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CIAA Volleyball Championship Weekend Begins with Selection of 2011 All-Conference and Rookie Teams

November 2, 2011
Commissioner Leon Kerry presents gift
to Guest Speaker Nila Straka
of the Sideout Foundation

Hampton, VA… The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association in conjunction with the CIAA Volleyball Coaches Association, has selected its 2011 class of All-CIAA and All-CIAA Rookie Team honorees.

Chowan University's Victoria Lewis leads this year’s honorees as our 2011 CIAA Player of the Year. The senior outside hitter ranks among the top in the CIAA in kills 350, services aces 61, .59/set, and digs 276 with 2.68/set.

Nikira Fults, also of the Chowan Hawks, tops the rookie corps as 2011 Rookie of the Year. Fults, a freshman middle blocker from El Paso, TX ranks ninth in the CIAA in hitting percentage with 152 kills and 385 total attempts for .218/set and ninth in blocks with 69 (24 solo, 45 assisted).

The 2011 All-CIAA Team and All-CIAA Rookie Teams are listed below.

The CIAA Player and Rookie of the Year and respective teams will be honored at the Volleyball Championship Banquet held at the Newport News Marriott at the City Center, Newport News, VA on Thursday, November 3, 2011; 12:30pm.

2011 All-CIAA VOLLEYBALL TEAM

JRSY # NAME SCHOOL CLASS HT HOMETOWN MAJOR
Outside Hitters
6 Victoria Lewis CU SR 5’10 Stafford, VA Pre-Law
19 Whitney Green ECSU SO 5’11 Greenville, NC Marine Biology
1 Kathryn Tokarski SAC SR 5’10 Saskatchewan, Canada Human Performance
Middle Hitters/Blockers
7 Karina Monroe CU JR 6’1 Spotsylvania, VA Environmental Biology
6 Joi Emanuel FSU JR 6’3 Charlotte, NC Forensic Science
20 Phylicia Egbuna LC JR 5’10 Chula Vista, CA Business Administration
Setters
5 Callie Armistead CU JR 5’9 Richmond, VA Criminal Justice
1 JaMisha Jordan FSU SO 5’5 Fayetteville, NC Business Administration
Rightside Hitters
10 Megan Sawyer CU SO 5’8 Virginia Beach, VA Art Education
2 Keisha Parris SAC SR 5’10 St. Catherine, Jamaica Business Administration
Libero
1 Oasis Ellison ECSU SR 5’5 Beauford, NC Physical Education
Utility
13 Ifeyinwa Nwokolo FSU JR 5’11 Greensboro, NC Nursing
Player of the Year
6 Victoria Lewis CU SR 5’10 Stafford, VA   

All-CIAA 2nd Team

JRSY # NAME SCHOOL CLASS HT HOMETOWN MAJOR
Outside Hitters
8 Monica Ruffin CU SO 5’9 Richmond, VA Accounting
8 Lia Scott ECSU SR 5’8 Atlanta, GA Biochemistry
3 Octavia Wynn FSU JR 5’10 Hope Mills, NC Business Administration
Middle Hitters/Blockers
14 Chelsey Campbell ECSU SO 6’1 Charlotte, NC Social Work
2 LaToya Harvin FSU FR 6’0 Bell Glade, FL Elementary Education
11 DeAnn Smith WSSU JR 6’1 St. James, Barbados Communications
Setters
6 Roxanne Smith SAC SR 5’5 St. Catherine, Jamaica Biology
7 Kiara Brown WSSU SR 5’9 Raleigh, NC Nursing
Rightside Hitters
2 Kyla Shute ECSU FR 6’0 Corona, CA Middle School Education
15 Francesca Edgerton WSSU JR 5’10 Ellenboro, NC Nursing
Libero
6 Jenessa Shinauld VSU FR 5’8 Sacramento, CA Criminal Justice
Utility
12 Morghan Stallings ECSU JR 5’10 Elizabeth City, NC Pharmacy

All-ROOKIE TEAM

JRSY # NAME SCHOOL POS HT HOMETOWN MAJOR
2 Nikira Fults CU MB 5’9 El Paso, TX Pre-Law
2 Kyla Shute ECSU RS 6’0 Corona, CA Middle School Education
2 LaToya Harvin FSU MB 6’0 Bell Glade, FL Elementary Education
14 Nikita Cheadle FSU OH 5’8 Hope Mills, NC Health & Physical Education
6 Jenessa Shinauld VSU L 5’8 Sacramento, CA Criminal Justice
2 Brittany Rich WSSU U 5’8 Randleman, NC Mathematics
 
Rookie of the Year
2 Nikira Fults CU MB 5’9 El Paso, TX  

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