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RAIDER VOLLEYBALL AWARDS

NJCAA ATHLETIC ALL-AMERICANS, click here.

NJCAA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS

(Distinguished is 3.80-4.0 GPA... 2015/16 went to three teams)

YEAR

PLAYER

CLASS

GPA

NOTE/TEAM

2008-09

Alyssa Krikke

SOPH

3.98

Distinguished

"

Elise Thompson

SOPH

3.95

Distinguished

2012-13

Hannah Geelhoed

SOPH

3.65

Exemplary

2016-17

Lauren Helsen

FR

4.0

1st

"

Hailey DeKorte

FR

3.8-3.99

2nd

"

Peyton Helsen

FR

3.8-3.99

2nd

"

Rylee Storms

FR

3.8-3.99

2nd

"

Emily Farwell

SOPH

3.60-3.79

3rd

"

Kennedy Potts

FR

3.60-3.79

3rd

"

Hannah Stearns

FR

3.60-3.79

3rd

2017-2018 NJCAA Academic Team - 3.45 Team Award
2017-18 Kendra DeJonge FR 4.0 1st
" Kayla Salyer FR 4.0 1st
" Lauren Helsen SOPH 3.80-3.99 2nd
" Peyton Helsen SOPH 3.80-3.99 2nd
" Autumn Severn FR 3.80-3.99 2nd
" Hannah Stearns SOPH 3.80-3.99 2nd
" Hailey DeKorte SOPH 3.60-3.79 3rd
2018-19 NJCAA Academic Team 3.2 Team Award
" Emma Pachulski FR 3.80-3.99 2nd
" Autumn Severn SOPH 3.80-3.99 2nd
" Jamie Wellet FR 3.80-3.99 2nd
" Jasmine Wellet FR 3.80-3.99 2nd
" Sarah Baxter FR 3.60-3.79 3rd
" Allyson German SOPH 3.60-3.79 3rd
" Kayla Salyer SOPH 3.60-3.79 3rd
2019-20 NJCAA Academic Team 3.25 Team Award
" Jamie Rozell FR 4.00 1st
" Emma Pachulski SOPH 4.00 1st
" Dani Johnston SOPH 3.80-3.99 2nd
" Jamie Wellet SOPH 3.80-3.99 2nd
" Jasmine Wellet SOPH 3.80-3.99 2nd


AVCA AWARDS
(American Volleyball Coaches Association, includes all Two-Year College's DI-DIII)
Team academic minimum 3.30 GPA.

YEAR AWARD TYPE NAME CLASS TEAM/GPA
2012 Athletic All-American Kaitlyn Wolters Sophomore 1st team
2017 Athletic All-American Kendra DeJonge Freshman 3rd team
2017-2018 Team Academic - Team 3.45
2018 Athletic All-American Kendra DeJonge Sophomore 3rd team


ALL-REGION XII

YEAR

PLAYER

CLASS

POS

2007

Alyssa Krikke

FR

MH

"

Nicole Peter

FR

S

2008

Sami Hausmann

SOPH

LS

"

Alyssa Krikke

SOPH

MH

"

Nicole Peter

SOPH

S

2009

Katie Horling

FR

MB

"

Charlie French

FR

OH

2010

Kelsey Cox

SOPH

MB

"

Charlie French

SOPH

OH

"

Sydney VanMunster

SOPH

MB

2011

Kelsey Darling

FR

OH/RS

"

Molly Maynard

FR

MB

2012

Nicole Czehowski

SOPH

OH

"

Molly Maynard

SOPH

MB

"

Amy VanderWal

SOPH

MB

"

Kaitlyn Wolters

SOPH

S

2013

Taylor Gates

FR

S

"

Abbie Gortsema

FR

MB/RS

"

Emily Johnson

SOPH

RS

2014

Abbie Gortsema

SOPH

MB

"

Shelby Ruffner

SOPH

MB

2015

Amanda Metz

SOPH

S

2016

Lauren Wieber

SOPH

OH

"

Rylee Storms

FR

OH/RS

2017 Kendra DeJonge FR OH
" Hannah Stearns SOPH RS/MB
" Lauren Helsen SOPH S
2018 Kendra DeJonge SOPH OH
" Dani Johnston FR OH
2019 Annie Holesinger FR RS/OH
" Danielle Johnston SOPH OH

ALL-MCCAA

YEAR

PLAYER

CLASS

POS

2006

Helena Stieg

SOPH

MH

2007

Alyssa Krikke

FR

MH

"

Nicole Peter

FR

S

2008

Sami Hausmann

SOPH

OH

"

Alyssa Krikke

SOPH

MH

"

Nicole Peter

SOPH

S

2009

Katie Horling

FR

MB

"

Charlie French

FR

OH

2010

Kelsey Cox

SOPH

MB

"

Charlie French

SOPH

OH

"

Sydney VanMunster

SOPH

MB

2011

Kelsey Darling

FR

OH/RS

"

Molly Maynard

FR

MB

2012

Nicole Czehowski

SOPH

OH

"

Molly Maynard

SOPH

MB

"

Amy VanderWal

SOPH

MB

"

Kaitlyn Wolters

SOPH

S

2013

Taylor Gates

FR

S

"

Abbie Gortsema

FR

MB/RS

"

Emily Johnson

SOPH

RS

2014

Abbie Gortsema

SOPH

MB

"

Shelby Ruffner

SOPH

MB

2015

Amanda Metz

SOPH

S

2016

Lauren Wieber

SOPH

OH

" Rylee Storms FR OH/RS
2017 Kendra DeJonge FR OH
" Hannah Stearns SOPH RS/MB
2018     Kendra DeJonge     SOPH OH
" Dani Johnston FR OH
2019 Annie Holesinger FR RS/OH
" Danielle Johnston SOPH OH

ACADEMIC ALL-MCCAA

YEAR

PLAYER

CLASS

2008

Alyssa Krikke

SOPH

"

Elise Thompson

SOPH

2009

Tamara Bethke

SOPH

"

Liz Deller

FR

"

Megan Kulak

SOPH

2010

Kelsey Cox

SOPH

"

Kayla DeVlieg

SOPH

"

Chloe McCotter

SOPH

2011

none

2012

Nicole Czehowski

SOPH

"

Hannah Geelhoed

SOPH

"

Kourtney Wolters

SOPH

2013

nominations never submitted

2014

nominations never submitted

2015

Janie Bunge

FR

"

Kelsie Fischer

FR

"

Kristen Schubring

FR

"

Lauren Wieber

FR

2016

Lauren Helsen

FR

"

Hailey DeKorte

FR

"

Peyton Helsen

FR

"

Rylee Storms

FR

"

Emily Farwell

SOPH

"

Kennedy Potts

FR

"

Hannah Stearns

FR

"

Janie Bunge

SOPH

"

Toryanna DeYoung

FR

"

Samantha Forner

FR

"

Olivia Reams

FR

2017 Kendra DeJonge FR
" Kayla Salyer FR
" Hannah Stearns SO
" Lauren Helsen SO
" Peyton Helsen SO
" Hailey Dekorte SO
" Autumn Severn FR
" Kelsie Schultz FR
2017-2018 MCCAA All Academic Team 3.45 GPA
2018-19 Sarah Baxter FR
" Kendra DeJonge SOPH
" Allyson German SOPH
" Danielle Johnston FR
" Emma Pachulski FR
" Kayla Salyer SOPH
" Cassidy Schumacher SOPH
" Autumn Severn SOPH
" Jamie Wellet FR
" Jasmine Wellet FR
2018-2019 MCCAA All-Academic Team 3.20
2019-2020 Kailey Carmean FR
Dani Johnston SO
Gabi Kitley FR
Emma Pachulski SO
Jamie Rozell FR
Mykayla Vallad SO
Jamie Wellet SO
Jasmine Wellet SO
Tori wolcott FR

ALL-WESTERN CONFERENCE

(*Player of the Year/H.M. is Honorable Mention)

YEAR

PLAYER

CLASS

POS

TEAM

1998

Carey O'Neill

FR

OH

"

Amanda Elliott

1999

Carey O'Neill

SOPH

OH

2000

none?

2001

Jackie Klaver

FR

MB

2002

Elizabeth Koster

SOPH

MB

2003

Katrina Dubbeld

SOPH

LS

2004

Debbie Grzybowski

SOPH

LIB/RS

2005

none?

2006

Helena Stieg

SOPH

MB/LS

1st

"

Lydia Bedford

DS

H.M.

2007

Nicole Peter

FR

S

1st

"

Alyssa Krikke

FR

MH

2nd

"

Sami Hausmann

FR

LS

H.M.

2008

Nicole Peter

SOPH

S

1st

"

Sami Hausmann

SOPH

LS

1st

"

Alyssa Krikke

SOPH

MH

1st

"

Sara Lowe

SOPH

OH

2nd

2009

Katie Horling

FR

MB

1st*

"

Charlie French

FR

OH

1st

"

Stacy Kalsbeek

FR

S/OH

2nd

2010

Kelsey Cox

SOPH

MB

1st

"

Charlie French

SOPH

OH

1st

"

Sydney VanMunster

SOPH

MB

1st

"

Kim Weaver

FR

S

H.M.

2011

Kelsey Darling

FR

OH/RS

1st*

"

Molly Maynard

FR

MB

1st

"

Nicole Czehowski

FR

OH/RS

2nd

"

Kaitlyn Wolters

FR

S

2nd

2012

Kaitlyn Wolters

SOPH

S

1st*

"

Nicole Czehowski

SOPH

OH

1st

"

Molly Maynard

SOPH

MB

1st

"

Amy VanderWal

SOPH

MB

1st

"

Hannah Geelhoed

SOPH

MB

2nd

"

Kourtney Wolters

SOPH

RS

2nd

"

Karleigh Strazisar

SOPH

OH

3rd

2013

Taylor Gates

FR

S

1st

"

Abbie Gortsema

FR

MB/RS

1st

"

Emily Johnson

SOPH

RS

1st

"

Shelby Ruffner

FR

MB

1st

"

Amanda Glaza

FR

LIB

2nd

2014

Shelby Ruffner

SOPH

MB

1st*

"

Abbie Gortsema

SOPH

MB/RS

1st

"

Rosalyn Wyse

SOPH

OH

1st

"

Dacey Cook

FR

MB

2nd

"

Amanda Glaza

SOPH

LIB

2nd

"

Michelle Holland

SOPH

S

2nd

2015

Amanda Metz

SOPH

S

1st

"

Selena Golnick

SOPH

OH

1st

"

Janie Bunge

FR

LIB

2nd

"

Lauren Wieber

FR

OH

2nd

2016

Lauren Wieber

SOPH

OH

1st

"

Rylee Storms

FR

OH/RS

1st

"

Janie Bunge

SOPH

LIB

2nd

"

Emily Farwell

SOPH

MB

2nd

"

Toryanna DeYoung

FR

MB

H.M.

"

Kylie Frank

SOPH

S/DS

H.M.

2017 Kendra DeJonge FR OH 1st
" Hannah Stearns SOPH RS/MB 1st
" Lauren Helsen SOPH S 1st
" Ally German FR MB 1st
" Peyton Helsen SOPH LIB 2nd
" Kayla Salyer FR MB 2nd
2018 Kendra DeJonge SOPH OH 1st*
" Dani Johnston FR OH 1st
" Kayla Salyer SOPH MB 1st
" Ally German SOPH MB 1st
" Bre Wickerink FR RS 2nd
" Autumn Severn SOPH S 2nd
" Kelsie Schultz SOPH LIB HM
2019 Annie Holesinger FR RS/OH 1st
" Danielle Johnston SOPH OH 1st
" Jasmine Wellet SOPH OH/DS 1st
" Jamie Rozell FR RS/S 2nd
" Kylie Oberlin FR MB HM
" Bre Wickerink SOPH MB/RS HM
" Jamie Wellet SOPH S HM

ACADEMIC ALL-WESTERN CONFERENCE

YEAR

PLAYER

CLASS

2008

Sami Hausmann

SOPH

"

Alyssa Krikke

SOPH

"

Nicole Peter

SOPH

"

Elise Thompson

SOPH

2009

Tamara Bethke

SOPH

"

Liz Deller

FR

"

Megan Kulak

SOPH

2010

Kelsey Cox

SOPH

"

Kayla DeVlieg

SOPH

"

Megan LaValley

SOPH

"

Chloe McCotter

SOPH

2011

none

2012

Nicole Czehowski

SOPH

"

Hannah Geelhoed

SOPH

"

Kendall Wolffis

SOPH

"

Kourtney Wolters

SOPH

2013

Nominations weren't turned in

2014

Nominations weren't turned in

2015

Janie Bunge

FR

"

Kelsie Fischer

FR

"

Kristen Schubring

FR

"

Lauren Wieber

FR

2016

Lauren Helsen

FR

"

Hailey DeKorte

FR

"

Peyton Helsen

FR

"

Rylee Storms

FR

"

Emily Farwell

SOPH

"

Kennedy Potts

FR

"

Hannah Stearns

FR

"

Janie Bunge

SOPH

"

Toryanna DeYoung

FR

"

Samantha Forner

FR

"

Olivia Reams

FR

"

Lena Thompson

FR

2017 Kendra DeJonge FR
" Hailey Dekorte SO
" Lauren Helsen SO
" Peyton Helsen SO
" Haley Peters FR
" Kayla Salyer FR
" Kelsie Schultz FR
" Autumn Severn FR
" Hannah Stearns SO
" Lena Thompson SO
2018-2019 Sarah Baxter FR
" Kendra DeJonge SO
" Allyson German     SO
" Danielle Johnston FR
" Katelynn Kietzman FR
" Emma Pachulski FR
" Kayla Salyer SO
" Cassidy Schumacher SO
" Autumn Severn SO
" Jamie Wellet FR
" Jasmine Wellet FR
2019-2020 Dani Johnston SO
" Mykayla Vallad SO
" Jamie Wellet SO
" Jasmine Wellet SO
" Emma Pachulski SO
" Kailey Carmean FR
" Gabi Kitley FR
" Jamie Rozell FR

WESTERN CONFERENCE ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM

(*Freshman of the Year)

YEAR

PLAYER

POS

2009

Charlie French

OH

"

Stacy Kalsbeek

S/OH

2010

Kim Weaver

S

2011

Kelsey Darling

OH/RS

"

Molly Maynard

MB

"

Kaitlyn Wolters

S

2012

none

2013

Taylor Gates

S

"

Amanda Glaza

LIB
" Abbie Gortesma MB/RS

"

Shelby Ruffner

MB

2014

Dacey Cook

MB

2015

Lauren Wieber

OH

2016

Rylee Storms

OH/RS

2017 Kendra DeJonge* OH
" Ally German MB
2018 Dani Johnston OH
2019 Annie Holesinger* RS/OH
" Jamie Rozell S/RS

ALL-REGION/DISTRICT TOURNAMENT TEAM

(*MVP of Tournament/^Player of the Year)

YEAR

PLAYER

CLASS

POS

2000

Didn't Qualify

2001

2002

Didn't Qualify

2003

Didn't Qualify

2004

Debbie Grzbowski

SOPH

LIB/RS

2005

Didn't Qualify

2006

2007

Sami Hausmann

FR

LS

2008

Nicole Peter^

SOPH

S

"

Alyssa Krikke

SOPH

MH

"

Sami Hausmann

SOPH

LS

2009

Katie Horling^

SOPH

MB

"

Kayla DeVlieg

FR

DS/LIB

2010

Kim Weaver*

FR

S

"

Charlie French

SOPH

OH

"

Chloe McCotter

SOPH

S

2011

Kaitlyn Wolters*

FR

S

"

Nicole Czehowski

FR

OH/RS

"

Hannah Geelhoed

FR

MB

2012

Nicole Czehowski*

SOPH

OH

"

Karleigh Strazisar

SOPH

OH

"

Hannah Geelhoed

SOPH

MB

2013

Shelby Ruffner*

FR

MB

"

Micaela Deshetsky

FR

OH/RS

"

Amanda Glaza

FR

LIB

2014

Michelle Holland*

SOPH

S

"

Dacey Cook

FR

MB

"

Rosalyn Wyse

SOPH

OH

2015

none

2016

Rylee Storms*

FR

OH/RS

"

Janie Bunge

SOPH

LIB

"

Lauren Wieber

SOPH

OH

2017 Kendra DeJonge FR OH
" Hannah Stearns SOPH RS/MB
2018 Kendra DeJonge* SOPH OH
" Dani Johnston FR OH
" Kelsie Schultz SOPH LIB
" Bre Wickerink FR RS
2019 Annie Holesinger FR RS/OH
" Dani Johnston* SOPH OH
" Kylie Oberlin FR MB
" Jasmine Wellet SOPH OH/LIB

NATIONALS ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

(*MVP of Tournament)

YEAR

PLAYER

CLASS

POS

2012

Kaitlyn Wolters*

SOPH

S

"

Amy VanderWal

SOPH

MB

"

Kourtney Wolters

SOPH

RS

2013

Shelby Ruffner

FR

MB

2018 Kendra DeJonge SOPH OH
2019 Dani Johnston SOPH OH

GRCC FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

YEAR

PLAYER

CLASS

POS

Transfer School

2007-08

Sami Hausmann

SOPH

LS

Northwood/Davenport

2010-11

Charlie French

SOPH

OH

Florida Tech

2011-12

Nicole Czehowski

FR

OH

Central Michigan

2012-13

Kaitlyn Wolters

SOPH

S

Grand Valley
2013-2014 Shelby Ruffner FR MB University of Indy
2014-2015 Shelby Ruffner SOPH MB University of Indy

2016-17

Lauren Wieber

SOPH

OH

Bendectine University
2018-19 Kendra DeJonge SOPH OH Davenport University

*If you noticed any missing information or know of any other award winners from the past, please email Ben at bbrown@grcc.edu so we can make those adjustments. Thank you!

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