NIACC's Wagner earns first-team all-conference honors

NIACC's Hannah Wagner was a first-team all-region selection.

November 5, 2018

MASON CITY - NIACC sophomore outside hitter Hannah Wagner was selected to the ICCAC first team.

Wagner, who led the Lady Trojans with 581 kills, is the first NIACC player to earn first-team all-conference honors since Samantha Pedersen was a first-team pick in 2009. The 581 kills by Wagner this season ranks first on the school's single-season kills list.

Also, NIACC freshman Kennedy Meister was a second-team all-conference selection as an outside hitter. Meister was second on the team with 408 kills, which ranks fourth on the school's all-time single-season list.

NIACC sophomore libero Connor Gauch and sophomore setter Sydney Roush were both honorable mention all-conference picks. Gauch led the Lady Trojans with 651 digs, which ranks first on the school's all-time single-season list, and Roush led the team with 722 assists, which ranks 12th on the school's all-time single-season list.

Gauch ranks fifth on NIACC's career digs list with 813 and Roush ranks third on the school's career assist list with 1,521.

Wagner, who is NIACC's career kills leader with 859, was also a first-team NJCAA Region XI-B selection. Meister and Gauch were both second-team Region XI-B picks. Region XI-B, this season, was made up of teams from Northeast, NIACC, Hawkeye CC and Southwestern.

NIACC was 23-15 in 2018 and advanced to the NJCAA Region XI-B title game before falling to Northeast CC.

All-Conference Selections

1st Team All-Conference

Name	School	Position	Year
Amber Dilsaver	DMACC	MH	Fr.
Megan Hudson	Hawkeye	OH	Fr.
Maggie Driscol	Hawkeye	S	Fr.
Abby Lohrmann	Iowa Central	S	So.
Amaya Finley	Iowa Central	OH	Fr.
Alexa Aldrich-Ingram	Kirkwood	RS	So.
Hannah Wagner	NIACC	OH	So.
Savannah Nelson	Northeast	S	So.

2nd Team All-Conference

Name	School	Position	Year
Gil Tupper	DMACC	S	So.
Kryssie Okinaka	Iowa Central	L	So.
Libby Zorn	Iowa Central	OH	So.
Lauren Keane	Kirkwood	S	So.
Kenney Meister	NIACC	OH	Fr.
Hannah Heppner	Northeast	MB	Fr.
Kalli Brester	Northeast	OH	So.
Shaniah Palefei	Southeastern	L	So.

Honorable Mention All-Conference

Name	School	Position	Year
Madison Paulsen	DMACC	OH	So.
Peyton Parker	DMACC	OH	So.
Gigi Olivo	Ellsworth	L	Fr.
Jesenia Colbert	Ellsworth	OH	So.
Paige Eiffler	Hawkeye	OH/RS	Fr.
Haylee Keune	Hawkeye	L/DS	Fr.
Kayla Faldet	Iowa Central	MB	So.
Asarar Gony	Iowa Central	MB	Fr.
Faith Marroquin	Iowa Lakes	L	Fr.
Keyeria Tyeskie	Iowa Lakes	MB	Fr.
Abbi Tunis	Kirkwood	MB	So.
Maddie Lavenz	Kirkwood	L	So.
Connor Gauch	NIACC	L	So.
Sydney Roush	NIACC	S	So.
Elley Beaver	Northeast	RS	Fr.
Delaney Belt	Northeast	DS	So.
Taylor Menzies	Southeastern	MB	So.
Mariah Cook	Southeastern	S	So.
Ashely Porter	Southwestern	S	So.
Lyann Mena Rodriguez	Southwestern	L	Fr.

Conference Coach of the Year – Sarah Horn – Iowa Central

Player of the Year – Alexa Aldrich-Ingram – Kirkwood

Freshman of the Year – Megan Hudson – Hawkeye

First Team All-Region XI-A

Name	School	Position	Year
Amber Dilsaver	DMACC	MH	Fr.
Abby Lohrmann	Iowa Central	S	So.
Amaya Finley	Iowa Central	OH	Fr.
Libby Zorn	Iowa Central	OH	So.
Alexa Aldrich-Ingram	Kirkwood	RS	So.
Lauren Keane	Kirkwood	S	So.

Second Team All-Region XI A

Name	School	Position	Year
Gil Tupper	DMACC	S	So.
Madison Paulsen	DMACC	OH	So.
Kryssie Okinaka	Iowa Central	DS	So.
Kayla Faldet	Iowa Central	MB	So.
Faith Marroquin	Iowa Lakes	DS?L	Fr.
Abbi Tunis	Kirkwood	MH	So.
Shaniah Paleafei	Southeastern	LB	So.

First Team All-Region XI-B

Name	School	Position	Year
Megan Hudson	Hawkeye	OH	Fr.
Maggie Driscol	Hawkeye	S	Fr.
Hannah Wagner	NIACC	OH	So.
Savannah Nelson	Northeast	S	So.
Hannah Heppner	Northeast	MB	Fr.
Kalli Brester	Northeast	OH	So.

2nd Team All-Region XI-B

Name	School	Position	Year
Gigi Olivo	Ellsworth	DS	Fr.
Jessica Hopkins	Hawkeye	OH/MH	Fr.
Kennedy Meister	NIACC	OH/DS	Fr.
Connor Gauch	NIACC	OH/DS	So.
Elley Beaver	Northeast	RS	Fr.
Gabriela Barbosa	Northeast	DS	So.
Jada Perkins	Southwestern	OH	So.