Broady highlights all-MCAC team

BELLEVUE, Neb. -- Five Bellevue University volleyball players earned first team all-conference honors highlighted by senior setter Jordan Broady who was named the MCAC Player of the Year announced on Saturday in conjunction with the MCAC Volleyball Tournament hosted by Bellevue.

Broady is a four-time first team all-MCAC selection and ranks second in school history with 5,796 career assists and eighth with 136 service aces. Broady currently ranks third nationally with 1,494 assists this season in leading the BU offense which ranks first nationally with 2,101 kills. 

Bruins named to the first team included: Broady, Symone Faulkner, Annie Benson, Meghan Evans, and Sydney DeBoer. Second team honorees from Bellevue included Caitlyn Rueth and Sunny Bell. Freshman Beth Walker earned honorable mention accolades. 

The Bruins (33-9/13-0 MCAC) garnered three of the four major awards as Faulkner was named the MCAC Freshman of the Year and Trish Siedlik earned MCAC Coach of the Year honors for the eighth time in her career. 

The top-seeded Bruins will meet No. 3-seeded Waldorf College in the MCAC Tournament title match at 1 p.m. today (Nov. 10) at the Gordon Lozier Athletic Center. The tournament champion will earn an automatic berth into the NAIA Volleyball National Tournament. 

Player of the Year: Jordan Broady, Bellevue
Newcomer of the Year: Meagan Macias, Waldorf
Freshman of the Year: Symone Faulkner, Bellevue
Coach of the Year: Trish Siedlik, Bellevue


First Team

Annie Benson, Bellevue

Hayley Blair, College of the Ozarks

Jordan Broady, Bellevue

Sydney DeBoer, Bellevue

Meghan Evans, Bellevue

Symone Faulkner, Bellevue

Jennifer Henke, Waldorf

Jess Kuehner, College of St. Mary

Joy Leick, College of St. Mary

Meagan Macias, Waldorf

Hannah Meadows, College of the Ozarks

Mandy Muncy, Oklahoma Wesleyan

Rhonda Tree-Mangan, Haskell Indian Nations

Jenny Wuerfell, College of the Ozarks

Second Team

Sunny Bell, Bellevue

Hannah Brown, College of the Ozarks

Abby Buehler, Waldorf

Baylee Collins, College of St. Mary

Erin Davidson, York

Kelsey Garrish, Oklahoma Wesleyan

Viola Kincade, Oklahoma Wesleyan

Klarissa Larsen, Waldorf

Jamie Reaves, College of the Ozarks

Alejandra Rivas, Oklahoma Wesleyan

Caitlyn Rueth, Bellevue

Tiffany Runs Through, Haskell

Amanda Sanders, Oklahoma Wesleyan

Kaylee Wallace, College of St. Mary

Honorable Mention

Lisa Atcitty, Haskell Indian Nations

Melani Baxa, York

Mallory Boone, College of the Ozarks

Taylor Fisher, Oklahoma Wesleyan

Becca Flavin, Waldorf

Lindsy Gumb, College of St. Mary

Alexandra Simpson, Central Baptist

Beth Walker, Bellevue