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Post by dontknowjack on Oct 25, 2006 17:54:22 GMT -5
Might be fun to debate, in terms of both their 4-year and senior year contributions as a class. Here are a few to consider:
1. UCLA '93 (Williams, Youngs, Hatchett, Hudak, and Evans) 2. Stanford '97 (Sharpley, Folkl, Ifejika, Lambert, McNamee) 3. Long Beach '98 (May, Dillard, Alvarado) 4. USC '03 (Ross, Davis, Anderson, Olsovsky) 5. Nebraska '95 (Weston, Johnson, Winsett)
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Post by dontknowjack on Oct 25, 2006 17:54:58 GMT -5
Might be fun to debate, in terms of both their 4-year and senior year contributions as a class. Here are a few to consider:
Correction: 1. UCLA '92 (Williams, Youngs, Hatchett, Hudak, and Evans) 2. Stanford '97 (Sharpley, Folkl, Ifejika, Lambert, McNamee) 3. Long Beach '98 (May, Dillard, Alvarado) 4. USC '03 (Ross, Davis, Anderson, Olsovsky) 5. Nebraska '95 (Weston, Johnson, Winsett)
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Post by silversurfer on Oct 25, 2006 19:01:06 GMT -5
Penn State: Bonnie Bremner, Lauren Cacciamani, Kalna Miller, Leilani Schlottfeld and Carrie Schonveld
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Post by fritzer5849 on Oct 25, 2006 19:43:14 GMT -5
Might be fun to debate, in terms of both their 4-year and senior year contributions as a class. Here are a few to consider: Correction: 1. UCLA '92 (Williams, Youngs, Hatchett, Hudak, and Evans) 2. Stanford '97 (Sharpley, Folkl, Ifejika, Lambert, McNamee) 3. Long Beach '98 (May, Dillard, Alvarado) 4. USC '03 (Ross, Davis, Anderson, Olsovsky) 5. Nebraska '95 (Weston, Johnson, Winsett) I'd go with 97 Stanford as my #1. 3 championships, 4 final fours, the 1996 squad is arguably one of hte best teams ever. I'd put 03 USC above Long Beach at #2. 2 championships, arguably the best team ever in 03, all 4 players were all conference at some point in their careers(Davis may have only been HM her senior season, I would've put her on 3rd team AA). I'd then go with 1992 UCLA. They won 2 titles, and were a powerhouse. At 4 I'd put Long Beach, because if you take out Misty, that class isn't one of the top 100 classes ever. But....they have Misty. 2 time POY, IMO the best or 2nd best college player of all time, throughout their careers their teams got better and better during their senior season they had one of the best teams of all time. Dillard was a very good player too. 2nd team AA as a junior and senior, should've been a first teamer in 1998. At 5 I'd go with 1999 PSU. 1996: Lose 20-18 in game 5 of the regional finals. In 1997 lose in 5 to Stanford in the title game In 1998 lose in 5(after losing a 7-2 lead in gm 5) to Long Beach In 1999, go into the championship game with many people thinking they'll get crushed by Kerri and Logan, and they came out and stomped on Stanford(probably the most onesided championship game I can remember, except for maybe 1996). Cacciamani was a 3x AA and a POY as a senior. In 1997 Bonnie was the Big 10 POY. She was the Big 10 POY again in 1998(and probably finished second in POY voting behind Misty, I can't think of anybody else who would've beaten out Bonnie). Then in 1999 she was a first team AA as well(and overall a 4x AA). Schonveld was one of the most underrated players I can remember. In 1997 she came up huge in the championship match, passed well and kept PSU in the match during the first 2 games(even though both games were losses). In 1998 she didn't do as well, but still was HM Big 10 and was big in the final four game vs. Nebraska. In 1999 she wasn't an AA type of player but she came through in the championship match. Schlottfeld was a great server(anybody remember the 1998 championship game?), and Miller was a solid defender in the backrow. This class very easily could've made it to 4 final fours and walked away with 3 national championships.
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Post by gobigred on Oct 25, 2006 21:45:42 GMT -5
How 'bout some honorable mention for Nebraska '02 (Cepero, Holmquist, Pilakowski and Wischmeier).
After they all became starters in 2000, they went 96-4, and undefeated in the Big 12. They finished with a 4-year record of 123-10, 4 Big 12 Championships, 2 Final Four appearances, and of course the 34-0 National Championship 2000 season. Amber, Laura and Greichaly were all 2-time first-team AA as well as being 3-time AA overall. Greichaly and Amber were also 4-time All-Big 12. Greichaly was National Player of the Year in 2000.
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Post by StanfordFan on Oct 25, 2006 23:39:55 GMT -5
I remember that class. Always thought Holmquist was pretty awesome, but overall, that Nebraska class didn't seem as dominant as Stanford 97, PSU 99, or SC 03. How 'bout some honorable mention for Nebraska '02 (Cepero, Holmquist, Pilakowski and Wischmeier). After they all became starters in 2000, they went 96-4, and undefeated in the Big 12. They finished with a 4-year record of 123-10, 4 Big 12 Championships, 2 Final Four appearances, and of course the 34-0 National Championship 2000 season. Amber, Laura and Greichaly were all 2-time first-team AA as well as being 3-time AA overall. Greichaly and Amber were also 4-time All-Big 12. Greichaly was National Player of the Year in 2000.
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Post by roofed! on Oct 25, 2006 23:50:15 GMT -5
I hope USC can land another super-class similar in talent as the seniors of 2003 team. That team iwa pure intimidation with their heights at the net, hitting ability to open the net as well as superb passing and backrow defense.
My best part of watching them was the warm-ups. Watching Ross, Burdine, Candelas, Adams and Olsovsky slamming the balls, and then look at the faces of players on the opposing teams and you know that the match was already won right there.
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Post by kolohekeiki on Oct 25, 2006 23:56:27 GMT -5
would any of the Hawai`i senior classes ranks up there?
Hawai`i 1996- Angellica Ljungquist, Robyn Ah-Mow, Joslyn Robins, Nalani Yama%*$#a, and Chastity Nobriga
Hawai`i 2003- Kim Willoughby, Lily Kahumoku, Maja Gustin, Lauren Duggins, and Nohea Tano
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Oct 25, 2006 23:56:33 GMT -5
My best part of watching them was the warm-ups. Watching Ross, Burdine, Candelas, Adams and Olsovsky slamming the balls, and then look at the faces of players on the opposing teams and you know that the match was already won right there. I don't think their hitting warm-ups scared anyone.Everyone already knew what USC was capable of. What made USC great was their cohesion, all around solid play, and those two gargantuans in the middle. None of those players could intimidate during hitting warmups like a Willoughby, Bown, or a Gordon could but it didn't matter because once the match started, it was lights out for the Trojan opponents. Speaking of Willoughby, Hawaii's senior class of 2003 was a very good one. 3 All Americans, a National POY, and 3 final fours for that group.
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Post by IdahoBoy on Oct 26, 2006 0:39:18 GMT -5
4-of the 2003 senior class are still playing professionally, too.
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Post by pedro el leon on Oct 26, 2006 1:49:56 GMT -5
Tomasevic, Lee, Myhre, Danicic, Hagerty.
not saying it's the "greatest" ever but at least top 10.
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Post by 808 on Oct 26, 2006 2:05:42 GMT -5
would any of the Hawai`i senior classes ranks up there? Hawai`i 1996- Angellica Ljungquist, Robyn Ah-Mow, Joslyn Robins, Nalani Yama%*$#a, and Chastity Nobriga Hawai`i 2003- Kim Willoughby, Lily Kahumoku, Maja Gustin, Lauren Duggins, and Nohea Tano As I recall, weren't there 7 seniors in Hawaii's 2003 class? Weren't Melissa Villaroman and Karin Lundqvist in that class, too?
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Post by fritzer5849 on Oct 26, 2006 2:43:17 GMT -5
would any of the Hawai`i senior classes ranks up there? Hawai`i 1996- Angellica Ljungquist, Robyn Ah-Mow, Joslyn Robins, Nalani Yama%*$#a, and Chastity Nobriga Hawai`i 2003- Kim Willoughby, Lily Kahumoku, Maja Gustin, Lauren Duggins, and Nohea Tano 1996 Hawaii only made it to the final four once, and 03 Hawaii did make 3 final fours...but never any further. However, any class that has Nobriga, Ah-Mow, Robbins, Ljungquist and Yama%*$#a is pretty darn good, I'd say that was a top 10 class, same with 03 Hawaii with Kim, Lily, Maya, Lauren and the others.
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Post by roy on Oct 26, 2006 3:00:57 GMT -5
Sigh. Great teams listed there, but I don't think people are going back far enough. 1983, Hawaii had a solid team with 7 seniors. Leading the way was Dietre Collins, a 2 time POY, along with Kaapuni, Kori Pulaski, Kris Pulaski, Palakiko, Wurst, and Yomes. I believe 5 were starters. This team had back to back national titles in 1982 and 1983 along with a "Final Four" appearance in 1980.
I think UCLA had a really strong class with Youngs in 1989. I remember Tomkus and Williams, but Williams was a junior in that year.
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Post by jgrout on Oct 26, 2006 5:57:26 GMT -5
Yes, PSU stomped on Stanford in 1999... but one must remember that they were taken to five games by John Dunning's last great Pacific team in the semi-finals. Their class of 1999, strengthened by fifth-year senior Elsa Stegemann (who'd taken a medical red-shirt), deserves some appreciation too... they took Stanford to five in both 1998 (at Pacific) and 1999 (at Stanford). Coach Dunning may have done an even better job in 2000, when everyone expected Pacific to collapse. That team, led by fifth-year senior Kara Gormsen and freshman sensation Jennifer Joines, significantly outperformed Stanford's leaderless (no, Lindsay Kagawa does not count) injury-plagued 2000 squad... and then the roof fell in on Pacific volleyball. Coach Dunning left for Stanford, Joines (though now on the National Team) never became a college superstar, the recruiting slowly tailed off... and the rest you know. Sic transit gloria mundi.
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