Nittany Lion Honors & Awards
Bonnie Bremner, Penn State’s first four-time AllAmerican, was selected as the GTE Academic AllAmerican of the Year in 1998 and 1999.
AVCA All-Americans Ellen Crandell, 1979, 80, 81 Lori Barberich, 1982, 83, 84 Ellen Hensler, 1985, 86 Noelle Zientara, 1988, 1990 JoAnn Elwell, 1989, 90 Michelle Jaworski, 1989, 90 Leanne Kling, 1991, 92 Salima Davidson, 1992, 93, 94 Laura Cook, 1994 Saundi Lamoureux, 1994 Terri Zemaitis 1995, 96, 97 Bonnie Bremner, 1996, 97, 98, 99 Angie Kammer, 1996 Lauren Cacciamani, 1997, 98, 99 Lindsay Anderson, 1998 Katie Schumacher, 1999, 2000 Mishka Levy, 2000 Cara Smith, 2002, 03 (1st) Erin Iceman, 2003 (HM) Sam Tortorello, 2003 (2nd), 04, 05 (1st) Syndie Nadeau, 2004 (2nd) Melissa Walbridge, 2005 (2nd) Kaleena Walters, 2005 (HM) Nicole Fawcett, 2005 (2nd), 06, 07, 08 (1st) Christa Harmotto, 2005 (HM), 06 (2nd), 07, 08 (1st) Megan Hodge, 2006, 07, 08, 09 (1st) Alisha Glass, 2007 (2nd), 08, 09 (1st) Blair Brown, 2008 (2nd), 09, 10 (1st) Arielle Wilson, 2008 (2nd), 09, 10 (1st) Darcy Dorton, 2009 (HM) Deja McClendon, 2010 (2nd), 2011 (1st) Katie Slay, 2011 (2nd) Ariel Scott, 2011 (3rd) AVCA All-Region Lori Barberich, 1981 Ellen Crandell, 1981 136
Lisa Leap, 1986 JoAnn Elwell, 1990 Michelle Jaworski, 1990 Salima Davidson, 1993, 94 Saundi Lamoureux, 1993 Zeynep Ton, 1993-94 Laura Cook, 1994 Terri Zemaitis, 1995, 96, 97 Bonnie Bremner, 1996, 97, 98, 99 Lauren Cacciamani, 1996, 97, 98, 99 Angie Kammer, 1996 Christy Cochran, 1997, 98 Lindsay Anderson, 1998 Emily Stout, 1998 Amanda Rome, 1999 Katie Schumacher, 1999, 2000, 01 Carrie Schonveld, 1999 Mishka Levy, 2000, 02 Cara Smith, 2002, 03 Sam Tortorello, 2002, 03, 04, 05 Erin Iceman, 2003 Syndie Nadeau, 2004 Kaleena Walters, 2004, 05 Melissa Walbridge, 2005 Nicole Fawcett, 2005, 06, 07, 08 Christa Harmotto, 2005, 06, 07, 08 Megan Hodge, 2006, 07, 08, 09 Alisha Glass, 2007, 08, 09 Blair Brown, 2008, 09, 10 Arielle Wilson, 2008, 09, 10 Deja McClendon, 2010, 11 Ariel Scott, 2011 Katie Slay, 2011 AVCA Region Freshman of the Year Cassy Salyer, 2003 Nicole Fawcett, 2005 Megan Hodge, 2006 Darcy Dorton, 2009 Deja McClendon, 2010 Micha Hancock, 2011 AVCA National Freshman of the Year Nicole Fawcett, 2005 Megan Hodge, 2006 Deja McClendon, 2010 AVCA National Coach of the Year Russ Rose, 1997, 99, 2007, 08 AVCA Hall of Fame Tom Tait, 2003 Russ Rose, 2007 AVCA/Sports Imports National Player of the Week Syndie Nadeau, Nov. 8, 2004 Sam Tortorello, Oct. 3, 2005 Alisha Glass, Sept. 11, 2006; Nov. 19, 2007; Nov. 18, 2008 Megan Hodge, Sept. 10, 2007; Sept. 22, 2009; Nov. 3, 2009
Syndie Nadeau earned Penn State’s first-ever AVCA/ Sports Imports National Player of the Week award on Nov. 8, 2004.
NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team Salima Davidson, 1993, 94 Jen Reimers, 1993 Zeynep Ton, 1993 Lauren Cacciamani, 1997, 98, 99 Carrie Schonveld, 1997, 99 Terri Zemaitis, 1997 Bonnie Bremner, 1998, 99 Nicole Fawcett, 2007, 08 Christa Harmotto, 2007 Alisha Glass, 2007, 08, 09 Megan Hodge, 2007, 08, 09 Arielle Wilson, 2009, 10 Blair Brown, 2010 Kristin Carpenter, 2010 Deja McClendon, 2010 NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player Terri Zemaitis, 1997 Lauren Cacciamani, 1998 (Co), 99 Megan Hodge, 2007, 08 Deja McClendon, 2010 NCAA Tournament All-Region Team Ellen Hensler, 1986 Lisa Leap, 1986, 87 Elizabeth Ramirez, 1986, 88 Michelle Jaworski, 1987, 88, 90 JoAnn Elwell, 1987, 88, 90 Leanne Kling, 1990, 91, 92 Noelle Zientara, 1990 Salima Davidson, 1991, 92, 93, 94 Jenny Schuller, 1991 Laura Cook, 1992, 94 Kim Kumfer, 1992 Saundi Lamoureux, 1993, 94 Jen Reimers, 1993
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