THE COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN
IDAHO’S FABIANA SPISSO de ABREU NAMED 1999 AVCA JC/CC NATIONAL PLAYER OF
THE YEAR
Colorado Springs, Colo. - The
American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) is pleased to announce that
the College of Southern Idaho’s Fabiana Spisso de Abreu, a 6-2 sophomore
outside hitter/setter from Sao Paulo, Brazil, has been selected the 1999
AVCA Junior College/Community College National Player of the Year.
Abreu, the 1998 AVCA JC/CC National Player
of the Year, is also a two-time AVCA First-Team All-American. During
the 1999 campaign, Abreu led the No. 3 Golden Eagles to a 46-3 overall
record (.939), a seventh trip to the NJCAA national championship tournament
and a Region 18 Northern Division District Championship. However,
Southern Idaho snapped its unprecedented national title winning streak
(1993-98), as the team was toppled by Region 18 nemesis Salt Lake Community
College, 3-15, 10-15, 15-13, 15-7, 15-13, in the 1999 NJCAA national semifinal
match.
On the year, Abreu led the team in digs
with 247 (2.02 digs per game) and was No. 2 on the squad in assists with
604 (4.95 assists per game). She tallied 419 kills (an average of
3.43 kills per game), 604 assists, 61 service aces (.50 per game), 247
digs, 13 block solos and 79 block assists for 92 total (.75 blocks per
game). The team hit an impressive .383 during the 1999 season.
Abreu emerged as a team leader her freshman
season (1998), winning AVCA All-America accolades and leading the Golden
Eagles to their sixth straight national title. In high school, Abreu
played on her state team in her native Brazil from 1990-92 and was selected
to play on the national team.
The formal presentation of the award to
the 1999 AVCA National Players of the Year will be made Dec. 17, 1999,
in Honolulu, Hawai’i, at the AVCA All-America-Player of the Year banquet,
beginning at 9 a.m. The banquet, which will take place at the Hawaiian
Regent at Waikiki Beach, is held in conjunction with the 1999 AVCA National
Convention and NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball National Championship.
