Nov. 21, 2006

2006 All-Independent Team Release
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Fargo, N.D. - The IPFW Women's Volleyball team and Head Coach Kelley Hartley Hutton received multiple honors today with the release of the 2006 All-Independent Team. All honors were voted on by head coaches and sports information directors at member institutions.

Kelley Hartley Hutton was named Coach of the Year. This is Hartley Hutton's third Independent Coach of the Year award. In 2006 the 'Dons went 26-10, their fourth season with 20+ wins. The Mastodons won the Independent Tournament for a third time in five years and will look to make an instant impact in the Mid-Continent Conference starting in the fall of 2007. Hartley Hutton also had her 300th career victory when the 'Dons defeated Buffalo on October 14th.

Junior libero Peachy Jankowski was named Defensive Player of the Year and was named to the First Team All-Independent. Jankowski was named Defensive Player of the Week four times in 2006 and was named to All-Tournament teams at the Michigan/Nike Tournament and the IPFW Invitational.

Jankowski set two new records in 2006. She had 742 digs this season to break the previous single season digs record of 505 set in 2000. Jankowski is just eight digs away from the career record of 1,625. Jankowski also set a new single match record of 34 digs versus North Dakota State on October 7th. Currently Jankowski is ranked 19th in the nation in digs per game with an average of 5.62. This is Jankowski's first All-Independent award.

Cynara Martins was named to the Second Team All-Independent. Martins averaged 3.23 kpg and 3.5 dpg for the 'Dons in 2006. Martins was named Tournament MVP at the IPFW Invitational and named to the Omni William Penn Invitational and Independent Championship All-Tournament Teams. She was named Offensive Player of the Week for the week of October 31. Martins had 18 double-doubles in kills and digs in 2006. This is Martins first All-Independent award.

Rebekah Roehm capped off her freshman campaign being named Honorable Mention to the All-Independent Team. Roehm was named Tournament MVP at the Independent Championship and the All-Tournament Team at the IPFW Invitational. Roehm was named Newcomer of the Week three times in 2006. Roehm averaged 2.33 kills/game at a .279 efficiency and on defense averaged 0.86 blocks/game. 

IPFW capped off 2006 breaking four team records for a season; most kills, most attempts, most assists and fewest blocking errors. IPFW also set a new team match record of 117 digs versus North Dakota State on October 7th.  

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