Nov. 21, 2002
Georgia Tech’s all-America candidate Lynnette Moster (Liberty, Ind.), Kele Eveland (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Alexandra Preiss (Berlin, Germany) and Blair Moon (Missouri City, Texas) were named to the 2002 all-Atlantic Coast Conference volleyball teams at the ACC’s annual volleyball banquet, announced Thursday.
Moster earned first team all-ACC honors after a stellar sophomore campaign. The outside hitter is the only player this season ranked in the top-10 in the league in kills per game (5.18), hitting percentage (.345), digs per game (3.22) and service aces per game (.34). She earned AVCA National Player of the Week honors and was also named as the ACC Player of the Week three times during the year. This marks the first time Moster has earned first-team all-ACC honors, and the second time in her career she has garnered all-ACC honors.
Eveland received second team all-ACC honors after starting the entire season at setter for the Jackets. The junior leads the conference and is ranked twelfth in the nation in assists per game (13.29) while directing an offense which leads the ACC and is ranked nationally in kills per game (16.65), assists per game (15.31) and team hitting percentage (.288). This marks the second time Eveland has been named second team all-ACC and the third time in her career that she has earned all-ACC honors.
A junior middle blocker, Preiss joins Eveland on the all-ACC second team. An ACC Player of the Week this season, Preiss is ranked third in the conference in hitting percentage (.349) and is sixth in the ACC in blocks per game (1.10). This is the first time Preiss has garnered all-ACC honors in her career.
Moon was named to the ACC all-freshman squad after helping the Jackets to a 5-1 record this season in matches she started. The outside hitter tallied a career high 14 kills three times this year as well as a career high 19 digs against Clemson.
Twentieth ranked Georgia Tech (28-5, 13-3 ACC) enters the 23rd ACC Championship tournament as the number two seed and faces seventh seeded Wake Forest (13-17, 6-10) at 5 p.m. Friday. The tournament is being held in Atlanta, Ga., in O’Keefe Gymnasium and begins Thursday night with the championship match broadcast live on Fox Sports Net South Sunday at 3:30 p.m.
