2012 Men's NAIA All-American Team Announced
4/19/2012
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 19, 2012) - The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) is pleased to announce its third annual NAIA Men's Volleyball All-America Team.
This year's team honors 10 student-athletes: three seniors, two juniors, four sophomores and one freshman. Four of the distinguished individuals are outside hitters, while three middle blockers, two setters and one right side hitter earn accolades.
Both St. Ambrose University and Missouri Baptist College had two individuals honored, while Cardinal Stritch University, Graceland University, Hope International University, Grand View University, Clarke University and Park University each landed one player on the list. Earning repeat All-America nods were Dan Dowjotas (St. Ambrose University), Anthony Robinson (Graceland University), Kyle Schwetz (St. Ambrose University) and Fray Arteaga (Park University).
The selections were made by the AVCA NAIA Men's Volleyball All-America Committee: Bill Gleeson - Chair (St. Ambrose University), Paul Lawson (Alverno College), Chad McDole (Park University), Kristofer Dorn (Clarke University), Donan Cruz (Grand View University) and John Yehling (Missouri Baptist University).
2012 AVCA NAIA MEN'S ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
|
Player |
Institution |
Pos |
Yr |
Ht |
Hometown |
|
Fray Arteaga** |
Park University |
OH |
Sr. |
6'2 |
Maracay, Venezuela |
|
Gustavo Cintron |
Missouri Baptist College |
RS/Opp. |
So. |
6'2 |
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida |
|
Dan Dowjotas*** |
St. Ambrose University |
OH |
Sr. |
6'3 |
Westmont, Illinois |
|
Robert Esser |
Missouri Baptist College |
S |
So. |
6'4 |
Gilbert, Arizona |
|
Noah Mader |
Cardinal Stritch University |
MB |
So. |
6'7 |
Appleton, Wisconsin |
|
Danilo Pereira |
Hope International University |
S |
Sr. |
6'2 |
Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
|
Anthony Robinson** |
Graceland University |
OH |
Jr. |
6'2 |
Waianae, Hawai'i |
|
Kyle Schwetz** |
St. Ambrose University |
MB |
Jr. |
6'5 |
Carol Stream, Illinois |
|
Nikola Vukicevic |
Grand View University |
MB |
So. |
6'6 |
Belgrade, Serbia |
|
Tyler Wills |
Clarke University |
OH |
Fr. |
6'6 |
Galena, IL |
*Denotes number of years named AVCA NAIA Men's All-America
AVCA NAIA Men's National Player of the Year: To be announced Thursday, April 26, 2012
