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1999 Senior Class Bonnie Bremner • Setter • Lisle, Ill.
Four-time All-American ... two-time GTE Academic All-American of the Year for women’s volleyball in 1998 and 1999 ... Big Ten Player of the Year in 1997 and 1998 ... NCAA Championship all-tournament team (1998 and 1999) ... four-time All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Freshman of the Year (1996).
Year MP-GP 1996 34-114 1997 36-120 1998 36-114 1999 37-124 Career 143-472
K 173 203 248 156 780
E 33 40 46 39 158
TA 363 436 485 366 1650
Pct. .386 .374 .416 .320 .377
A 1478 1474 1364 1595 5911
SA 23 18 23 23 87
Digs 280 266 220 222 988
BS 7 5 5 10 27
Lauren Cacciamani • Middle Hitter • Paramus, N.J.
BA 83 84 65 75 307
TB 90 89 70 85 334
Three-time All-American ... 1999 AVCA Co-Player of the Year ... two-time Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Championship (1998 & 1999) ... 1999 Honda Sports Award winner for women’s volleyball ... Big Ten Player of the Year in 1999 ... twotime GTE Academic All-American ... four-time All-Big Ten.
Year MP-GP 1996 32-106 1997 36-117 1998 36-114 1999 37-124 Career 141-461
K 350 372 442 586 1,750
E 80 90 86 101 357
TA 723 751 863 1225 3,562
Pct. .373 .375 .413 .396 .391
A 19 22 21 22 84
SA 8 6 12 27 53
Digs 124 143 165 240 672
BS 40 40 33 48 161
Kalna Miller • Back Row Specialist • Pittsburgh, Pa.
BA 135 163 160 148 606
TB 175 203 193 196 767
Gave up final year of eligibility after graduating in May 2000 ... three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection ... appeared in every match over final two seasons.
Year MP-GP 1997 28-53 1998 36-100 1999 37-116 Career 101-269
K 0 1 2 3
E 0 0 2 2
TA 0 1 7 8
Pct. .000 1.000 .000 .125
A 8 9 14 31
SA 3 10 15 28
Digs 41 136 200 377
BS 0 0 0 0
Carrie Schonveld • Outside Hitter • Portage, Mich.
BA 0 0 0 0
TB 0 0 0 0
NCAA Championship All-Tournament team in 1997 and 1999 ... three-time Academic All-Big Ten ... 1998 NCAA Central Regional Most Valuable Player ... honorable mention All-Big Ten in 1998 and 1999 ... ranks among PSU’s top 10 in career aces, digs and total blocks.
Year MP-GP 1996 30-74 1997 34-108 1998 36-112 1999 37-122 Career 137-416
K 182 311 298 345 1136
E 64 100 100 98 362
TA 430 797 771 893 2891
Pct. .274 .265 .257 .277 .268
A 23 48 68 42 181
SA 8 30 23 43 104
Digs 166 286 318 383 1153
BS 8 14 20 16 58
BA 53 53 81 70 257
TB 61 67 101 86 315
The 1999 seniors led Penn State to its firstever NCAA Women’s Volleyball title (from left) Carrie Schonveld, Leilani Schlottfeldt, Bonnie Bremner, Kalna Miller and Lauren Cacciamani. (Schlottfeldt decided to return for her final year of eligibility in 2000.)
FINISHING ON TOP
The class of 1999 – Bonnie Bremner, Lauren Cacciamani, Kalna Miller and Carrie Schonveld – had been through it before, but their final year had a different, even storybook ending. After losing in the regionals finals as freshmen, these four followed up with a pair of NCAA Semifinal appearances that led to five-game losses in the title match. Those memories were all erased with a three-game sweep of Stanford for the first women’s volleyball title in school history. What the seniors were a part of is nothing short of incredible. They helped Penn State to an amazing 137-5 record with a share of two Big Ten championships (1996 & 1997) before winning it outright in 1998 and 1999. The quartet also compiled a 77-3 mark (.963) in Big Ten matches, including consecutive 200 seasons over the past two years. They made Penn State the first school in Big Ten history to win four consecutive crowns and never lost a match at home.
HOME SWEET HOME
Talk about a home-court advantage – the four seniors never even lost a match and dropped only nine games in University Park. The 1999 senior class took the court in Rec Hall 78 times in their four years and each time they left with a win – a large part of the reason Penn State sits at second place in the NCAA records for consecutive home wins at 87. What’s even more amazing is the manner in which Penn State has won at home. During the seniors’ last 62 matches in Rec Hall, only Wisconsin (twice) and Texas (twice) were able to take a game. But it gets better...in the 80 consecutive home wins the class was a part of, 72 of those were three-game sweeps and the Lions never had to play five games.
1999, 2007, 2008 & 2009 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, 29 CONSECUTIVE NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES
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