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Ivy Volleyball Player Of The Year Parker Henritze Earns All-Region Honor
December 05, 2007 | Women's Volleyball
Junior Parker Henritze, the 2007 Ivy League Player of the Year in women's volleyball, earned AVCA All-Region honorable mention after another strong season for the Princeton Tigers. Henritze, the league leader in both kills and aces, helped Princeton to the first 14-0 season in Ivy League play and brought the Orange and Black back to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2000.
Henritze was named to the Northeast Region squad, which includes programs like No. 12 St. John's, Villanova, Xavier and Louisville.
Henritze, also a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection, led the Ivy League with 4.62 kills per match and 0.68 aces per match. She finished second on the team in digs with 3.45 per game, and she chipped in with .35 blocks and .27 assists per game. She was even better in Ivy League matches, averaging 5.21 kills and 3.79 digs per game, and against the next three top teams in the league standings (Yale, Dartmouth and Penn), the numbers went up to 5.73 kills and 4.08 digs.
"The great thing about Parker is that she can take over a match in a variety of ways," head coach Glenn Nelson said. "Hitting, passing, blocking, she can really do it all. She can contribute to every part of the team game. She's similar to the player [current assistant coach and 1999 Player of the Year] Sabrina King was, except taller and more intimidating."
Henritze, a three-time All-Ivy selection and a two-time first-team pick, is the first Princeton women's volleyball player ever to win both the Ivy League Rookie and Player of the Year honors in her career. She is also the fifth Princeton fall athlete to earn top individual honors in 2007, joining Liz Costello (women's cross country), Michael Maag (men's cross country), Diana Matheson (women's soccer) and Paige Schmidt (field hockey).