Kendall Pierce Selected as Senior CLASS Award Candidate

Sr. DS Kendall Pierce received some well-deserved recognition today, when the NCAA announced that she has been selected as one of 30 candidates (including  fellow Big Ten athlete Taylor Morey, of Wisconsin) for the 2015 Senior CLASS (an acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®), Award.  To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be an NCAA Division I senior and have “notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.”

Here’s the complete list

Name	Position	School
Avery Acker	Setter	SMU
Morgan Bergren	Setter	University of Kentucky
Deidra Bohannon	Outside Hitter	Georgia State
Jordan Burgess	Outside Hitter	Stanford University
Sydney Crimmins	Right Side	UMKC
Adrianna Culbert	Hitter/Setter	Colorado State University
Kaitlyn Hickey	Outside Hitter	IUPUI
Katie Hillman	Outside Hitter	University of Delaware
Kierra Holst	Outside Hitter	University of Oklahoma
Melanie Jereb	Outside Hitter	Creighton
Myla Marshall	Middle Hitter	Alabama State
Amy Matula	Setter	Lehigh
Molly McCage	Middle Blocker	University of Texas
Taryn Miller	Libero	UMKC
Taylor Morey	Libero	University of Wisconsin
Paige Neuenfeldt	Middle Blocker/Opposite Hitter	North Carolina
Amanda Orchard	Middle Hitter	University of Pittsburgh
Kendall Pierce	Defensive Specialist	Penn State
Taylor Pippen	Middle Hitter	Southern Illinois University
Emma Roberson	Right Side Hitter	University of Cincinnati
Ashley Rosch	Outside Hitter	Illinois State
Chelsee Sauni	Setter	Coppin State
Courtney Shaw	Outside Hitter	Marist College
Emily Sklar	Outside Hitter	Duke University
Cassie Strickland	Libero	University of Washington
Shelby Sullivan	Middle Blocker	Texas A&M
Kristen Torre	Middle Blocker	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Melanie Wade	Middle Blocker	University of Washington
Nicole Walch	Outside Hitter	Florida State
Jocelyn Youngdahl	Middle Blocker	Belmont