Hahn wins Libero of the Year, three others get First Team All-Big 12
November 28, 2011
Sophomore Kristen Hahn earned Big 12
Libero of the Year honors, marking the fourth consecutive year that
a Cyclones has garnished the honor. Three other Cyclones were named
to the All-Big 12 team.
Hahn led the Big 12 in digs per set
the entire year with 5.54 digs per set and was Big 12 Defensive
Player of the week four times. Hahn was the only libero in the Big
12 to record a 35-dig match which came against North Dakota State
on Sept. 10. She posted 24 double-digit matches including 13
twenty-dig matches, which ties her for most in school history with
Ashley Mass.
Senior Carly Jenson earned her first
Big 12 honors as a unanimous selection, posting 4.04 kills per set
in Big 12 play which was good for third in the conference. Jenson
was the only Cyclone to play an entire rotation managing 3.28 digs
per set which helped her earn 15 double-doubles on the year. She
finished the regular season with four-straight
double-doubles.
Junior Alison Landwehr landed First
Team Big 12 honors leading the Big 12 in assists per set with 11.37
and 11.77 in Big 12 play. Landwehr had 64 assists against Oklahoma
on Nov. 2, which was the second-highest total in the Big 12. She
also helped out on the defensive end managing 2.52 digs per set
which was good for fourth on the team.
Junior Jamie Straube earned her
second-straight First Team Big 12 selection. This is also the
second-straight season where Straube has led the Cyclones in
hitting, attacking on a .344 clip in Big 12 matches which ranked
her fifth overall.
Straube also was a force on the
serving end. She led the Big 12 with 0.39 aces per set in
conference play. Straube was the only Big 12 player with four aces
in two conference matches.
She also demonstrated her value on
the defensive end at the net. Straube led the Cyclones in solo
blocks with 10 and was second on the team in block assists with
77.