Ermel, De Hoyos receive volleyball honors

Fort Scott sophomore Stephanie De Hoyos was one of two Greyhounds who received post-season honors. De Hoyos was honored by both the Jayhawk Conference and Region VI officials while Uniontown graduate Jacy Ermel was honored by the conference. (Tribune file photo)

Two members of Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team received post-season accolades recently from officials with the Jayhawk Conference as well as from Region VI.

Sophomores Jacy Ermel, a Uniontown High School graduate, and Stephanie De Hoyos were both chosen to the Eastern Division Honorable Mention team by Jayhawk Conference coaches. The Greyhounds finished with a 19-18 record this season.

DeHoyos was also selected for the Second Team of the All-Region VI District M team. District M included those four teams that qualified for post-season play and then sent to Cowley College to compete for a berth in the NJCAA National Tournament.

De Hoyos finished 44th in the nation and sixth in the East in kills per set with an average of 2.98. Ermel had more total kills, 367, which ranked 46th in the nation and fifth in the East.

Other post-season honors were handed out by the Jayhawk Conference. Asya Herron, who graduated from Chanute High School, was named the Eastern Division Coach of the Year for leading her hometown Neosho County Panthers to a 29-8 record and No. 20 national ranking in the final poll. The Panthers were runners-up to Cowley in the District M Tournament.

B.J. Specht of Cowley and Preecy Seever of Johnson County were Co-Players of the Year. Kailee Dudley was named the Freshman of the Year.

NOTES --Fort Scott freshman Kourtney Blaufuss was second in the East and eighth in the nation in assists per set, 10.37....

JAYHAWK CONFERENCE-

EASTERN DIVISION

HONORS

Coach of the Year: Asya Herron, Neosho County.

Co-Players of the Year: B.J. Specht, Cowley; Preecy Seever, Johnson County.

Freshman of the Year: Kailee Dudley, Butler.

FIRST TEAM

Butler: Kailee Dudley, Fr.

Cowley: B.J. Specht, Soph., Jessica McDougald, Soph.; Katelynn Slade, Soph.; Kenzie Hartzog, Soph.

Johnson County: Preecy Seever, Soph.; Lori Angello, Johnson County.

Neosho County: Genesis Mejias, Soph.

SECOND TEAM

Butler: Kailan Kuzmic, Soph.

Cowley: Shanna Witt, Fr.

Highland: McKayla Brezina, Soph.

Kansas City: Jasdel Gonzalez, Fr.; Kenya Alexander, Soph.

Neosho County: Alexis Fulghum, Soph.; Laura Broadfoot, Soph.; Whitney Gifford, Soph.

HONORABLE MENTION

Allen: Sidney Keith, Soph.; Lizzy Huey, Fr.

Butler: Payton White, Soph.

Coffeyville: Stephanie Dias, Soph.

Fort Scott: Stephanie DeHoyos, Soph.; Jacy Ermel, Soph.

Johnson County: Lexi Hartzog, Fr.

Kansas City: Jade Young, Soph.

Neosho County: Rose Carillo, Soph.; Tasha Wampler, Soph.

REGION VI DIVISION II

DISTRICT M

FIRST TEAM

Butler: Kailee Dudley, Fr.

Cowley: B.J. Specht, Soph., Jessica McDougald, Soph.; Katelynn Slade, Soph.; Kenzie Hartzog, Soph.

Neosho County: Genesis Mejias, Soph.; Whitney Gifford, Soph.

SECOND TEAM

Butler: Kailan Kuzmic, Soph.; Payton White, Soph.

Coffeyville: Stephanie Dias, Soph.

Cowley: Shanna Witt, Fr.

Fort Scott: Stephanie DeHoyos, Soph.

Neosho County: Alexis Fulghum, Soph.; Rose Carillo, Soph.