| 2008 KCAC Honors
Loesch
named to All-KCAC volleyball 1st team
McPherson College junior
Kiley Loesch was named to the All-KCAC volleyball first team in
a recent vote of conference coaches. This marks Loesch's second
time on the all-conference elite first team squad.
 Kiley
completed the season leading the Lady Bulldogs with 373 kills and
57 service aces, was second in digs with 230, and was credited with
eight solo and 12 assisted blocks along with six assists.
Her 373 kills and 57 kills
in 81 games played both rank second on the all-time McPherson College
single season list. Her per game averages of 4.60 kills and 0.70
aces were both new Lady Bulldog single season benchmarks.
At the close of the Bulldogs'
post-season tournament play, Kiley ranked third among all NAIA players
in kills per game (4.60), seventh in service aces per game (0.70),
and 28 th in hitting percentage (0.343).
Loesch completed the KCAC
regular season as the conference leader in service ace average (0.74
per game) and average kills per game (4.58), and was second in hitting
percentage (.333).
“I am so happy for Kiley,”
said McPherson head coach Susan Barton. “She is a tremendous
athlete and to be recognized for that, no matter what our conference
record was, says a lot for the type of player she is.
“Kiley is a great example
of the ‘student-athlete' as her academics come first. Kiley was
overseas last spring doing an internship and was not here for the
spring workouts with her team, yet worked out on her own. For
her to have the type of season she did speaks volumes about the
kind of dedicated student-athlete she is.”
“I am very proud of Kiley.”
Kiley was named the KCAC
“Player of the Week” the final week of the regular season when she
was credited with 52 kills, 32 digs, 10 ace serves, plus two solo
and one assisted block in 10 games played during the Bulldogs' 2-1
week. She totaled 16 kills against Bethel, had 17 kills and tied
her season high with six service aces against Ottawa, then finished
off the week with 19 kills as the Bulldogs knocked off third seeded
Friends in the play-in round of the KCAC post-season tournament.
Loesch was a 2006 graduate
of Lyons ( Kan. ) High School, and is a graphic design major
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