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After a four year career which concluded with back-to-back Atlantic 10 Championships, Christy Utnage, returns in 2005 as an undergraduate coach. Utnage, the 2004 A-10 Player of the Year and Most Outstanding Player of the A-10 Championship, will help coach the program and assist in administrative duties as she completes her degree in physical education. Utnage led the Flyers to Atlantic 10 Tournament titles in both 2003 and 2004 and was an AVCA Honorable Mention All-America selection as a senior after ranking second in the A-10 with 496 kills. She was also second in the A-10 in points scored while recording 21 double-doubles. The Indianapolis native began her career on the A-10 All-Rookie team but shined as a senior when she led UD in service aces and was named A-10 Player of the Week twice. Utnage had 18 kills and 19 digs in the A-10 Championship win over Xavier. As a junior, she helped UD to its first ever A-10 Championship and again led the team in service aces while ranking second in kills and digs. Utnage concluded her career as just the fifth player in school history to record both 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs. She ended her career ranked fifth all-time at UD with 1,191 digs and ninth with 1,115 kills. Utnage is also among the all-time leaders in attack attempts (fourth with 3,372) and service aces (eighth with 152). During her career, Utnage was also honored for her work in the classroom as she was named to the 2004 A-10 All-Academic Team and the 2004 CoSIDA District IV All-Academic Third Team. Before coming to UD, Utnage led Indianapolis' Roncalli High School to a State Title in 1998 and was named to the First Team All-State and All-Metro Teams four times. |
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