Foluke Akinradewo
6’3” | Junior | Middle Blocker | Stanford

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A repeat first-team All-American selection, Akinradewo, the AVCA and Pac-10 Conference player of the year, led the nation in hitting percentage (.499; only 70 errors in 831 swings) and averaged 4.11 kills and 1.21 blocks per game for the Cardinal, which reached the national championship match for a record 13th time.

Juliann Faucette
6’2” | Freshman | Outside Hitter | Texas

Texas

The Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year, Faucette averaged 4.47 kills and 2.54 digs per game, while also hitting .321 as Texas’ most-set attacker.

Cynthia Barboza
6’ | Junior | Outside Hitter | Stanford

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Also a repeat first-team All-American pick, Barboza averaged 3.99 kills per game and hit .281 while also adding 3.25 digs per game for a Stanford team that went 32-3 and lost to Penn State in the NCAA title match.

Nicole Fawcett
6’4” | Junior | Outside Hitter | Penn State

Penn State

Fawcett, a 2006 ASICS®/Volleyball All-American first-team selection, averaged 4.44 kills per game, while hitting .313. She averaged a team-high 5.30 points per game in helping the Nittany Lions win their first NCAA title since 1999.

Christa Harmotto
6’2” | Junior | Middle Blocker | Penn State

Penn State

The Big Ten Conference Player of the Year and the 2007 ASICS®/Volleyball Most Improved Player honoree, Harmotto averaged 3.10 kills per game and finished second in the nation in hitting percentage (.492), while also averaging 1.65 blocks per contest (6th in the nation) for NCAA champion Penn State.

Asia Kaczor
6’4” | Senior | Opposite Hitter | USC

USC

Kaczor powered home 5.15 kills per game (659 total kills on 1,542 swings) and hit .301 in helping USC return to the national semifinals for the first time since 2004. Kaczor also averaged 2.20 digs and 5.83 points per game.

Megan Hodge
6’3” | Sophomore | Outside Hitter | Penn State

Penn State

Hodge, the 2006 ASICS®/Volleyball Freshman of the Year, led a balanced Penn State attack by averaging 4.60 kills per game and hitting at a .297 clip. Hodge also averaged 2.54 digs per game  for the national champion Nittany Lions, who won the Big Ten Conference for the seventh year in a row.

Bryn Kehoe
5’11” | Senior | Setter | Stanford

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Kehoe, who played in three NCAA championship matches, finished second in the nation in setting assists (14.40) and averaged 15.5 assists per game in the postseason. Kehoe set Stanford to the nation’s fourth-best hitting percentage this year.

Alix Klineman
6’4” | Freshman | Outside Hitter | Stanford

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The 17-year-old Klineman (didn’t turn 18 until late December), the 2007 ASICS®/Volleyball Freshman of the Year, averaged 4.21 kills and 2.69 digs per game for NCAA runner-up Stanford. Averaged 4.86 digs per game in Stanford’s final three playoff matches.

Angie Pressey
5’8” | Senior | Outside Hitter | Cal

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Pressey, the Pac-10 Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year for volleyball, averaged 4.21 kills per game and hit at a .285 clip, while also averaging 2.82 digs per game for the national semifinalist Golden Bears.

Sarah Pavan
6’5” | Senior | Opposite Hitter | Nebraska

Nebraska

Pavan won her second straight ASICS®/Volleyball Player of the Year honor after averaging 4.83 kills per game and hitting at a .342 clip (1,044 swings). Pavan, the 2006 Honda Broderick Cup winner and a three-time Big 12 Conference Player of the Year, also had 50 service aces and averaged 1.90 digs per game. Against ranked opponents, Pavan averaged 5.27 kills per game.

Nellie Spicer
5’10” | Junior | Setter | UCLA

UCLA

Spicer averaged 12.92 assists per game and 3.07 digs per game for a UCLA team that reached the regional final. A repeat ASICS®/Volleyball All-American first-team choice, Spicer also averaged 1.19 kills per game.