Volleyball Trio Named All-Americans With Norah Sis Earning Third Team Honors

OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton Volleyball's Norah Sis was named a Third Team All-American while Jaela Zimmerman and Kendra Wait were recognized as Honorable Mention All-Americans by the American Volleyball Coaches Association on Wednesday, Dec. 15. Only six freshmen nationwide were named All-Americans, and Sis and Wait made Creighton the only team with multiple freshmen recognized.

This year marks the 10th straight season that Creighton has had at least one All-American, with multiple All-Americans in six of the past seven campaigns.

Sis is Creighton's fifth player ever, but just the second freshman (joining Jaali Winters in 2015) named Third Team All-American by the AVCA, matching the highest honor in program history. Last week Sis became CU's third player ever named AVCA East Region Freshman of the Year, joining Winters (2015) and Brittany Witt (2016). The Papillion product led Creighton with 3.75 kills per set and her 435 kills are 120 more than any other freshman on a top-25 team, and the most of any freshman in contention for National Freshman of the Year recognition. Sis was named to four different All-Tournament Teams and brought home MVP honors at the BIG EAST Tournament. The outside hitter was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year, picked up six BIG EAST Freshman of the Week accolades and also landed on the All-BIG EAST Team. She averaged 4.43 kills per set and 3.36 digs per set on .260 hitting in eight contests against top-50 opponents.

Wait was named Honorable Mention All-American after a standout freshman campaign that saw her collect a team-high 17 double-doubles and lead the BIG EAST with 10.46 assists per set. Wait also ranked among the BIG EAST leaders in blocks per set (17th) and digs per set (14th) as she brought home All-BIG EAST and BIG EAST All-Freshman honors. The Gardner, Kan., native was a five-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, picked up one BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week recognition and collected four All-Tournament Team honors. After just one freshman was named All-American from 1994-2020 (Winters in 2015), Wait joined Sis as the lone Creighton freshmen to be recognized as an All-American by the AVCA.

This is the second time (2020, 2021) that Zimmerman has been named an All-American from the AVCA, though she was also named an All-American in the fall of 2019 by VolleyballMag.com. The three-time All-BIG EAST pick averaged 3.69 kills and 3.22 digs was the only player in the league to average at least 3.00 kills and 3.00 digs per set. Zimmerman was named MVP of the Bluegrass Battle, Bluejay Invitational and Shocker Volleyball Classic and also earned All-Tournament Team accolades at the BIG EAST Championship. The Lincoln, Neb,. product averaged 4.52 kills per set in eight matches against top-50 competition.

Creighton finished the its season on Dec. 3 with a 31-4 overall record after making its 10th consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Bluejays won their eighth straight BIG EAST regular-season title while also capturing its seventh league tournament title in the past eight campaigns.

Creighton now owns 25 all-time AVCA All-America accolades in program history, which have been earned by 15 different women.

Each of the three AVCA All-America Teams is comprised of 14 athletes. The Division I AVCA National Player of the Year will be announced on Friday at the AVCA All-America/Players of the Year Banquet. This is the third season that the AVCA selected just 42 student-athletes as AVCA All-America Honorable Mention. Of these 42 selections, athletes named Player of the Year from their conference and AVCA All-Region were automatically be named AVCA All-America Honorable Mention.

The selections were made by the AVCA Division I All-America Committee: Chair: Erin Lindsey (Santa Clara); East Region: Shaun Kupferberg (Howard); East Coast Region: Marci Byers (Virginia Tech); Midwest Region: Mike Gawlik (Central Michigan); North Region: Mark Rosen (Michigan); Northeast Region: Don Gromala (Kent State); Pacific North Region: Keith Barnett (Air Force); Pacific South Region: Jesse Mahoney (Colorado); South Region: Betsy Freeburg (UAB); South Region: Tom Mendoza (South Carolina); Southwest Region: Lindsey Gray-Walton (Oklahoma).

CREIGHTON'S AVCA THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICANS
Kelli Browning - 2014
Lydia Dimke - 2016
Norah Sis - 2021
Jaali Winters - 2015, '18
Brittany Witt - 2019

CREIGHTON'S AVCA HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICANS
Megan Bober - 2010, '12
Kelli Browning - 2012, '13
Madelyn Cole - 2018, '19
Lydia Dimke - 2017
Kelly Goc - 2007
Jessica Houts - 2008
Taryn Kloth - 2016, '18
Michelle Sicner - 2013
Lauren Smith - 2015
Kendra Wait - 2021
Marysa Wilkinson - 2017
Jaali Winters - 2016
Brittany Witt - 2017
Jaela Zimmerman - 2020, 2021

2021 AVCA DIVISION I ALL-AMERICANS (FALL)
First-Team All-Americans
Player	School	Pos.	Class
Julia Bergmann	Georgia Tech	OH	Jr.
Mariana Brambilla	Georgia Tech	RS	Sr.
Brionne Butler	University of Texas	MB	Sr.
Tori Dilfer	University of Louisville	S	Gr.
Dani Drews	University of Utah	OH	Gr.
Logan Eggleston	University of Texas	OH	Jr.
Sydney Hilley	University of Wisconsin	S	Gr.
Kayla Lund	University of Pittsburgh	OH	Gr.
Mackenzie May	UCLA	OH	Gr.
Yossiana Pressley	Baylor University	OH	Sr.
Dana Rettke	University of Wisconsin	MB	Gr.
Lexi Rodriguez	University of Nebraska	L	Fr.
Stephanie Samedy	University of Minnesota	RS	Sr.
Anna Stevenson	University of Louisville	MB	Gr.


Second-Team All-Americans
Player	School	Pos.	Class
Caitie Baird	Stanford University	OH	R-So.
Lauren Barnes	University of Wisconsin	L	Gr.
Kayla Caffey	University of Nebraska	MB	Sr.
Samantha Drechsel	University of Washington	OH	Sr.
Emma Grome	University of Kentucky	S	Fr.
Marin Grote	University of Washington	MB	Jr.
Kaitlyn Hord	Penn State University	MB	Sr.
Kendall Kipp	Stanford University	OH	Jr.
Leketor Member-Meneh	University of Pittsburgh	OH	Sr.
Marlie Monserez	University of Florida	S	Sr.
Caitlyn Newton	Purdue University	OH	Gr.
Brooke Nuneviller	University of Oregon	OH	Jr.
Rylee Rader	Ohio State University	MB	So.
Alli Stumler	University of Kentucky	OH	Sr.

Third-Team All-Americans
Player	School	Pos.	Class
Anna DeBeer	University of Louisville	OH	So.
Skylar Fields	University of Texas	OH	Jr.
Zoe Fleck	UCLA	L	Sr.
Claire Hoffman	University of Washington	OH	Jr.
Magda Jehlarova	Washington State University	MB	Jr.
Kenzie Koerber	Brigham Young University	OP	Gr.
Madi Kubik	University of Nebraska	OH	Jr.
Lauren Matthews	Western Kentucky University	MB	Sr.
McKenna Melville	UCF	OH	Sr.
Chinaza Ndee	University of Pittsburgh	RS	Gr.
Jonni Parker	Penn State University	OPP	Sr.
Mac Podraza	Ohio State University	S	Jr.
Ella May Powell	University of Washington	S	Jr.
Norah Sis	Creighton University	OH	Fr.

Honorable Mention
Player	School	Pos.	Class
Rachel Ahrens	Pepperdine University	OH	Sr.
Caroline Bien	University of Kansas	OH	Fr.
Brooke Botkin	University of Southern California	OH	Gr.
Whitney Bower	Brigham Young University	S	Jr.
Hayley Bush	Purdue University	S	Sr.
Grace Cleveland	Purdue University	OPP	Sr.
Emma Clothier	Florida State University	MB	Jr.
Miajavon Coleman	Coppin State University	OH	Sr.
Megan Cooney	University of Illinois	OPP	Gr.
Leanna Deegan	Lafayette College	OH	Sr.
Emily DeWalt	Texas State University	S	Sr.
Kennedy Eschenberg	Brigham Young University	MB	Gr.
Yanlis Feliz	Chicago State University	OH	So.
Lauren Forte	University of Florida	MB	Sr.
Carly Graham	Rice University	S	Sr.
Serena Gray	University of Pittsburgh	MB	Sr.
Thayer Hall	University of Florida	OH	Sr.
Nicklin Hames	University of Nebraska	S	Sr.
Mariena Hayden	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	OH	Gr.
Petra Indrova	Bowling Green State University	OPP	Jr.
Cierra Jenkins	Brown University	S	Fr.
KJ Johnson	Fairfield University	OH	Jr.
Janice Leao	University of Miami	MB	Jr.
Sadie Limback	University of Nebraska Omaha	RS	Sr.
Emily Londot	Ohio State University	OPP	So.
Dylan Maberry	High Point University	OH	So.
Danielle Mahaffey	University of Tennessee	MB	Sr.
Laney Malloy	Southeast Missouri State University	OH	Sr.
Marina Markova	Syracuse University	OH	Jr.
CC McGraw	University of Minnesota	L	Sr.
Matti McKissock	Georgia Tech	S	Sr.
Ari Miller	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	MB	Jr.
Jess Mruzik	University of Michigan	OH	So.
Georgia Murphy	University of Oregon	L	So.
Dani Nay	Weber State University	OH	R-So.
Jena Otec	Purdue University	L	Gr.
Tamara Otene	Illinois State University	OH	So.
Faith Panhans	Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	S	Jr.
Jamie Peterson	University of Dayton	OH	R-Sr.
Rachele Rastelli	St. John's University	RS	Sr.
Erin Shomaker	FGCU	OH	Jr.
Avery Skinner	Baylor University	OH	Sr.
Madi Skinner	University of Kentucky	OH	So.
Azhani Tealer	University of Kentucky	MB	Jr.
Danielle Tedesco	University at Albany	MB	Gr.
Pia Timmer	Washington State University	OH	Jr.
Madi Tyus	St. Francis University	OH	Sr.
Brooke Van Sickle	University of Hawaii	OH	R-Sr.
Gabby Waden	Mississippi State University	RS	Sr.
Kendra Wait	Creighton University	S	Fr.
Dominique Washington	Florida A&M University	OH	Gr.
Kayla White	UNC Greensboro	OH	Gr.
Taylor Wolf	Marquette University	S/OH	Gr.
Jaela Zimmerman	Creighton University	OH	Sr.

Volleyball Trio Named All-Americans With Norah Sis Earning Third Team Honors

Players Mentioned

Madelyn Cole

Norah Sis

Kendra Wait

Brittany Witt

Jaela Zimmerman

Jaela Zimmerman

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