COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Western Colorado's
Maggie Olson and
Seyun Park have earned honorable mention All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference volleyball honors, as announced by the league office Wednesday morning.
Olson, a sophomore outside hitter, led Western in total kills (3.27), kills per set (3.27), points (324.0) and points/set (3.64). Her set average in kills was seventh in the RMAC and her points/set rate was 10th.
She posted a season – and career -- high of 22 kills in a 3-2 win over Black Hills State, that figure registering the match high by a Mountaineer during the year. Olson's 20 kills in two other matches were also the second most kills in a match by a Western attacker.
Her 14 kills in a three-set match, 20 in a four-set match, and 22 in that five-setter were each a team high in all three categories.\\Olson played in all 26 matches and played in 89 of a possible 93 sets.
A junior middle blocker in her first season at Western, Park's attacking percentage of .311 was 12th best in the RMAC. She posted a season best of .600 (7 K, 1 E, 10 TA) in a loss to Western Oregon, and her second highest figure (.533) was an unblemished match (8 K, 0 E, 15 TA) in a four-set win over West Alabama.
Park's season total of 258 kills trailed only Olson on the team list, and Park registered double digits in 12 matches with a season high of 20 in a five-set loss to Westminster.
With 10 solo blocks and 37 block assists for a season total of 47.0, Park was the Mountaineers' prime defender at the net. She averages 0.51 blocks/set and registered at least two blocks in 11 matches, with a season high of 5.0 blocks twice during the year.
Park played and started all 26 matches for the Mountaineers and was on the court for every one of the 93 total sets in the season.
All-conference teams are voted on by the league's coaches, who also submit the nominations for consideration.
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