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May 30, 2007
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia volleyball’s 2007 recruiting class has earned Highest Honorable Mention accolades from PrepVolleyball.com and ranks among the top 44 recruiting classes in the country. UVa is one of 14 schools to receive PrepVolleyball.com’s Highest Honorable Mention ranking.
PrepVolleyball.com numerically ranked its top 30 recruiting while 14 schools, including Virginia, were grouped together and received Highest Honorable Mention. PrepVolleyball.com also listed recruiting classes in High Honorable Mention and Honorable Mention categories, naming 94 schools in total. Nine schools from the ACC received mention in the rankings.
“We’re excited to receive recognition from PrepVolleyball.com for our recruiting class of 2007,” said head coach Melissa Aldrich Shelton. “We too believe they are an excellent group of players who will have a large impact on the success of our program during their careers.”
Virginia’s recruiting class includes defensive specialist A.J. Cushman (Richmond, Va./James River), middle Sydney Hill (Kalamazoo Mich./Portage Northern), setter Kelly Irvin (Pacific Palisades, Calif./Marymount) and rightside Kendahl Voelker (Fort Myers, Fl./Canterbury). The Cavaliers will have a fifth newcomer on the team in 2007 as Brittani Rendina (Lisle, Ill./Benet Academy), who is a sophomore, has transferred from Rutgers. She did not factor in PrepVolleyball.com’s recruiting class rankings.
Virginia finished the 2006 season with a 23-8 overall record and was second in the ACC with a mark of 16-6. The Cavaliers open the 2007 season on August 24 at a tournament in Las Vegas, Nev.