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Post by ShaneM2005 on May 8, 2012 17:13:26 GMT -5
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Post by ShaneM2005 on May 8, 2012 17:13:46 GMT -5
Foluke Akinradewo Alisha Glass Alix Klineman Destinee Hooker Ashley Engle I like that list, especially Engle & Klineman. |
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Post by Reach on May 8, 2012 17:37:51 GMT -5
It would be hard to argue with outsides like Barboza, Richards, Larson, Hodge, Lichtman, Morrison who did everything so well.
Hodge and Barboza we're the most consistent outsides in the past few years.
Tom and Ross we're both great before them.
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Post by bballnut90 on May 8, 2012 18:55:41 GMT -5
It would be hard to argue with outsides like Barboza, Richards, Larson, Hodge, Lichtman, Morrison who did everything so well. Hodge and Barboza we're the most consistent outsides in the past few years. Tom and Ross we're both great before them. Hodge was a player that steadily improved over the course of her career, accumulating in her phenomenal senior season. As a freshman she was inconsistent as a passer and struggled under pressure in the regional final vs. Washington. Larson is another player who was much improved as a senior compared to a frosh. As a freshman she tanked in the final, her senior year she carried a less talented team to the final four and took 2 games from Penn State's best team during the 4 year title stretch. Barboza was a stud as a freshman and as a soph/jr/senior she was pretty steady and played solid but was not at the level of the very top tier pin hitters (ie. Hodge, Hooker, Fawcett, Pavan, Larson, Kaczor, Morrison) Tom was ultra steady throughout her career, although her performance dipped a bit her senior season. Kerri Walsh was incredibly steady throughout her last 3 years, her best year came as a frosh when she was arguably the best player in the nation. Folkl was another player who was incredibly steady throughout her career. Her defense did improve over time but she was always a terminal hitter and phenomenal player. Arielle Wilson was consistently excellent throughout her career, establishing herself as one of the best blockers in the nation and one of the most efficient hitters in the nation all four years. |
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Post by tonyhunt on May 8, 2012 19:45:39 GMT -5
Kanani Danielson anybody?
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Post by skeleton on May 8, 2012 21:05:10 GMT -5
It would be hard to argue with outsides like Barboza, Richards, Larson, Hodge, Lichtman, Morrison who did everything so well. Hodge and Barboza we're the most consistent outsides in the past few years. Tom and Ross we're both great before them. Tom was ultra steady throughout her career, although her performance dipped a bit her senior season. Logan's stats dipped her senior year because of the emergence of Nnamani as a force to take some of the load off her shoulders. She still earned NPOY. |
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Post by SoloBlock on May 9, 2012 1:51:05 GMT -5
Stacey Gordon was a excellent choice. Had a great career at Ohio St. And has been very solid as a pro. Someone else to consider who has been under the radar is Sonja Newcombe.
She was great at Oregon turning that program around and as a pro has been the leading scorer in Puerto Rico, France and this year was leading in Turkey before she left when her team collapsed. She was always really solid defensively and passing. At least what I recall when she was at Oregon.
After these Olympics it would be great to see her step in with the NT. She could be just the kind of player they need in there.
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Post by vb4me on May 9, 2012 4:29:23 GMT -5
Tara Cross-Battle as a collegiate player at CSU Long Beach and as an Olympian consistently demonstrated her power and outstanding defensive skills along with her will to win.
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Post by AA #11 on May 9, 2012 5:45:58 GMT -5
Foluke Akinradewo Alisha Glass Alix Klineman Destinee Hooker Ashley Engle I like that list, especially Engle & Klineman. You can't really count Klineman as the MOST steady because of her junior year, in my opinion. |
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Post by AA #11 on May 9, 2012 5:47:15 GMT -5
I think you could make a case for most of the players with multiple First-Team All-America years. It seems that most people's lists include the same core: Hodge, Pavan, Tom, Walsh, A. Glass, Akinradewo, Barboza, etc.
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Post by dorothymantooth on May 9, 2012 8:37:46 GMT -5
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Post by Reach on May 9, 2012 10:05:50 GMT -5
I think you could make a case for most of the players with multiple First-Team All-America years. It seems that most people's lists include the same core: Hodge, Pavan, Tom, Walsh, A. Glass, Akinradewo, Barboza, etc. I was going to type the exact same thing. |
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Post by jgrout on May 9, 2012 12:43:48 GMT -5
Logan. On the court, she was robo-player, in the best sense of the term.
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Post by thechief on May 9, 2012 13:30:44 GMT -5
Surprised Heather Bown hasn't been mentioned yet...
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Post by bballnut90 on May 9, 2012 14:23:30 GMT -5
Tom was ultra steady throughout her career, although her performance dipped a bit her senior season. Logan's stats dipped her senior year because of the emergence of Nnamani as a force to take some of the load off her shoulders. She still earned NPOY. With the presence of Nnamani you'd expect her kills to go down, but almost all of her numbers across the board decreased from 2001 to 2002: 2001: 5.1 kills .333 hitting .54 aces per game, 66:97 aces/errors ratio 3.5 digs 0.9 blocks 2002: 4.9 kills .317 hitting .34 aces, 36:72 aces/errors rati 3.3 digs 0.8 blocks Maybe not dramatic drop offs in anything, but her numbers did regress from 2001 to 2002. And she was incredibly dominant at the 2001 Final Four but was not a terminal hitter in the 2002 semis and finals (13 kills on 41 swings in the semis, 16 kills on 46 kills in the finals). I don't have stats for 2001, but I know she had 20+ kills in a 3 game final while hitting over .300 and I believe she had 22 kills in a sweep in the semis. Both matches were huge upsets and Tom was the star. |
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