Tomoletz and Wellman tabbed All-Conference Volleyball Second Team
DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced the Volleyball All-Conference and marquee awards on Tuesday with a pair of Defiance Yellow Jackets earning Second Team honors. Recognition was decided by a vote of HCAC coaches.
Defiance is represented in the league's awards by sophomore Kaylynn Wellman (Defiance, Ohio) and freshman Jaelyn Tomoletz (Perry, Ohio), both earning All-Conference Second Team.
Wellman played in every set played this season and led the Yellow Jackets with 151 kills, averaging just below two per set this year (1.89).
Tomoletz was one of the team's most efficient hitters, converting better than 24 percent of her attacks and her 112 kills were third-best on the club. She also blocked 60 total attacks on defense with 38 solo blocks. Her solo blocks total was the most by any player in the HCAC in 2022.
The complete results of the HCAC's Volleyball Awards are listed below.
Player of the Year – Grace Ward, Transylvania University
Defensive Player of the Year – Lily Ebright, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Newcomer of the Year – Isabella Myers, Transylvania University
Coach of the Year – Amy Barmore, Transylvania University
All-Conference First Team
Name |
POS |
Institution |
Erin Androne |
DS |
Mount St. Joseph |
Brooke Aselage |
OH |
Mount St. Joseph |
Lily Ebright |
DS |
Rose-Hulman |
Allie Fults |
MH |
Rose-Hulman |
Kayden Holcomb |
OH / DS |
Transylvania |
Karrington Jackson |
MB |
Transylvania |
Olivia Kyrk |
MH |
Earlham |
Shaylen Perry |
MH |
Anderson |
Cate Scheper |
OH |
Transylvania |
Molly Schwarzkopf |
MH |
Hanover |
Erin Wagner |
S |
Earlham |
Grace Ward |
S |
Transylvania |
Grace Young |
MH / OH |
Mount St. Joseph |
Maria Young |
RS |
Earlham |
All-Conference Second Team
Name |
POS |
Institution |
Avery Ball |
OH |
Manchester |
Carley Camp |
MH |
Manchester |
Casey Dunn |
DS |
Hanover |
Chloe Holder |
MB |
Franklin |
Joy Maze |
OH |
Manchester |
Erin Roach |
DS |
Anderson |
Jennifer Shamel |
L |
Earlham |
CC Shick |
RS / MH |
Hanover |
MH |
Defiance |
|
OH |
Defiance |
|
Morgan Whitaker |
OH |
Mount St. Joseph |
Maddie White |
S |
Bluffton |
Miranda Wilson |
OH |
Franklin |
Jenna Woods |
MH |
Bluffton |
First-Year Team
Name |
POS |
Institution |
Ruthie Bingham |
OH |
Mount St. Joseph |
Chloe Burton |
S |
Mount St. Joseph |
Lily Ebright |
DS |
Rose-Hulman |
Isabella Myers |
OH / S |
Transylvania |
Maddie Robertson |
MH |
Hanover |
CC Shick |
RS / MH |
Hanover |
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