Holloway, Miller Earn Sitting Worlds Tourney Honors

Erin Campbell
Intern, Media Relations and Publications
Phone: (719) 228-6864
E-Mail: erin.campbell@usav.org

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 3, 2010) – Along with their silver medals, two members of the U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team earned “best player” honors at the 2010 Sitting Volleyball World Championships on July 11-18 in Edmond, Okla.

Katie Holloway was named the tournament’s Best Spiker while Kari Miller was named Best Libero. The U.S. Women’s Sitting Team finished second in the tournament and qualified for the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.

Holloway (Lake Stevens, Wash.) led the team in total attack attempts with 149. In 25 sets, she tallied 71 kills and averaged 2.84 kills per set. Holloway only had 28 errors and finished the tournament with a 0.289 hitting percentage. She also added 26 excellent passes in serve receive and paced the team with 14 stuff blocks, 0.56 per set, without posting a single blocking error. Holloway also served over 26 aces and averaged 1.44 aces per set.

Miller (Washington, D.C.) totaled 43 digs in 25 sets played, 36 of which were “excellents.” She also led the team in serve receive with 50 “excellents”, and averaged 1.92 “excellents” per set.

Allison Aldrich (Schuyler, Neb.) was tough on the serving line and added 19 aces over the course of 25 sets. She also finished third on the team with 29 kills, 1.16 per set, and tied for fourth among the U.S. blockers with 11 stuff blocks, 0.42 per set

Heather Erickson (Fayetteville, N.C.) averaged 1.63 kills per set on 76 total attempts. She tallied 39 kills with only eight errors. Her 0.381 hitting percentage and 0.56 blocks per set were the team high.

Kendra Lancaster’s (Westfield, Ind.) 2.0 digs per set (24 sets) were good enough for the team best while Nichole Millage’s (Champaign, Ill.) 1.76 digs per set (25) were second. Lancaster and Millage were both offensive threats and tallied 20 and 28 kills, respectively.

Brenda Maymon (Sellersburg, Ind.) played in 24 sets over the course of the tournament and posted 12 aces, 24 kills and 11 blocks.

On the men’s side, Eric Duda (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) played in all 26 sets and led the team with 63 kills on 140 total attempts with 2.74 kills per set. He also tallied 8 total blocks, tied for third among the team’s best, and finished the tournament as the U.S. men’s points’ leader with 77 total points and 2.96 points per set. Duda also posted six services aces, 0.26 per set.

Brent Rasmussen (Omaha, Neb.) was the only other player to play in all 26 sets for the U.S. men. He posted 49 kills, 1.88 kills per set, and averaged 0.31 blocks per set which ties him for second best among the teams’ blockers. He also finished in second place in points with 1.92 points per set.

Pacing the team in block per set was James Stuck (New Kensington, Pa.) with 0.42. He finished second on the team in attack attempts with 88 and tallied 28 kills, 1.7 per set. Stuck finished the tournament in third place among the teams’ point leaders with 43, 1.79 per set.

Ed O’Neil (Amherst, Mass.) was sound defensively, passing 39 perfect balls and averaging 1.56 “excellents” per set. He also tied for first with Duda in the digs category with 29, 1.16 per set.

Edgardo Laforest (San Juan, Puerto Rico) also finished among the team’s best in points with 4 on 25 kills, four aces and 11 blocks. He averaged 1.6 points per set, good enough for third place among the U.S. men.

Adding 28 points, 1.17 per set, was Roderick Green (West Monroe, La.). He tallied 18 kills, five blocks on five aces. 

Tags: Sitting Volleyball World Championships, U.S. Men's Sitting Volleyball Team, U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team