Jan. 11, 2006

DAYTON, Ohio - The Dayton volleyball team reflected on its third straight Atlantic 10 Championship and trip to the NCAA Tournament as part of its postseason awards banquet held at UD Arena's Time Warner Cable Flight Deck on Wednesday evening.

In 2005, UD earned its fifth consecutive 20-win season with a 24-11 overall record and became the just the fourth school ever to win three-straight Atlantic 10 Championships. The program also boasted the A-10 Player of the Year for the third straight season and its fourth AVCA Honorable Mention All-America honor in the last three years. The Flyers also won 19 consecutive matches at one point, which was the 11th longest winning streak in the nation this season and paved the way for UD's fourth-ever Atlantic 10 Regular Season Championship.

Three individual awards were handed out on the night with senior Nicole Schott and junior Faye Barhorst being named White-Allen Most Valuable Players. Junior Margo Moeller was given the Dr. R. Elaine Driedame Coach's Award. Freshman Kortney Norris was tabbed as the team's most improved player and sophomore Robynne Green won the "Nails" award which is given to the player who plays with the most intensity.

Schott finished her career by being named the 2005 Atlantic 10 Setter of the Year while leading the Flyers to a 95-39 record during her four-year career. She is the only player in UD history to record both 1,000 assists and 1,000 digs and is one of just two ever with three consecutive 1,000-assist seasons. Schott ranks second all-time at Dayton with 4,617 career assists and eighth with 1,121 career digs. She paced the Flyers to one of their best ever seasons offensively with a school-record 1,604 assists which led Dayton to a program-best 2,143 team kills.

Barhorst was tabbed as the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year as well as the Most Outstanding Player of the Atlantic 10 Championships while earning her second straight AVCA Honorable Mention All-America honor. She was just shy of the school record with a .396 hitting percentage this season, which led the Atlantic 10 and ranked 14th nationally. She also had the second most solo blocks (48), third most block assists (126) and fifth most kills (535) in UD single-season history in 2005. After just three seasons, Barhorst is Dayton's all-time leader in both hitting percentage (.370) and solo blocks (134). She also ranks third all-time in block assists (379) and fourth in kills (1,340).

Moeller played in 11 matches this season and had her best career match at Purdue on Aug. 30. She tallied a career-high 10 kills while hitting .417 against the Boilermakers in just three games. Moeller also finished with seven kills and six digs against Bradley in the season opener. She pitched in with a season-best four blocks in the win over Missouri State.

Norris was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team after tallying double-figures in kills 24 times during her first collegiate season. She consistently improved throughout the season and finished with a career-high 23 kills in Dayton's NCAA First Round match at Notre Dame. Norris averaged 3.03 kills per game which was the third best on the team and led all UD freshmen.

Green was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Week on Oct. 31 after leading Dayton to wins over Xavier and Rhode Island, which clinched UD a spot in the A-10 Tournament. Against XU, Green had 20 kills with a service ace and two blocks. She followed with 18 kills while hitting .720 to go along with six blocks and four digs against URI. The 2004 A-10 All-Rookie Team pick has been named to the A-10 All-Championship Team in each of the past two seasons. In 2005 overall, Green led the Flyers with 52 service aces (fifth in the A-10 at 0.38 sapg) and was second with 3.18 kpg.