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    • Coleman named AVCA First-Team All-American

    Coleman named AVCA First-Team All-American
    April 16, 2009

    April 16, 2009

    LEXINGTON, Ky. - Endicott College men's volleyball player Dan Coleman (Millis, Mass.) has been named a First-Team All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association for his outstanding play in the 2009 season. Coleman helped guide the Gulls to a 22-13 overall record while Endicott also secured it's first-ever NECVA New England Division regular season championship in 2009.

    Coleman ranks in the top-five, both nationally and on the conference level, in digs per game, and owns the three best single-season dig performances in school history. This season, Coleman averaged 3.51 digs per game while recording 376 on the season. In NECVA play, the senior had 109 digs while recording 2.66 digs per game in conference matches. Coleman is now a three-time AVCA All-American, having been named to the First-Team in both 2008 and 2006.

    Juniata College and Stevens Institute of Technology lead the way this year, each placing two student athletes on the First-Team and another on the Second-Team. Springfield College and Vassar College also have three players a piece honored, with both landing a First-Team honoree and two Second-Team mentions.

    Headlining this year's team is Matt Werle of Juniata, now a four-time AVCA All-America honoree who has earned three-consecutive First-Team nods. Dan Coleman of Endicott College and Andrew Cranford of Stevens are the only other athletes making at least three appearances on an AVCA Division III Men's All-America Team, both having garnered First-Team honors 2006, while Coleman earned a First-Team nod in 2008, and Cranford, a Second-Team mention in 2008.

    The selections were made by the AVCA Division III Men's Volleyball All-America Committee: chairperson Charlie Sullivan (Springfield College); Tim Byram (Endicott College); Jonah Carson (University of California, Santa Cruz); Patrick Dorywalski (Stevens Institute of Technology); Allison Gunther (Baruch College); Keith Koch (Medaille College); and Craig Kolek (Rivier College).

    For the full AVCA All-American release, please click here.