LCSC’s Clemente, Greeny earn Frontier Conference honors

Sophomore is co-Player of the Year; Greeny is Coach of the Year

11-15-2007

Lewis-Clark State College sophomore outside hitter Anile Clemente and volleyball coach Jen Greeny received top honors, while several Warrior players were honored with the announcement of the all-Frontier Conference volleyball team on Thursday. 

Clemente, who is from San Paolo, Brazil, was named co-Player of the Year in the conference along with Westminster senior Angie Johnson, while Greeny was selected as Coach of the Year in her first season at the LCSC helm. 

Also, senior middle blocker Brittney Kubik joined Clemente as a First Team all-conference selection, while juniors Cintia Alessi and Julie Maciboba were second-team selections. Clemente also was chosen as the conference’s Newcomer of the Year. 

The 5-foot-11 Clemente transferred to LCSC from Pittsburgh State this fall after Pittsburgh State officials learned she would have only one year of eligibility remaining at the NCAA Division II school. By transferring to an NAIA school, she would have three years of eligibility left. Her coach at Pittsburgh State made some phone calls to coaching friends to find Clemente a good NAIA school and one of the calls went to a friend of Greeny, who recommended LCSC. Clemente missed LCSC’s first match but then cleared all eligibility requirements. 

Heading into the Region I tournament, Clemente had registered 258 kills and a .293 hitting percentage. She also had five service aces, 98 digs, and 23 blocks, which is fourth on the team. 

Greeny took over as coach late last spring and came into a program that had a 21-60 record over the past three seasons. LCSC was picked to finish sixth in the conference coaches’ preseason poll this year, but ended up winning the conference title as well as the conference tournament title. It’s only the second time LCSC has won both the FC’s regular season and tournament titles in the same year. The other came in 1999, LCSC’s first year in the conference. 

LCSC is 21-5 on the season and ranked No. 20 in the country. 

Greeny, who played volleyball at Washington State University, was volleyball coach at Pullman High for three seasons prior to coming to LCSC and helped the Greyhounds’ win the program’s first ever state title. She posted an 84-12 record at PHS. 

Kubik is a 6-0 senior from Davenport, Wash. She has 205 kills on the season and leads the regulars in hitting percentage at .325. She recorded 41 digs and has team highs with 23 solo blocks and 113 block assists. She has played in every game for the Warriors this season. 

Maciboba, a 6-0 junior middle hitter from Kennewick, Wash., was a honorable mention selection a year ago. She is second on the team in kills with 225 and has a .271 hitting percentage. She recorded 48 service aces, 91 digs, and 40 blocks, which is third on the team. 

Alessi, who is a 5-9 outside hitter from Curitiba, Brazil, came to LCSC after transferring from North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene. She pulled an abdominal muscle early in the conference season, which forced her to play libero on the back row for more than a month. Still, she was third on the team in kills with 212 and hit .208. She led the team in service aces with 49 and digs with 407. She also has 23 blocks this season. 

Like Clemente, Alessi earned Junior College All-America honors a year ago. 

Bree Riet of Westminster College was chosen Libero of the Year.

First Team

Name	Year	School	Hometown
Anile Clemente	Sophomore	Lewis-Clark State	Sorocaba, Brazil
Katie Daly	Sophomore	Montana Tech	Butte, Mont.
Jessica Eliasson	Junior	Rocky Mountain	Roundup, Mont.
Jodi Hogart	Sophomore	Montana Tech	Butte, Mont.
Angie Johnson	Senior	Westminster College	Salt Lake City, Utah
Brittany Kubik	Senior	Lewis-Clark State	Ritzville, Wash.
Bree Riet	Senior	Westminster College	Chester, Utah

Second Team

Cintia Alessi	Junior	Lewis-Clark State	Curitiba,Brazil
Samantha Bull	Sophomore	University of Great Falls	Los Angeles, Calif.
Alison Culp	Sophomore	Westminster College	Clearfield, Utah
Julie Maciboba	Junior	Lewis-Clark State	Kennewick, Wash.
Maria McNeil	Junior	Montana Tech	Missoula, Mont.
Hailey Pearce	Senior	Rocky Mountain College	Walla Walla, Washington
Kari Schiller	Junior	University of Great Falls	Great Falls, Mont.

Honorable Mention

Cali Buck	Sophomore	University of Great Falls	Choteau, Mont.
Kelly Fox	Senior	Rocky Mountain College	Worden, Mont.
Cassie Hodges	Sophomore	Montana Tech	Hardin, Mont.
Ananda Lopes	Senior	Westminster College	Vila Velha, Brazil
Sammy Priddy	Freshman	Carroll College	Missoula, Mont.
Brittni Sesler	Sophomore	MSU-Northern	Alta Loma, Calif.
Christina Smetana	Sophomore	Carroll College	Helena, Mont.

All-Freshman Team

Leigha Dangerfield	Freshman	Westminster College	Sandy, Utah
Sammy Priddy	Freshman	Carroll College	Missoula, Mont.
Jessica Overstreet	Freshman	Rocky Mountain	Three Forks, Mont.
Kaylee Bossert	Freshman	MSU-Northern	Calgary, Alberta
Haylee Otteson	Freshman	Carroll College	Pocatello, Idaho
Jennifer Rohl	Freshman	MSU-Northern	Ashern, Manitoba