Lady Argos Volleyball

Frontier Conference releases their Volleyball Academic All-Conference Selections

BILLINGS, MT (Tuesday, February 12, 2008) — The Frontier Conference recently announced their 2007 Volleyball Academic All-Conference selections and six Lady Argos were named to the team including three seniors, two sophomores and a junior. To be eligible for these selections, the student-athlete must be at least a sophomore, maintain at least a 3.0 grade point average and must also participate in at least half of their team’s games.

UNIVERSITY OF GREAT FALLS

 

Name	Year	Hometown	GPA	Major
Jocelyn Judd	Junior	Randle, WA	4.00	Biology
Calandra Buck	Sophomore	Choteau, MT	3.96	Elementary Education
Brittany Prater	Senior	Westlake, CA	3.48	Criminal Justice
Lesly Richter	Senior	Lewistown, MT	3.48	Psychology
Marissa Stanchfield	Sophomore	Cut Bank, MT	3.43	Biology
Carlina Hapke	Senior	Cut Knife, SK	3.23	Criminal Justice

 

By: Kevin Scott

C.M.R’s Decker signs to play for the Lady Argos Volleyball Team

GREAT FALLS, MT (Monday, December 3, 2007) — The University of Great Falls women’s volleyball team is excited to announce the signing of a local volleyball standout from Great Falls, Montana.

Kyah Decker from C.M. Russell High School will join the University of Great Falls volleyball team for 2008. She played volleyball all four years for the Rustlers, including this year’s team which had one of its best seasons. The Lady Rustlers were several points away from making the Class AA State Volleyball Tournament this season and had their best record in years.

Kyah was a member of the Class AA’s First Team All-Conference squad and was First Team All-State as a defensive player. She was also the team leader in digs and aces and won the best defensive player award this year.

“We are very excited to sign Kyah to play for the Argos next season. She has the desire and heart to be a great defensive player for us for years to come. Kyah comes in to UGF with the defensive skills that you just can’t teach; court sense, desire, and passion for the game. We are very excited to develop this player into what we believe could be a dominant libero in this conference,” said UGF coach Arunas Duda. 

Decker becomes the second signing for UGF coach Arunas Duda for the upcoming season. In October, Havre High’s Signe Hillson committed to playing for the University of Great Falls.

By: Kevin Scott

UGF's Schiller and Bull earn NAIA Region 1 Honorable Mention Honors

GREAT FALLS, MT (Tuesday, November 20, 2007) — The University of Great Falls volleyball team competed this past weekend at the NAIA Region 1 Volleyball Tournament in Spokane, Washington. In the opening round, UGF defeated Lewis-Clark State, the eventual Region 1 Volleyball Champions (3-1) and also swept Oregon Tech and Southern Oregon before falling to Frontier Conference foe Westminster College in the semifinals in five matches.

UGF finished the season with a conference record of 7-7 and an overall record of 18-14.

The NAIA has announced the Region 1 All-Regional Volleyball Team. UGF had two volleyball student-athletes that earned All-Region Honorable Mention honors this season.

Sophomore Samantha Bull, a middle hitter, from Lake Los Angeles, California and Kari Schiller, a junior libero from Great Falls, Montana were both named to the Region 1 honorable mention team.

The voting was conducted by the Region 1 coaches.

 

Full results are listed below.

 

First Team All-Region 

Athlete	Year	Position	School
Anile Clemente	Sophomore	Outside Hitter	Lewis-Clark State
Rachel Cotter	Senior	Libero	Concordia University
Katie Daly	Sophomore	Middle Hitter	Montana Tech
Grace Deboodt	Sophomore	Middle Hitter	Eastern Oregon Univ.
Catherine Everist	Senior	Libero	College of Idaho
Katie Hogue	Senior	Middle Hitter	College of Idaho
Angie Johnson	Senior	Outside Hitter	Westminster College
Michelle Klaja	Senior	Outside Hitter	Oregon Institute of Tech.
Brittany Kubik	Senior	Middle Hitter	Lewis-Clark State
Bree Riet	Senior	Libero	Westminster College
Lindsey Stone	Sophomore	Setter	Southern Oregon
Mia Wortel	Junior	Middle Hitter	Southern Oregon

 Honorable Mention All-Region          

Athlete	Year	Position	School
Cintia Alessi	Junior	Outside Hitter	Lewis-Clark State
Samantha Bull	Sophomore	Middle Hitter	University of Great Falls
Rashelle Davenport	Junior	Opposite	Corban College
Jessica Eliasson	Junior	Opposite	Rocky Mountain College
Leah Gradwohl	Sophomore	Outside Hitter	Warner Pacific College
Jodi Hogart	Sophomore	Setter	Montana Tech
Lauren Holtz	Freshman	Outside Hitter	Northwest University
Julie Maciboba	Junior	Middle Hitter	Lewis-Clark State
Richelle Millsap	Senior	Middle Hitter	Southern Oregon
Hailey Pearce	Senior	Setter	Rocky Mountain College
Kari Schiller	Junior	Libero	University of Great Falls
Katie Zillner	Senior	Outside Hitter	College of Idaho

 

Region Coach of the Year

Jennifer Greeny

Lewis-Clark State

Region Player of the Year

Angie Johnson

Senior

Outside Hitter

Westminster College

 

DS/Libero of the Year

Catherine Everist

Senior

Libero

College of Idaho

By: Kevin Scott

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