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
