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By Steve Carpenter
HCC Sports Information Director
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
After one of the best single seasons in
Hutchinson Community College volleyball history, sophomore middle blocker
Ludmila Amaral was named to the first team of the 2007 NJCAA Division I
Volleyball All-America team.
The 2007 All-America team was released by the
NJCAA National Office on Wednesday.
Amaral, a 6-foot sophomore middle blocker
from Cubatao, Brazil, becomes the second two-time All-American in HCC
history, joining two-time first-team All-American Mariana Blum.
Amaral was second-team All-American in 2006.
Amaral’s selection to the first team marks
the fourth-straight season that the Lady Dragons have had a player on the
first team (Mariana Blum, 2004 and 2005; Brandi Hood, 2006). This is the
fifth-straight season for HCC to have an All-American volleyball player.
Amaral is the only Jayhawk West volleyball
player to earn first-team recognition. Jayhawk West player of the year Dan
Yang of Seward County was named to the second team. Barton County setter
Alik Cardoso de Sa was honorable mention.
During her sophomore season, Amaral ranked in
the Top 10 of eight different statistical categories in Lady Dragon history.
Those rankings and marks are:
Amaral’s 2007 Season
Rankings Rank Total/Pct.
Games
Played
7 134
Kills
3 479
Kills Per
Game
3 3.57
Attacks
5 987
Attacks Per
Game 11 7.37
Hitting
Percentage
5 .399
Service
Aces
9 61
Service Aces Per game
10 0.46
Blocks
3 164.5
Blocks Per
Game 5
1.23
Amaral had 20 matches with double-figure
kills and three double-doubles. She had three matches with hitting
percentages of .700 or better, six matches of .600 or better and 14 matches
of .500 or better.
Amaral had a single-match record 26 kills in
a four-game victory over No. 17 Northeastern Junior College, one of three
matches with 20-plus kills.
Against Division II, No. 3 Cowley College,
Amaral posted the third-highest single-game hitting percentage in Lady
Dragon history with a .864 (19 kills, 22 attempts).
She was named first-team All-Jayhawk West and
first-team All-Region VI in leading the Lady Dragons to a 26-17 record
against the toughest schedule in the country and a berth in the Region VI
championship match for the seventh-straight season.
Amaral completes one of the most successful
careers for the Lady Dragons, ranking in the top 10 of 10 career categories,
Those rankings and marks are:
Amaral’s Career
Rankings Rank Total/Pct.
Games
Played
T5 261
Kills
2 863
Kills Per
Game
2 3.31
Attacks
2 1,874
Attacks Per
Game 7
7.18
Hitting
Percentage
4 .360
Service
Aces
3 108
Service Aces Per game
T5 0.41
Blocks
2 321.5
Blocks Per
Game 2
1.23
Digs
11 659
Digs Per
Game 17
2.52
In addition to earning second-team
All-America honors as a freshman, Amaral was the 2006 Jayhawk West Freshman
of the Year and first-team All-Jayhawk West and All-Region VI performer.
Amaral was a key figure in HCC winning a
third-straight Jayhawk West and Region VI championship and a third-straight
berth in the NJCAA Tournament, where the Lady Dragons knocked off perennial
national tournament participant Miami-Dade in the first round.
2007 NJCAA ALL-AMERICA TEAM
First Team
Alyssa Wistrick, College of Southern Idaho
Fr. MB
Brittney Herzog, MSU-West
Plains So. MB
Heather Bowman, Arkansas-Fort Smith
So. L
Juliana Paz, Iowa
Western So. OH
Leticia Kuhn, Tyler Junior
College So. OH
Ligia Clemente, San
Jacinto So. RS
Lina Maria Vanegas, Blinn
College So. MB
Ludmila Amaral,
Hutchinson So. MB
Michaela Hanakova, Salt Lake CC
So. S
Pamela Ruiz, Frank Phillips
College So. RS
Paola Ampudia,
Miami-Dade So. OH
Soriana Pacheco, Western
Nebraska
So. S
Second Team
Addi Radke, Northeastern Junior College
So. OH
Allyson Goldbach, Florida
CC Fr. OH
Cinthia Silva, Salt Lake
CC So. OH
Dan Yang, Seward
County Fr. OH
Jennifer Eichler, Western
Nebraska So. RS
Jordan Kent, Northwest-Shoals
CC So. MB
Julia Kenealy, Iowa
Western So. MB
Patricia Gandolfo, MSU-West
Plains So. MB
Patty Paniagua, Arizona
Western So. MB
Perla Foudoa, Frank Phillips
College So. S
Rose Medrano,
Miami-Dade Fr. MB
Xiaoting Ma, Redlands
CC Fr. OH
Honorable Mention
Alik Cardoso de Sa, Barton
County So. S
Emily Calderon-Reyes, Hillsborough CC
Fr. OH
Fatima Baiza, Western
Nebraska Fr. MB
Hanna Valli, Arkansas-Fort
Smith So. RS
Kassia Pinto, Lake Land
College Fr. OH
Kayleigh Giddens, Frank Phillips College
Fr. OH |
