Volleyball Presents Team Awards, Honors Seniors at Banquet

HANOVER, N.H. — The Dartmouth volleyball program celebrated the 2022 season, which featured the Big Green's best record since 2011, on Thursday at its annual end-of-the-year banquet. Team awards, voted on by the student-athletes, were presented and the program's five seniors were recognized.

Dartmouth's 16-9 overall record, including an 8-6 mark in the Ivy League, culminated in the Big Green's trip to the inaugural four-team Ivy League Tournament. Among the highlights of an impressive campaign were season sweeps of Harvard, Columbia, Cornell and Penn, including Dartmouth's first road win over the Quakers since 1999.

Senior setter Makenzie Arent was named the Big Green's Most Valuable Player after posting a team-high 5.71 assists per set. The Spring, Texas native is one of eight players in program history with more than 1,000 career assists and ranks seventh all-time with 1,606 assists.

Ava Roberts, who ranked fourth on the team and led all freshmen with 2.40 points per set, took home the Rookie of the Year honor. The 6-0 middle blocker and right side hitter from Mansfield, Texas was a catalyst in an undefeated run through the Dartmouth Invitational, racking up a career-high 18 kills against Lehigh and later earning an All-Tournament nod. Roberts also recorded 18 aces on the season, helping the Big Green crack the nation's top-25 in aces per set.

Bomi Ogunlari, a 5-9 middle blocker and right side hitter from Rockwall, Texas, received the Most Improved Player award. She set a single-season program record with 97.0 total blocks and recorded a record-tying 1.18 blocks per set. Ogunlari received Second Team All-Ivy honors, joining Ellie Blain, and was tabbed Ivy League Player of the Week after leading Dartmouth to back-to-back road wins over Columbia and Cornell.

The Servant Leader Award, presented to a player who consistently puts the team before herself and embodies the program's core values, was presented to Grace Wiczek. The 6-2 outside hitter from Park City, Utah saw action for the first time since 2019, returning from injury to rank second on the team with 2.12 kills per set. Wiczek was the team's Academic All-Ivy honoree and was one of four to earn Academic All-District designation from College Sports Communicators.

Seniors Wiczek and Arent, along with Taite Ryan, Jojo Brown and Ali Silva, were presented their varsity letters and honored for their contributions to the program.

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