SAN ANTONIO - The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced the 25th annual AVCA Division I All-America Teams, with two Rainbow Wahine, Victoria Prince and Kanoe Kamana`o, being recognized. Utah State's Zuzana Cernianska, Nevada's Salaia Salave`a and New Mexico State's Kim Oguh all earned honorable mention honors.
Prince was named a second-team All-American, hitting .402 on the season with 3.26 kills per game and 1.56 blocks per game. The senior led the team in all scoring categories (352 kills, 42 aces, 168 blocks, 485 total points). She ended her career as UH's all-time leader in hitting percentage (.407), while ranking third in blocks per game (1.59), fifth in aces per game (0.35) and eighth in block assists (336). This was the second-straight year that Prince was named a second-team All-American.
Kamana`o earned third-team honors, averaging 13.85 assists per game, 1.02 blocks per game and 2.69 digs per game while setting the team to a .280 hitting percentage. The junior has already surpassed the UH career record for assists (4,897) with a year of eligibility remaining. Kamana`o was a third-team All-American in 2003 and earned first-team honors in 2004.
Cernianska joins former Aggie great Erin Cartwright-Davis (2001-03) as the only AVCA All-American's in Utah State history, as Cartwright-Davis earned honorable mention All-America honors following the 2003 season. She also led the team in service aces (35), and was third on the team in digs (323). Cernianska, who was a two-time first-team Big West Conference selection, and the co-Freshman of the Year in the Big West in 2002, ranks first all-time at Utah State in kills (1,813), attacks (4,423), and games played (445), second all-time in service aces (137) and digs (1,053), seventh all-time in total blocks (279) and block assists (243), eighth all-time in matches played (118), ninth all-time in hitting percentage (.226), and 10th all-time in assists (937).
Nevada senior Salaia Salave`a earned honorable mention honors. She led the Wolf Pack in kills (3.99kpg), and points (4.86ppg). She ranks first at Nevada in career points (2,097), solo blocks (113), block assists (424), and total blocks (537). Her 1,665 kills is the second most in school history and in total her name appears in the Nevada record book 30 times.
New Mexico State's Kim Oguh was also named honorable mention All-American. At the WAC Tournament, Kim was named to the All-WAC First Team as well as the WAC Tournament team where she finished the tournament with 22 kills (2.44/game) and only seven errors in 55 total swings.