Sandbothe, Sherwin Earn All-Big Ten Recognition – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/2/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Dec. 2, 2014
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – A pair of Ohio State women’s volleyball players, Taylor Sandbothe and Taylor Sherwin, were named All-Big Ten Honorable Mention Tuesday (Dec. 2) as voted by the 14 conference head coaches. This marks the 28th consecutive season in which at least one Buckeye has earned postseason recognition from the conference office.
Thirty-three different Buckeyes have been tabbed All-Big Ten a total of 72 times since 1983.
The two most recent, Sandbothe and Sherwin, have led Ohio State to its 20th NCAA Tournament appearance and will take on Lipscomb in the opening round on Friday (Dec. 5) at 5 p.m. in Lexington, Ky.
Sandbothe receives All-B1G love for the second straight season after being placed on the conference’s All-Freshman Team a year ago. For the season, Sandbothe has racked up 121 blocks (22s, 99a), 292 kills and 11 aces for a total of 374.5 points. She has done so while attacking at a .309 clip. Her 121 blocks are already the 13th-most in OSU history and the 1.11 blocks per set average currently rates 18th in Buckeye lore.
Sherwin has dished out 1,236 assists during her senior campaign, climbing up into 17th in the all-time school rankings thus far. Her 9.27 career assists per set average is the sixth-best for Ohio State. The Orlando native has upped her game in Big Ten-only matches this season, posting a 10.96 assists/set average, fourth-highest in the entire conference.
In addition, Andrea Kacsits was selected for the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award; given to student-athletes who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior while holding a good academic standing and demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting. The junior middle blocker returned from a hand injury in early October and has started the last six matches for Ohio State.
ALL-BIG TEN
JOCELYNN BIRKS, Jr., OH, ILL
ABBY COLE, So., MB, MICH
Chloe Reinig, So., OH, MSU
Paige Tapp, So., MB, MINN
Kelsey Fien, Jr., OH, NEB
Kadie Rolfzen, So., OH, NEB
MICHA HANCOCK, Sr., S, PSU
NIA GRANT, Sr., MH, PSU
Haleigh Washington, Fr., MB, PSU
Annie Drews, Jr., OH, PUR
Val Nichol, Sr., S/OH, PUR
LAUREN CARLINI, So., S., WIS
Taylor Morey, Jr., L, WIS
Courtney Thomas, Sr., OH, WIS
ALL-BIG TEN HONORABLE MENTION
Elizabeth McMahon, Sr., OPP, ILL
Lexi Dannemiller, Sr., S, MICH
Kori Moster, Sr., L, MSU
Daly Santana, Jr., OH, MINN
Mary Pollmiller, Sr., S, NEB
Caroline Niedospial, Jr., DS/L, NU
Taylor Sandbothe, So., MB, OSU
Taylor Sherwin, Sr., S, OSU
Ali Frantti, Fr., OH, PSU
Aiyana Whitney, Jr., OH, PSU
Haleigh Nelson, So., MB, WIS
Dominique Thompson, Sr., MB, WIS
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Brandi Donnelly, L, ILL
Caroline Knop, OH/DS, MICH
Rachel Minarick, S, MSU
ALI FRANTTI, OH, PSU
HALEIGH WASHINGTON, MB, PSU
Danielle Cuttino, MB, PUR
Kelli Bates, OH, WIS
*Unanimous selections in CAPS
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Lauren Carlini, WIS
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Taylor Morey, WIS
SETTER OF THE YEAR
Lauren Carlini, WIS
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Haleigh Washington, PSU
COACH OF THE YEAR (COACHES AND MEDIA)
Kelly Sheffield, WIS
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD HONOREES
Kathryn Polkoff, ILL
Kyndall Merritt, IND
Alex Lovell, IOWA
Emily Fraik, MD
Lindsey Lerg, MICH
Jazmine White, MSU
Daly Santana, MINN
Mary Pollmiller, NEB
Caleigh Ryan, NU
Andrea Kacsits, OSU
Lacey Fuller, PSU
KiKi Jones, PUR
Ali Schroeter, RU
Deme Morales, WIS
