HANOVER, N.H. – Head coach
Gilad Doron announced the 2018 Dartmouth volleyball team awards at the end-of-season banquet.
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Senior
Zoe Leonard was named the MVP. The captain led the team with a career-high 320 digs, while also recording 72 assists and seven service aces. She had a career-high 33 digs against Brown (11/2), which ties her for seventh in the Dartmouth record book. Her 936 career digs puts her 16th all-time. At the end of the season, she was named All-Ivy second team and Academic All-Ivy.
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Freshman
Nicole Liddle was selected as the Rookie of the Year. She concluded her first season in Hanover first on the team in kills (168) and kills/set (2.37), tied for third in aces (12) and third in digs (159). She also recorded seven assists, five solo blocks, 18 block assists and 23 total blocks. She had a season-high 21 kills against Seton Hall (9/14).
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Juniors
Carly Tower and
Maddy Schoenberger were both named the Servant Leader, which is given to the player(s) who always puts her team before herself and embodies the core values of Dartmouth volleyball. Tower was first on the team in solo blocks (44) and blocks/set (1.10), and third in block assists (33) and total blocks (44). Her 1.10 blocks/set puts her third in the Dartmouth record book. Schoenberger, another of team's captains, was third on the team in assists (95), while also recording four aces and 25 digs. She had a career-high 19 assists against Harvard (9/21).
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Junior
Abby Kott was selected as Most Improved. She wrapped up 2018 fourth on the team in points (149.5) and kills (114), first in block assists (63) and second in total blocks (67). She had a career-high seven block assists against Brown (10/13) and had double-digit points in four matches, picking up a season-high 14.5 at Brown.