OAC Announces Volleyball All-OAC Teams & Special Awards

Posted: Nov 11, 2024

Volleyball All-OAC History | 2024 All-OAC Volleyball (PDF)

WESTERVILLE, Ohio - The Ohio Athletic Conference announced 2024 its All-Conference honors on Monday, as selected by the league’s ten head volleyball coaches. Five schools placed at least one player on the first team, with Marietta and Otterbein each producing five All-OAC selections.

Kristy Newman | OAC Coach of the Year

Marietta’s seventh-year Head Coach Kristy Newman has been chosen by her colleagues as the OAC Coach of the Year. The Pioneers finished the regular season with a perfect record of 22-0 overall and 9-0 in the OAC to win its first OAC Regular Season Title in program history. The Pioneers are currently ranked #9 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III Volleyball weekly rankings, and are the No.1 seed in this week's OAC Volleyball Tournament.

Maggie Fellers | OAC Sheila Wallace-Kovalchik Player of the Year

Marietta senior middle blocker Maggie Fellers has been chosen by the league coaches as the Sheila Wallace-Kovalchik Player of the Year. Fellers closed the regular season with 2.58 kills per set, and a 289 hitting percentage.

Abby Bednar | OAC Newcomer of the Year

John Carroll senior outside hitter Abby Bednar has been chosen by the league coaches as the OAC Newcomer of the Year. Bednar finished the season averaging 2.63 kills, 2.54 digs and 3.1 points per set.

Rachel Jennings | OAC Witte-Zicha Libero of the Year

Ohio Northern senior Rachel Jennings was selected by the league coaches as the OAC Libero of the Year. Jennings finished the regular season with an impressive 4.90 digs-per-set.

2024 All-OAC Volleyball Teams

First Team

Name	School	Yr.	Pos.
Maggie Fellers	Marietta	Sr.	MB
Emory Spitler	Marietta	Jr.	S
Heaven Bartell	Mount Union	Sr.	OH
Erin Wagner	Ohio Northern	Sr.	RS
Kennedy Hoffman	Otterbein	Sr.	OH
Jillian Fellers	Marietta	Jr.	OH
Abby Bednar	John Carroll	Sr.	OH
Mia Silva	Marietta	Sr.	OH

Second Team

Name	School	Yr.	Pos.
Mackenzie Krous	Muskingum	So.	MH
Josie Niemeyer	Muskingum	Jr.	MH
Alexis Myer	Mount Union	Sr.	MH
Lauren James	Ohio Northern	Sr.	MH
Olivia Vitaz	Otterbein	Jr.	S
Rachel Jennings	Ohio Northern	Sr.	DS
Amanda Troyer	Otterbein	Sr.	DS
Lauren Gardner	Baldwin Wallace	Sr.	DS
Keira Shannon	Marietta	Jr.	DS

Honorable Mention

Name	School	Yr.	Pos.
Riley Tople	Heidelberg	Jr.	RS
Emerson Baum	Otterbein	Fr.	MB
Josie Lynn	Baldwin Wallace	Fr.	MH
Ava Bolen	Mount Union	So.	MH
Kristen Scherger	Otterbein	Sr.	MH
Jessica Liddle	John Carroll	Sr.	MH
Grace Dohanyos	Heidelberg	Jr.	DS