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Kley, Fesenmaier earn All-GPAC volleyball honors

Ashley Kley

Carina Fesenmaier

MITCHELL, S.D. – The Great Plains Athletic Conference announced its 2009 All-Conference Volleyball teams Wednesday, and a pair of Dakota Wesleyan University juniors – Ashley Kley and Carina Fesenmaier – were honored by the league for their performance this season.

Official GPAC Release

Kley, an outside hitter from La Porte, Texas, native was selected to the All-GPAC Second Team and Fesenmaier, a setter from St. Cloud, Minn., was an Honorable Mention selection. This is the first All-GPAC honor for both players.

This season, Kley was Dakota Wesleyan’s top hitter and her dig statistics showcase her versatility. The 5-8 hitter led the team with 411 kills – an average of 3.26 kills per game – and she also had a team-high 389 digs, an average of 3.09 digs per game. She added 40 total blocks, 22 ace serves and she had a .192 hitting percentage.

Kley was ninth in the GPAC in kills per game this season, and she finished 22nd in the league in digs per game. Kley had double-digit kills in 23 of DWU’s 36 matches, including a career-high 21 against Mayville State on Sept. 12. She also had double-digit digs 17 times with a high of 24 against Valley City State on Sept. 11.

Fesenmaier joined the team prior to the season as a transfer from Ridgewater College, and she made an immediate impact as the team’s setter. She topped the 1,000-assist mark for the season with 1,087, with an average of 8.56 assists per game. She added 245 digs, 36 ace serves, 75 kills and 28 total blocks.

This season, Fesenmaier finished fifth in the conference in assists per game, and she was 18th in the league in service aces per game. She had at least 16 assists in every match she played in this season, topping the 30-assist mark 21 times, and the 40-assit mark six times. She handed out a career-high 49 assists in the win over Valley City State.

The GPAC Champion Northwestern College Red Raiders swept the conference’s top awards as hitter Randa Hulstein was named the GPAC/Mid-America Sports Volleyball Player-of-the-Year and Kyle Van Den Bosch took home GPAC/Mid-America Sports Volleyball Coach-of-the-Year honors.