stever a 2000). In her third year at Cedar Crest, she guided the Falcons to a record of 17-6, the most wins in Cedar Crest history and a conference mark of 6-4.

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