OMAHA, Neb. -- Head coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth and three women from the Creighton Volleyball team were honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association on Tuesday. Booth was named East Region Coach of the Year for the third time in four seasons, while Madelyn Cole, Taryn Kloth and Jaali Winters were selected as First Team All-East Region choices.

This year's awards mark the third straight year that Creighton has had three or more student-athletes earn First Team All-Region acclaim, putting the Bluejays in elite company with the likes of Minnesota (4 straight years), Nebraska (7), Stanford (6) and Texas (8).

Winters is one of three athletes nationwide to earn a fourth straight First Team All-Region honor in 2018, joining Samantha Seliger-Swenson (Minnesota) and Mikaela Foecke (Nebraska). The senior outside hitter from Ankeny, Iowa, set more than 80 school-records in her career, including marks for career kills (1,843), attacks (5093), points (2045.5) matches played (139) and matches started (138). Winters was named BIG EAST Player of the Year and BIG EAST Tournament MVP in 2018, averaging 3.82 kills and 3.06 digs per set. Winters is the first Bluejay volleyball player to earn First Team All-Region honors four times, breaking a tie she had held with Kelli Browning.

Kloth led Creighton with 4.15 kills per set and also ranked among the BIG EAST leaders by hitting .283. Her 490 kills are the most in CU history by a senior, and the Sioux Falls, S.D., native ranked fourth in school history with 1,427 career kills. Kloth previously was named First Team All-Region in 2016 and an Honorable Mention All-Region selection in 2017.

Cole earns All-Region acclaim for the first time, as the junior from Dallas, Texas, led the BIG EAST with 10.92 assists per set and ranked second with 51 service aces. She started all 34 matches for the Bluejays after transferring in from Marshall University.

Booth earns All-Region Coach of the Year honors for the third time in four seasons, joining her 2015 and 2016 awards, and making her the nation's only Division I coach to earn the Region Coach of the Year in three of the past four seasons. She led a team that was picked to finish second in the BIG EAST to a perfect 18-0 conference record, as the Bluejays dropped just six sets in league play. Creighton advanced to a seventh straight NCAA Tournament, and also spent a school-record 12 straight weeks in the top-10 of the national polls.

Creighton finished its 2018 season on Saturday with a 29-5 record after winning BIG EAST regular-season and tournament titles for the fifth straight season.

All-America honors will be announced on December 12 prior to next week's Final Four in Minneapolis, Minn.

2018 Division I Regional Awards

East Region

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Frances Arnautou	Yale	S	Jr.
Payton Caffrey**	Florida State	OH	Jr.
Madelyn Cole	Creighton	S	Jr.
Santita Ebangwese**	Syracuse	MB	Sr.
Aleksandra Kazala***	American	OH	Sr.
Taryn Kloth**	Creighton	OH	Sr.
Taryn Knuth	Florida State	MB	So.
Laura Masciullo	Hofstra	OH	Jr.
Wilma Rivera**	Louisville	S	Sr.
Molly Sauer**	Louisville	L	Sr.
Polina Shemanova	Syracuse	OH	Fr.
Jasmin Sneed	VCU	MB	Jr.
Kate Swanson	Yale	L	Sr.
Jaali Winters****	Creighton	OH	Sr.

Honorable Mention

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Jenna Bridges	Hartford	MB	Jr.
Tamia Dockery	Howard	S	Sr.
Gabrielle Eyl	Northeastern	L	Sr.
Bri Lilly	Butler	MB	Sr.
Melanie McHenry	Louisville	OH	Jr.
Kylie Pickrell	NC State	S	Sr.

Player of the Year: Payton Caffrey, Florida State, OH

Freshman of the Year: Polina Shemanova, Syracuse, OH

Coach of the Year: Kirsten Bernthal Booth, Creighton

East Coast Region

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Allie Barber**	Marquette	OH	Jr.
Martha Konovodoff	Marquette	L	So.
Kayla Lund	Pittsburgh	OH	So.
Kennedy Madison	College of Charleston	RS	Sr.
Nika Markovic**	Pittsburgh	RS	Jr.
Leah Meyer**	Duke	MB	RS-Jr.
Devon Rachel	College of Charleston	OH	Sr.
Jenna Rosenthal***	Marquette	MB	RS-Sr.
Amanda Sanabia	St. John's	L	Jr.
Andie Shelton	Duke	S/H	Gr.
Haley Templeton**	Miami	S	RS-Sr.
Layne Van Buskirk	Pittsburgh	MB	Jr.
Stephanie Williams***	Pittsburgh	OH	RS-Jr.
M'Kaela White	James Madison	MB	Jr.

Honorable Mention

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Efrosini Alexakou	St. John's	OH	Fr.
Claire Archibald	Iona	OH	Sr.
Ryann DeJarld	Notre Dame	L	Sr.
Erica Di Maulo	St. John's	S	Jr.
Anna HaaK	Marquette	OH	Sr.
Charley Niego	Notre Dame	OH	Fr.

Player of the Year: Allie Barber, Marquette, OH

Freshman of the Year: Efrosini Alexakou, St. John's, OH

Coach of the Year: Dan Fisher, Pittsburgh

Midwest Region

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Lauren Bruns	Dayton	OH	Sr.
Jada Burse	Kansas	OH	Jr.
Emily Butters**	Missouri State	L	Sr.
Sarah Dixon	Kansas State	S	RS-Jr.
Rachel Koop	Northern Iowa	S	RS-Jr.
Grace Lazard	Iowa State	MB	Sr.
Tyrecia Lukes	UMKC	MB	RS-Jr.
Gloria Mutiri	Kansas State	RS	Fr.
Jess Schaben***	Iowa State	OH	Sr.
Karlie Taylor**	Northern Iowa	OH	Jr.
Piper Thomas**	Northern Iowa	MB	Sr.
Brooke Westbeld	Dayton	S/H	RS-So.
Taylor Wilson	South Dakota	MB	Sr.
Kylee Zumach**	Kansas State	OH	RS-Sr.

Honorable Mention

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Kendyll Brown	Dayton	MB	Sr.
Hayley Dotseth	South Dakota	OH	Sr.
Alyssa LaFace	Eastern Michigan	L	Sr.
Rebecca Latham	Denver	RS	Sr.
Piper Mauck	Iowa State	S	So.
Ashley Smith	Kansas	OH	Jr.

Player of the Year: Lauren Bruns, Dayton, OH

Freshman of the Year: Gloria Mutiri, Kansas State, RS

Coach of the Year: Bobbi Petersen, Northern Iowa

North Region

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Mikaela Foecke****	Nebraska	OH	Sr.
Alexis Hart***	Minnesota	OH	Jr.
Jenna Lerg	Michigan	L	Sr.
Kenzie Maloney	Nebraska	L	Sr.
Taylor Morgan	Minnesota	MB	RS-Jr.
Courtney Pence	Illinois State	L	Sr.
Regan Pittman	Minnesota	MB	RS-So.
Erika Pritchard	Maryland	OH	So.
Adanna Rollins	Minnesota	OH	Fr.
Stephanie Samedy**	Minnesota	RS	So.
Samantha Seliger-Swenson****	Minnesota	S	Sr.
Carly Skjodt**	Michigan	OH	Sr.
Lauren Stivrins	Nebraska	MB	So.
Jordan Thompson**	Cincinnati	OH	RS-Jr.

Honorable Mention

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Giorgia Civita	Wichita State	L	So.
Nicklin Hames	Nebraska	S	Fr.
Stef Jankiewicz	Illinois State	S	So.
Paige Jones	Michigan	OH	Fr.
Nia Robinson	Northwestern	OH	So.
Taylor Wolf	Wisconsin Green-Bay	MB	OH

Player of the Year: Samantha Seliger-Swenson, Minnesota, S

Freshman of the Year: Adanna Rollins, Minnesota, OH

Coach of the Year: Hugh McCutcheon, Minnesota

Northeast Region

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Sherridan Atkinson**	Purdue	RS	RS-Sr.
Ali Bastianelli***	Illinois	MB	Sr.
Madison Duello	Wisconsin	RS	RS-Jr.
Sydney Hilley	Wisconsin	S	So.
Kaitlyn Hord	Penn State	MB	Fr.
Blake Mohler	Purdue	MB	RS-Jr.
Jonni Parker	Penn State	RS	Fr.
Jordyn Poulter***	Illinois	S	Sr.
Jacqueline Quade	Illinois	OH	Jr.
Nia Reed	Penn State	OH	RS-Sr.
Dana Rettke**	Wisconsin	MB	So.
Kallie Seimet**	Bowling Green	L	Sr.
Bryanna Weiskircher	Penn State	S	RS-Sr.
Kendall White**	Penn State	L	Jr.

Honorable Mention

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Tiffany Clark	Wisconsin	L	Jr.
Serena Gray	Penn State	MB	Fr.
Haley Libs	Northern Kentucky	OH	Sr.
Maggie O'Connell	Princeton	RS	Jr.
Devon Peterkin	Princeton	OH	Jr.
Tionna Williams	Wisconsin	MB	Sr.

Player of the Year: Jordyn Poulter, Illinois, S

Freshman of the Year: Jonni Parker, Penn State, RS

Coach of the Year: Chris Tamas, Illinois

Pacific North Region

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Tami Alade	Stanford	MB	Sr.
Kara Bajema	Washington	OH	Jr.
Audriana Fitzmorris**	Stanford	RS	Jr.
Jenna Gray**	Stanford	S	Jr.
Morgan Hentz**	Stanford	L	Jr.
Meghan McClure	Stanford	OH	So.
Taylor Mims	Washington State	OH	Sr.
Katie Oleksak***	Colorado State	S	Jr.
Kathryrn Plummer***	Stanford	OH	Jr.
August Raske	Oregon	S	Sr.
Ronika Stone	Oregon	MB	Jr.
Torrey Van Winden***	Cal Poly	RS	Jr.
Adlee Van Winden	Cal Poly	OH	Sr.
Lindsey Vander Weide**	Oregon	OH	Sr.

Honorable Mention

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Kirstie Hillyer	Colorado State	MB	RS-Jr.
Willow Johnson	Oregon	RS	Jr.
Brooke Nuneviller	Oregon	L	Fr.
Breana Runnels	Colorado State	OH	RS-So.
Jocelyn Urias	Washington State	MB	RS-Jr.
McKenna Woodford	Washington State	OH	Sr.

Player of the Year: Kathryn Plummer, Stanford, OH

Freshman of the Year: Brooke Nuneviller, Oregon, L

Coach of the Year: Kevin Hambly, Stanford

Pacific South Region

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Naghede Abu	Colorado	MB	Sr.
Brooke Botkin	Southern California	OH	So.
Kendra Dahlke	Arizona	OH	Sr.
Dani Drews	Utah	OH	So.
Heather Gneiting	BYU	MB	Fr.
Lyndie Haddock-Eppich	BYU	S	Sr.
Roni Jones-Perry**	BYU	OH	Sr.
Mary Lake**	BYU	L	Jr.
Khalia Lanier***	Southern California	OH	Jr.
Raquel Lazaro	Southern California	S	Fr.
McKenna Miller	BYU	OH	Jr.
Addie Picha**	San Diego	MB	Sr.
Lindsey Ruddins**	UC Santa Barbara	OH	Jr.
Alexa Smith**	Colorado	OH	Sr.

Honorable Mention

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Devyn Cross	Arizona	MB	Jr.
Kennedy Eschenberg	BYU	MB	So.
Kenzie Koerber	Utah	RS	So.
Mac May	UCLA	RS	So.
Zana Muno	UCLA	L	Sr.
Tess Reid	Loyola Marymount	S	Jr.

Player of the Year: Roni Jones-Perry, BYU, OH

Freshman of the Year: Heather Gneiting, BYU, MB

Coach of the Year: Heather Olmstead, BYU

South Region

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Rachel Anderson***	Western Kentucky	MB	Sr.
Taylor Bannister**	LSU	RS	So.
Margherita Bianchin	FIU	OH	Sr.
Lexi Broadwater	Kennesaw State	S	Jr.
Camille Conner	Texas A&M	S	So.
Yumi Garcia**	UNC Charlotte	L	Jr.
Hollann Hans	Texas A&M	OH	Jr.
Sigourney Kame	Florida Atlantic	OH	Jr.
Ivone Martinez	Florida Atlantic	S	Sr.
Massiel Matos	Florida Atlantic	OH	Jr.
Carlyle Nusbaum***	Lipscomb	OH	Sr.
Anna Stevenson	Auburn	MB	So.
Emily Stroup**	Ole Miss	OH	Jr.
Okiana Valle	Arkansas	L	Sr.

Honorable Mention

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Quincey Gary	Alabama	L	Sr.
Hailey Dirrigl	Arkansas	OH	So.
Jocelyn Stoner	UNC Charlotte	MB	Jr.

Player of the Year: Hollann Hans, Texas A&M, OH

Freshman of the Year: Tyra Galloway, UNC Charlotte, MB

Coach of the Year: Jeni Jones Chatman, Central Arkansas

Southeast Region

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Taylor Anderton	Samford	S	Sr.
Leah Clayton	ETSU	OH	Jr.
Gabby Curry	Kentucky	L	So.
Leah Edmond***	Kentucky	OH	Jr.
Tessa Grubbs	Tennessee	OH	Jr.
Rachael Kramer**	Florida	MB	Jr.
Madison Lilley**	Kentucky	S	So.
McKenna Melville	UCF	OH	Fr.
Brooke Morgan	Kentucky	MB	Sr.
Sharonda Pickering	FGCU	RS	Sr.
Jordan Pingel	UCF	L	Sr.
Mikayla Shields***	South Carolina	RS	Jr.
Erica Treiber	Tennessee	MB	Sr.
Cortney VanLiew	FGCU	OH	So.

Honorable Mention

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Holly Carlton	Florida	RS	RS-So.
Kylie DeBerg	Missouri	OH	So.
Thayer Hall	Florida	OH	Fr.
Molly Livingston	High Point	MB	Sr.
Alyssa Munlyn	Missouri	MB	Sr.
Alli Stumler	Kentucky	OH	Fr.

Player of the Year: Madison Lilley, Kentucky, S

Freshman of the Year: McKenna Melville, UCF, OH

Coach of the Year: Craig Skinner, Kentucky

Southwest Region

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani	Texas	RS	Sr.
Brionne Butler	Texas	MB	RS-Fr.
Emily DeWalt	Texas State	S	Fr.
Logan Eggleston	Texas	OH	Fr.
Alyssa Enneking**	Oklahoma	OH	Sr.
Shelly Fanning**	Baylor	MB	RS-Jr.
Cheyenne Huskey	Texas State	S/H	Jr.
Keyton Kinley	Oklahoma	L	So.
Nicole Lennon	Rice	OH	So.
e'lan McCall	TCU	OH	Fr.
Kylee McLaughlin	Oklahoma	S	So.
Grace Morgan	Rice	MB	Jr.
Yossiana Pressley**	Baylor	OH	So.
Micaya White***	Texas	OH	Jr.

Honorable Mention

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Lee Ann Cunningham	Rice	L	Jr.
Danae Daron	Stephen F. Austin	MB	Jr.
Kylie Grandy	Southern Mississippi	OH	Sr.
Morgan Johnson	Texas	MB	Sr.
Carlisa May	Arkansas State	OH	Sr.
Missy Owens	Texas Tech	S	Sr.

Player of the Year: Micaya White, Texas, OH

Freshman of the Year: e'lan McCall, TCU, OH

Coach of the Year: Karen Chisum, Texas State

* Denotes total number of years selected to AVCA Division I All-Region Team

AVCA Divsion I Region Coaches of the Year

AVCA Division I East Region Coach of the Year

Kirsten Bernthal Booth, Creighton University
2018 Record: 29-5, 18-0 Big East

Has been the head coach of the Bluejays for 16 seasons…Notched the No. 9 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament after winning their fifth consecutive BIG EAST Championship…Has spent 12 consecutive weeks in the top-10 of the AVCA Coaches Poll…Finished either in first or second in the conference in team hitting percentage (.265), opponent hitting percentage (.171), assists per set (13.34), kills per set (14.35), blocks per set (2.34), and digs per set (16.45)…She is now a three-time AVCA Region Coach of the Year (2015, 2016, 2018).

AVCA Division I East Coast Region Coach of the Year

Dan Fisher, University of Pittsburgh
2018 Record: 30-2, 17-1 ACC

Just completed his sixth season with the Panthers…Their 30 wins are the most since 1990 (32-6)…Won the ACC Championship outright and garnered the No. 12 seed in the NCAA Tournament…Achieved their first AVCA ranking since 1992…Got as high as No. 5 in the AVCA Poll (previous high was No. 17 in 1990)…Didn't lose a match until October 28 (23-match winning streak to open the season)…Named the 2018 ACC Coach of the Year…Mentored four Panthers to All-ACC honors…Currently sits at No. 3 nationally in winning percentage (.928) and No. 6 in team hitting percentage (.291)…This marks his second consecutive AVCA Region Coach of the Year award.

AVCA Division I Midwest Region Coach of the Year

Bobbi Petersen, University of Northern Iowa
2018 Record: 24-10, 16-2 MVC

Peterson is in her 19th season as the Panthers head coach…Finished the regular season ranked second in Missouri Valley Conference…Won nine MVC Tournament crowns, including 2018…UNI ranked second nationally in assists per set (14.16) and kills per set (15)…Leads the country in team assists (1784) and team kills (1890)…Has won the AVCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year award twice before (2001, 2002).

AVCA Division I North Region Coach of the Year

Hugh McCutcheon, University of Minnesota
2018 Record: 27-3, 19-1 Big Ten

Seventh season at the helm of the Gophers…Won the Big Ten Conference and grabbed the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament…Advanced to the Round of 16 with wins over Bryant and South Carolina…Named the 2018 Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year…Ranked first in the Big Ten in hitting percentage (.300), assists per set (13.63), kills per set (14.79), and digs per set (16.55)…Three-time AVCA Region Coach of the Year (2013, 2015, 2018).

AVCA Division I Northeast Region Coach of the Year

Chris Tamas, University of Illinois
2018 Record: 30-3, 17-3 Big Ten

Second season coaching the Fighting Illini…Earned their second straight spot in the NCAA Tournament Round of 16…Currently riding a 15-match winning streak…Garnered the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and finished in second place in the Big Ten Conference…Recorded the program's first 30-win season since 2011 when they advanced to the NCAA Championship Match…Began the season at No. 12 in the AVCA Coaches Poll, and currently sit at No. 3.

AVCA Division I Pacific North Region Coach of the Year

Kevin Hambly, Stanford University
2018 Record: 30-1, 20-0 Pac-12

Hambly is in his second season as head coach of Stanford and his 10th overall as head coach…Earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament…Boasts a career record of 238-91… Undefeated in the Pac-12 Conference…Only dropped 13 sets all season… Ended the season on a 28-match winning streak…Hambly has coached eight teams into the NCAA Tournament (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018)…Currently ranked at No. 1 in the AVCA Coaches Poll…Won the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2017 and 2018.

AVCA Division I Pacific South Region Coach of the Year

Heather Olmstead, Brigham Young University
2018 Record: 29-1, 17-1 WCC

This year's campaign marks the fourth as the head coach at BYU…Advancing to the program's seventh consecutive NCAA Round of 16…Picked up their first No. 1 ranking in the AVCA Coaches Poll since 1986…Held the top spot for longer than any other team this season (11 weeks)…Won their first 27 matches of the season, including a five-set win over the current top-ranked Stanford Cardinal on August 31…First in the country in hitting percentage (.316), and second in win percentage (.967) and opponent team hitting percentage (.136)…This year marks her second AVCA Region Coach of the Year honor (2016, 2018).

AVCA Division I South Region Coach of the Year

Jeni Jones Chatman, University of Central Arkansas
2018 Record: 26-7, 14-2 Southland

Chatman just completed her fourth season as the head volleyball coach at the University of Central Arkansas… Appeared in the Southland Conference Tournament for the eighth consecutive year…Had four conference players of the week in 2018…Earned an automatic qualifier bid to the Women's NIVC for the second straight season…Registered a combined 53 wins over the last two seasons, which is a 21-win improvement from the combined win totals of 2015 and 2016.

AVCA Division I Southeast Region Coach of the Year

Craig Skinner, University of Kentucky
2018 Record: 26-4, 18-0 SEC

Skinner has been the head coach of the Wildcats since the 2005 season…For the second consecutive season advanced to the Round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament…It is the program's fifth all-time appearance under Skinner…Earned the No. 10 overall seed and their 14th consecutive season competing in the NCAA Tournament…Won the SEC outright…Named the SEC Coach of the Year for the third time…He is now a two-time SEC Coach of the Year (2011 + 2018).

AVCA Division I Southwest Region Coach of the Year

Karen Chisum, Texas State University
2018 Record: 27-7, 15-1 Sun Belt

Chisum is in her 39th season as head coach of the Texas State volleyball program…Leads the longest-tenured coaching staff in all of NCAA Volleyball…Made it to second round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament…Ranked first in the Sun Belt West Division for the second year in a row…Won the Sun Belt Conference Tournament (10th conference tournament win for Chisum)…Received Conference Coach of the year six times (Gulf Star 1986; Southland 1991, 2000, 2003, 2011; Sun Belt 2018).

Volleyball Trio and Booth Earn All-Region Honors

2018 Division I Regional Awards

East Region

Honorable Mention

East Coast Region

Honorable Mention

Midwest Region

Honorable Mention

North Region

Honorable Mention

Northeast Region

Honorable Mention

Pacific North Region

Honorable Mention

Pacific South Region

Honorable Mention

South Region

Honorable Mention

Southeast Region

Honorable Mention

Southwest Region

Honorable Mention

AVCA Divsion I Region Coaches of the Year

AVCA Division I East Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I East Coast Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I Midwest Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I North Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I Northeast Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I Pacific North Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I Pacific South Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I South Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I Southeast Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I Southwest Region Coach of the Year

Players Mentioned

Madelyn Cole

Taryn Kloth

Jaali Winters

Volleyball Trio and Booth Earn All-Region Honors

2018 Division I Regional Awards

East Region

Honorable Mention

East Coast Region

Honorable Mention

Midwest Region

Honorable Mention

North Region

Honorable Mention

Northeast Region

Honorable Mention

Pacific North Region

Honorable Mention

Pacific South Region

Honorable Mention

South Region

Honorable Mention

Southeast Region

Honorable Mention

Southwest Region

Honorable Mention

AVCA Divsion I Region Coaches of the Year

AVCA Division I East Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I East Coast Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I Midwest Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I North Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I Northeast Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I Pacific North Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I Pacific South Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I South Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I Southeast Region Coach of the Year

AVCA Division I Southwest Region Coach of the Year

Players Mentioned

Madelyn Cole

Taryn Kloth

Jaali Winters

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