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Lauren Cacciamani and Bonnie Bremner of Division I champion Penn State highlight this year's GTE Academic All-America Women's Volleyball Team, announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Cacciamani and Bremner are among a group of five first-team members in the university and college divisions who made the first team for the second consecutive year.
Cacciamani was named as the most outstanding player in the 1999 Division I Women's Volleyball Championship after compiling 20 kills in the Nittany Lions' three-game sweep of Stanford in the title match.
Bremner, who joined Cacciamani on the all-tournament team, was the Big Ten Conference player of the year in 1997 and 1998 and was named the university division's GTE Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for the second straight season.
During their four years at Penn State, Cacciamani and Bremner helped the Nittany Lions to a 77-3 conference record and an unbeaten slate at home.
Also named to the university
division's first team for the second straight time were Carolyn Clevenger of Georgia Tech and Cindy Vojtech of Fordham.
In the college division, Ushi Patel of Rochester Institute of Technology was named team member of the year, and Lynn Olsen of Wisconsin-Whitewater was a repeat selection on the first team.
The GTE Academic All-America Teams are selected by CoSIDA members. Team members are varsity starters or key reserves who have maintained a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.200 (4.000 scale).
This year's teams:
UNIVERSITY DIVISION
First team
Bonnie Bremner, Penn State, speech communication; Lauren Cacciamani, Penn State, art education; Carolyn Clevenger, Georgia Tech, public policy/history of technology; Michele Hallagin, Wichita State, exercise science/physical therapy; Carrie Patterson, Kent, speech pathology; Cindy Vojtech, Fordham, business administration/finance.
Second team
Liz Covill, Weber State, English; Annie Gant, Cincinnati, marketing; Anja Grabovac, Long Beach State, business; Ramsey Herron, Western Carolina, biology; Colleen Lee, Providence , English; Nancy Meendering, Nebraska, advertising.
Third team
Kelly Campbell, Colorado, broadcast journalism; Melissa Hodge, La Salle, management/marketing; Melissa Lucas, Idaho State, finance; Tamara Luckemeyer, Texas-San Antonio, biology; Erica Miller, Wright State, communication studies, Kia Young, Baylor, medical technology/biology.
COLLEGE DIVISION
First team
Kim Arndt, Wisconsin-Eau Claire, biology education; Joyce Jordahl, Northern Colorado, chemistry; Lynn Olsen, Wisconsin-Whitewater, accounting; Ushi Patel, Rochester Institute of Technology, printing management; Rachel Price, North Alabama, professional and general chemistry, Kari Wanat, Florida Tech, molecular biology.
Second team
Amber Brenamen, Findlay, secondary education; Sarah Butler, West Texas A&M, sports and exercise science; Amanda Colby, Bates, biochemistry; Nancy Reinhart, Washington and Lee, political science/journalism; Maggie Rippey, Elmhurst, biology/chemistry; Erin Wimmers, Kenyon, chemistry.
Third team
Kelli Brummer, Nebraska-Kearney, biology; Alarice Huang, MIT, biology; Ronda Price, North Alabama, general chemistry; Janna Ruebke, North Dakota State, pharmacy; Nicole Speight, Miss. University for Women, microbiology/pre-veterinary medicine; Stephanie Szobotal, Carnegie Mellon, mechanical engineering.