SOUTHERN’S TAKEUCHI TAKES TOP HONORS
IN ALL-SWAC VOLLEYBALL
November 13, 2002
Southern University’s Mayumi Takeuchi picked up Player
of the Year honors to top the 2002 All-Southwestern Athletic
Conference team. Mary Reese of Prairie View A&M was selected
Newcomer of the Year, Brittany Ward of Alcorn State earned
Freshman of the Year honors and Krystal Credit was named
the Libero-Defensive Specialist of the Year. The All-SWAC
Volleyball team is selected in voting by the conference’s
coaches and sports information directors.
Takeuchi, a 5-9 junior MB/OH from Sendai, Japan, led the Southern
Jaguars Volleyball team to a second place West Division finish
during the SWAC during the regular season. In 24 matches she averaged
7.1 kills/gm 4.71 digs/m with 1.92 blocks/gm. She was twice named
SWAC Volleyball Player of the Week.
Reese of Prairie View A&M, is a 5-5 junior OH/DS from Temple,
Texas, averaged 2.33 kills/gm and 2.66 digs/gm in 91games this
season. Brittany Ward of Alcorn State, is a 5-7 freshman setter
from Beaumont, Texas who ranks second in the SWAC in assists with
9.68 per game. In a new award category, Libero-Defensive Specialist,
Krystal Credit of Grambling State, a 5-8 sophomore from Los Angeles,
California got the top nod for the season.
Overall, on the All-SWAC team selected by East and West Division,
Alcorn State and Grambling State had five players named to the
team. Defending champion Alabama A&M had three players as
did Southern, Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern. Jackson
State, Mississippi Valley State had two players picked and Alabama
State had one player selected.
The All-SWAC team will be honored on Wednesday night (11/13)
as a prelude to the Southwestern Athletic Conference Volleyball
Championship. The Championship tournament will be conducted on
the campus of Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, AL on
Thursday and Friday, November 14-15.
2002 All- SWAC Volleyball Team
(As voted on by the conference’s head coaches and sports
information directors)
First Team All-SWAC
| EAST |
WEST |
| Princess Dixson, Alabama A&M |
Tiffany Smoke, Grambling State |
| Andrea Denson, Alabama State |
Karla Collins, Grambling State |
| Stephanie Smith, Alcorn State |
Mary Reese, Prairie View A&M |
| Latoya Washington, Alcorn State |
Mayumi Takeuchi, Southern |
| Cara Jones, Jackson State |
Kashana Bridges, Southern |
| Patricia Francis, Mississippi Valley State |
Natalia Harmon, Texas Southern |
Second Team All- SWAC
| EAST |
WEST |
| Kneckie Stallsworth, Alabama A&M |
Latasha Smith, Grambling State |
| Megan Chatman, Alabama A&M |
LeQuia Collins, Grambling State |
| Tosin Fadeyi, Alcorn State |
Nova- Sha Stephenson, Prairie View |
| Brittany Ward, Alcorn State |
Jonette Ozen, Prairie View A&M |
| Denetia Carline, Jackson State |
Najla El- Amin- Texas Southern |
| Lakeda Ward-Chanay- Miss.Valley State |
Nina Evans, Texas Southern |
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Brittany Ward, Alcorn State
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Mary Reese, Prairie View A&M
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Mayumi Takeuchi, Southern
LIBERO-DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR
Krystal Credit, Grambling State
COACH OF THE YEAR
Goes automatically to the coach of the team that wins the SWAC
Championship
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