By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Four Washburn University volleyball seniors have earned AVCA All-America honors, led by first-team selection Allison Maxwell.
Genna Berg and Faith Rottinghaus garnered second-team accolades and Kelsey Gordon earned honorable mention.
Allison Maxwell
Genna Berg
Faith Rottinghaus
Kelsey Gordon
Maxwell, a senior middle hitter from Jefferson City, Mo., becomes the fifth player in Washburn's history to earn AVCA All-America first team honors and the first since Marissa Cox in 2013.
Maxwell earned AVCA All-American honorable mention recognition in 2018.
Maxwell is third in the nation with a .422 hitting percentage and has 361 kills this year. She was also second in the MIAA with 1.13 blocks per set and her 3.11 kills per set ranks ninth in the league. In 21 matches this fall, she has recorded a hitting percentage of .400 or higher. She has also had seven or more kills in 32 of the 34 matches played.
Maxwell become the fifth player in Washburn history to have over 1,000 career kills and 400 total blocks.
Berg, a senior outside hitter from Blue Springs, Mo., was also named to the AVCA All-America second team in 2019. This season Berg is leading the Ichabods with 434 kills and averages 3.74 kills per set.
Berg has recorded double-figure kills in 25 of the 34 matches played and in 18 of those matches, she has had 13 or more kills. She also averages 1.69 digs per set and has seven double-doubles on the year.
Shawnee Heights product Rottinghaus, a senior libero, earned her first AVCA All-American award with a second-team selection.
Rottinghaus has had a stellar year defensively, averaging 6.59 digs per set (third in Division II) and has 764 total digs (fourth in Division II). She has had 22 matches with 20 or more digs and has a .978 reception percentage, making just eight errors in 362 total reception attempts.
Rottinghaus etched her name in Washburn's record book this fall as she became the all-time career digs leader and currently has 2,607 digs.
Gordon is also a first-time AVCA All-American award winner. Gordon, a senior opposite hitter from Emporia, is third on the team with 291 kills and fifth in the MIAA with a .356 hitting percentage. She has hit .350 or better in 18 matches this fall and has had knocked down eight or more kills in 22 contests. Gordon is also second on Washburn's squad with 90 total blocks, including 11 solo stops.
Washburn AVCA All-Americans
First team
2021 - Allison Maxwell - MH - Sr.
2013 - Marissa Cox - RS - Jr.
2011 - Breanna Lewis - RS - Sr.
2008 - Monica Miesner - OH - Sr.
2007 - Tesa Jones - RS - Sr.
Second team
2021 - Genna Berg - OH - Sr.
2021 - Faith Rottinghaus - L - Sr.
2019 - Genna Berg - OH - Jr.
2016 - Sarah Vicory - MH - Sr.
2015 - Sarah Vicory - MH - Jr.
2007 - Monica Miesner - OH - Jr.
2005 - Monica Miesner - OH - So.
Third team
2015 - Leanna Willer - OH - Jr.
2009 - Kate Hampson - S - Sr.
2005 - Tessa Jones - RS - So.
2004 - Dani McHenry - OH - Sr.
Honorable mention
2021 - Kelsey Gordon - RS - Sr.
2018 - Allison Maxwell - MH - So.
2018 - Shayla Conner - S - Sr.
2016 - Leanna Willer - OH - Sr.
2016 - Alyssa Carney - DS/L - Sr.
2014 - Marissa Cox - RS - Sr.
2014 - Sarah Vicory - MH - So.
2013 - Abby Wittman - S - Sr.
2012 - Jessica Fey - MH - Sr.
2011 - Jessica Fey - MH - Jr.
2010 - Molly Smith - L - Sr.
2009 - Mollie Lacy - MH - So.
2006 - Tessa Jones - RS - Jr.
2003 - Dani McHenry - OH - Sr.
