Dec. 17, 2009
MU Volleyball Signee Lexy Kessel Named West Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year
Kessel will join the Thundering Herd for the 2010 season
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Incoming freshman to the Marshall University volleyball team, Lexy Kessel, was named West Virginia Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year as announced by the Gatorade Company in conjunction with ESPN RISE on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. The award recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the court.
Kessel will join the Marshall volleyball program as one of the top volleyball players in the state of West Virginia. The Ripley, W.Va., native played four years at Ripley HS where she earned numerous accolades and records. At Ripley she set school records in career kills (1,749), single-season kills (701), career digs (1,658), single-season digs (742) and hitting efficiency (.371).
Kessel was a two-time Mountain State Athletic Conference (MSAC) Player of the Year recipient, two-time first team All-State selection, three-time MSAC first team selection, twice was named captain of the all-conference squad and was named a Wendy’s High School Heisman for West Virginia.
In 1985, The Gatorade Company established an award honoring America’s elite high school student-athletes. Now in its third decade, the Gatorade Player of the Year award has become one of the most prestigious accolades in high school sports. The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one award-winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school boys football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls basketball, boys baseball, girls softball and boys and girls track & field. The selection process for Gatorade State and National Players of the Year is administered by ESPN RISE, the multimedia high school division of ESPN, in partnership with The Gatorade Company. All final selection decisions are the result of a collaborative effort between ESPN RISE and The Gatorade Company.
Over the past 24 years, more than 10,500 state and 200 national Players of the Year have been honored for their athletic excellence, academic achievement and exemplary character. The Gatorade company is proud to recognize, celebrate and support the nation’s most outstanding high school talents throughout their journey to greatness both on and off the field.
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MU Volleyball Signee Lexy Kessel Named West Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year
Kessel will join the Thundering Herd for the 2010 season
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Incoming freshman to the Marshall University volleyball team, Lexy Kessel, was named West Virginia Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year as announced by the Gatorade Company in conjunction with ESPN RISE on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. The award recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the court.
Kessel will join the Marshall volleyball program as one of the top volleyball players in the state of West Virginia. The Ripley, W.Va., native played four years at Ripley HS where she earned numerous accolades and records. At Ripley she set school records in career kills (1,749), single-season kills (701), career digs (1,658), single-season digs (742) and hitting efficiency (.371).
Kessel was a two-time Mountain State Athletic Conference (MSAC) Player of the Year recipient, two-time first team All-State selection, three-time MSAC first team selection, twice was named captain of the all-conference squad and was named a Wendy’s High School Heisman for West Virginia.
In 1985, The Gatorade Company established an award honoring America’s elite high school student-athletes. Now in its third decade, the Gatorade Player of the Year award has become one of the most prestigious accolades in high school sports. The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one award-winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school boys football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls basketball, boys baseball, girls softball and boys and girls track & field. The selection process for Gatorade State and National Players of the Year is administered by ESPN RISE, the multimedia high school division of ESPN, in partnership with The Gatorade Company. All final selection decisions are the result of a collaborative effort between ESPN RISE and The Gatorade Company.
Over the past 24 years, more than 10,500 state and 200 national Players of the Year have been honored for their athletic excellence, academic achievement and exemplary character. The Gatorade company is proud to recognize, celebrate and support the nation’s most outstanding high school talents throughout their journey to greatness both on and off the field.
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