Tuesday, March 11, 2025

ALL-AMERICANS--Gabbie & Molly

 

We want to recognize and celebrate our TWO All-Americans this season with Gabbie and Molly, who were quite the dynamic duo!!  Middlebury Volleyball has been in existence since 1994.  We have had quite a few Honorable Mention All-Americans and All-Region honorees, and we had our first All-American in 2021 with Maggie Wise (coincidentally that was Gabbie's first year!), but to have TWO in one year is extraordinary.  

We're so proud of both of these players as they are total TEAM players and helped elevate the level of play all around and guided us to one of our best seasons ever!  This year's team tied for advancing the farthest in the post season getting to the Sweet 16 for only the 2nd time (only other time was 2011). Gabbie leaves the Program with several school records, and is the only player to be named either, let alone BOTH AVCA Rookie of the Year, AND AVCA Player of the Year.  Wonderful bookends to a fabulous career!! Congratulations to both Gabbie and Molly on a momentous year!! 

Saturday, March 1, 2025

HUGE NESCAC/AVCA HONORS--Players of the Year

 We had some really great individual honors this year when the post-season awards came around.  They say a picture is worth a thousand words, right?  SO PROUD TO BE A PANTHER!!


 Gabbie O'Toole was honored by the AVCA as the Region I Player of the Year!!  Molly was voted the NESCAC Player of the Year!  Annabella was voted the NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year! 




These are really great honors, and we're very proud of our whole team, but also really proud of these individuals for garnering these wonderful individual honors.  We talk a lot about the TEAM, and individuals rarely get honors like these without a successful TEAM behind them, so we can ALL celebrate these honors with them.  Well done, TEAM!!