Jen Flynn Selected Unanimous Pre-Season All-Big Ten – Ohio State Buckeyes
7/21/1998 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
July 21, 1998
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Junior setter Jen Flynn (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and sophomore middle blocker Dana Stearns (Bexley, Ohio) were named today to the 1998 Pre-season All-Big Ten team. The 5-9 Flynn was an 1997 honorable mention All-Big Ten selection while Stearns, at 6-1, was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year last season.%^$
The 14 member squad was selected by a vote of the coaches. (Iowa was unable to participate in the voting.) %^$
The Buckeyes were selected to finish sixth in the Big Ten Conference in a pre-season vote of the coaches. Ohio State was one point behind fifth place Minnesota, while two-time defending co-champion Penn State was a unanimous choice to win a third consecutive title.%^$
%^$1998 Pre-season Volleyball Poll and All-Big Ten Team%^$
Pre-season Big Ten Volleyball Poll%^$
(as voted by the coaches)%^$
%^$School %^$(1st place votes) Pts.%^$ 1. Penn State (10) 110%^$ 2. Wisconsin 97%^$ 3. Michigan State 81%^$ 4. Illinois 76%^$ 5. Minnesota 67%^$ 6. Ohio State 66%^$ 7. Michigan 53%^$ 8. Indiana 41%^$ 9. Northwestern 32%^$10. Purdue 27%^$11. Iowa 10%^$%^$Pre-season All-Big Ten Volleyball Team%^$
(as voted by the coaches)%^$
%^$Player Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown%^$Jenna Wrobel, MSU* OH 6-0 Sr. Naperville, IL%^$Jen Flynn, OSU* S 5-9 Jr. Pittsburgh, PA%^$Bonnie Bremner, PSU* S 5-9 Jr. Lisle, IL%^$L. Cacciamani, PSU* MB 6-2 Jr. Paramus, NJ%^$Christy Chapman, ILL MB 6-2 Sr. Willow Hill, IL%^$Tracey Marshall, ILL OH 5-10 Jr. Bolingbrook, IL%^$Sara Sorrell, ILL MB 6-0 Jr. Muncie, IN%^$Nicole Branagh, MINN OH 6-1 So. Orinda, CA%^$Dana Sterns, OSU OH 6-1 So. Bexley, OH%^$Christy Cochran, PSU OH 5-10 Sr. Bethlehem, PA%^$Carrie Schonveld, PSU OH 6-0 Jr. Portage, MI%^$Kate Fitzgerald, WIS OH 6-0 Jr. Milwaukee, WI%^$Kelly Kennedy, WIS MB 6-4 Jr. Barrington Hills, IL%^$Colleen Neels, WIS S 5-9 Jr. Pewaukee, WI%^$
*unanimous selections%^$
(14 selections awarded due to ties)%^$
Iowa did not participate in voting%^$
