NEW ORLEANS -- Alabama A&M University dominates the 1999 All-Southwestern Athletic Conference volleyball team, but a player from Grambling State University has captured the top individual honor.
The 1999 All-SWAC volleyball team was released here on the eve of the league's annual tournament, which will be contested in Montgomery, Ala. on the campus of Alabama State University on Wednesday through Friday, November 10-13. In the balloting, three of the six honorees are Alabama A&M student-athletes with one coming Grambling State, Mississippi Valley State and Southern.
Yolanda Brown, a 5-11 senior outside hitter at Grambling State, made the all-conference team and received league player of the year honors. Following regular-season play, Brown, who also made last year's all-conference team, led the conference in kills with 3.31 per game while ranking sixth in hitting percentage with a .271 mark.
Alabama A&M's trio on the team consists of 6-0 senior hitter Talea Orr, 5-9 senior hitter Shawn Medlock and 5-6 senior hitter/setter Shannon Perkins. Orr ranks fourth in the conference in both kills with 2.73 per game and aces with 0.48 per contest. She also compiled a .280 hitting percentage, good for a .280 league ranking.
Medlock leads the SWAC in hitting percentage with a .347 mark while ranking second in kills at 3.00 per game.
Perkins ranks fifth in the conference in aces with an average of 0.45 per game. She paces the SWAC in assists at 8.70 per game.
Mississippi Valley State's representative on the All-SWAC team is Luci Dudley, a 5-8 senior setter/outside hitter. Dudley ranks second in the SWAC in hitting percentage at .324, fifth in kills with a 2.63 average and eighth in assists at 4.07 per contest.
Chivonne Fair, a 5-8 senior middle blocker for Southern, also made the All-SWAC team. She ranks fourth in the SWAC in hitting percentage at .284 and third in blocks with an average of 1.54 per game.
The six members of the All-SWAC team will be honored at a banquet on Wednesday night at the Joe. L. Reed Acadome on Alabama State's campus.
THE 1999 ALL-SWAC VOLLEYBALL TEAM
