Four Red Raider Volleyball Players Earn National Volleyball Honors

Kaitlin Beaver

Megan Meyer

Colette Veldhorst

Krista Hibma

Four Northwestern College volleyball players earned national postseason honors this past season. Kaitlin Beaver, a freshman from Sioux Center, was named to the 14 member all-tournament team at the national tournament. Beaver hit a team-best .285 in the five matches at the championships and was second on the team with 55 kills. She also served a team-best 12 aces, ranked second on the team with 17 blocks and had 47 digs. Beaver was one of just two underclassmen on the 14-member team.

All-Tournament Team

Seniors Megan Meyer and Colette Veldhorst and junior Krista Hibma have earned NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors for 2007.  To be named a scholar athlete a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and have achieved junior academic status to qualify.  Northwestern was one of 118 schools to have a representative and there were 272 women named to the prestigious list. Meyer earned the honor of the second consecutive year.

NAIA Scholar Athletes