CAC Names Silver Anniversary Volleyball Team As Part Of Its 25th Year Celebration

YORK, Pa. - Gallaudet University, led by multi-sport standout Ronda Jo Miller, edged strong representation by Salisbury University and York College of Pa. on the Capital Athletic Conference's Silver Anniversary Volleyball Team. GU placed eight players on the Volleyball Silver Anniversary Team, followed by Salisbury with seven and York with four. Entering its 25th year of varsity competition, the CAC selected a Silver Anniversary Team in 19 championship sports, primarily based on season-ending conference awards as voted by the conference coaches. Each Silver Anniversary

Team will feature 25 former or current standouts. Men's and women's indoor track & field, which became a CAC championship sport in 2012, was combined with men's and women's outdoor track & field. The Silver Anniversary Golf Team has just eight members because the sport was added to the CAC championships list just seven years ago. The teams will be announced early in the regular-season for its respective sport. Each Silver Anniversary Team honoree will receive a commemorative gift from the conference, and many will be recognized by their institution/alma mater at some time during the academic year.

The University of Mary Washington, a charter member of the CAC, led the conference with 153 current and former student-athletes on the Silver Anniversary Teams, including 40 in men's and women's tennis combined. Salisbury University, which joined the CAC in the 1994-95 athletic season, was second with 121 Silver Anniversary Team honorees. CAC charter members York College of Pa. (59) and St. Mary's College of Md. (35) were next in line for most Silver Anniversary Team honorees.

The CAC was organized as a six-team affiliation in 1989 and began championship competition with the winter

sports during the 1990-91 season. Membership changes in the last decade ultimately created a 10-team conference that has become one of the strongest in NCAA Division III.

CAC teams have won 18 national team championships, and dozens of other teams have finished in among the top

four in NCAA Division III competition. In 2013-14, the CAC advanced more than 25 teams to post-season competition. Four CAC athletic programs

finished among the Top 60 in the final Learfield Cup – the only conference in the Middle Atlantic Region to accomplish that feat. One team won a national championship (Salisbury University women's lacrosse) and three others played in the national championship game. Nineteen CAC teams won at least one game in NCAA Tournament competition and 10 advanced to at least the NCAA Sweet 16.

In the last two years, CAC student-athletes have combined to win six individual national championships at NCAA

swimming or track & field competitions. The CAC student-athletes collected a record 11 Capital One Academic All-America awards in 2013-14 as well as an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship and the Josten's Award, recognizing a Division III women's basketball player for her achievements on the court, in the classroom and contributions to the community.

In the classroom, the CAC boasts 81 Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, including one Academic All-American of the Year award winner, 12 NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship winners, five NCAA Elite 89 award winners,

two Honda year-end award winners and a Josten's Award winner in women's basketball. The CAC also features an annual Academic Honor Roll that recently honored nearly 1,200 students for their academic achievements. Thousands of other student-athletes have received Player of the Year, All-America or All-Region recognition in their respective sports. (more)

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Miller was a four-time first-team CAC all-star - the only volleyball player in CAC history to earn first-team recog

nition four times - and three time Player of the Year for the Bison. She also won the same awards while representing the GU women's basketball team, earning her a spot in any discussion about the greatest athlete in CAC history as the only six-time conference Player/Athlete of the Year. Four other Silver Anniversary honorees were two-time CAC Players of the Year award winners during their career - York's

Kerry Casperson (2002 and '03) and Gallaudet's Tamijo Foronda (2004 and '06) along with Salisbury's Stacey Krebs (2007 and '08) and Carley Todd (2011 and '12).

CAC Volleyball Silver Anniversary Team Honorees

Laurie Anderson Gallaudet University

Kerry Casperson York College of Pa.

Holly Cross York College of Pa.

Jill Crouse-Wolf York College of Pa.

Tamijo Foronda Gallaudet University

Karen Gilbert Gallaudet University

Chelsea Glowacki Salisbury University

Bridget Guetle Catholic University of America

Claire Kodan St. Mary's College of Md.

Katie Korreck Salisbury University

Dyan Kovacs Gallaudet University

Kara Kowalski Salisbury University

Stacey Krebs Salisbury University

Gabby Long Salisbury University

Anne Lutkenhaus University of Mary Washington

Ronda Jo Miller Gallaudet University

Brandy Otto Gallaudet University

Abbey Petrecca Salisbury University

Lisa Skaggs University of Mary Washington

Carley Todd Salisbury University

Becky Toms York College of Pa.

Shannon Towner Gallaudet University

Valerie Trofimenkoff Gallaudet University

Cris Waterhouse Catholic University of America