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Date: November 14, 2005
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby players Cleaver, Adams honored; Parent named Coach of the Year

WATERVILLE, Maine ---- Colby College volleyball players Cait Cleaver (Unionville/Kennett Square, Pa.) and Kaitlin Adams (Athol/Athol, Mass.) were both named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) New England All-Region Team on Monday.

Meanwhile, Colby head coach Candice Parent was named the Tachikara/AVCA Division III New England Region Coach of the Year.

Cleaver was recently named New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Player of the Year. She has been named to the All-Region team twice in her career at Colby. Cleaver, a four-time NESCAC All-Conference selection, is the all-time leader at Colby in career kills (1,554) and defensive digs (1,635). She also has 265 career blocks and 197 service aces in four years.

Cleaver also holds the single-season kills record at 539 and counting for this season. She holds match records for kills in a four-game match (22) and digs in a five-game match (44). Cleaver is averaging a team-best 3.91 kills per game and is second on the Mules in total blocks (102), third in digs (542) and fourth in service aces (49).

After a big weekend in the NCAA New England Regional at Colby, Cleaver has her attack percentage up to a solid .300. She had 21 kills and 20 digs in just three games in Colby's 3-0 win against Tufts University in the New England Regional title game Saturday.

Adams made the AVCA All-Region Team for the first time and is only the third Colby player in program history to make the squad. Cleaver made it after her sophomore year in 2003 and Kimberly Prescott '03 was selected to the team in the same year.

Adams, who was NESCAC first team all-conference, led the league this season in hitting percentage (.385) and will end her career with single-season and career hitting percentage records at Colby. Adams has 879 career kills, 241 blocks and 160 aces.

Adams is first on Colby this season in blocks (133), second in kills (418) and third in service aces (59). Adams has more blocks this season than in her first three years combined.

Parent earned regional coaching honors for the first time after leading the Mules to a 37-3 record heading into the NCAA Division III Tournament quarterfinal round this Thursday in Salem, Virginia. Parent earned NESCAC Coach of the Year honors this season and in 2002.

Parent has a career record of 228-139 in her 11th season at Colby. She has led the Mules to a 104-32 record over the last four seasons.