SEATTLE (Nov. 15) ­ Seattle Pacific University's Katie Ralph made the first team and Jenna Von Moos made the all-Great Northwest Athletic Conference second team for volleyball.

Katie Ralph has been named to the GNAC Volleyball All-Conference First Team.

Ralph (Jr., Port Orchard, Wa./South Kitsap), a middle hitter who led the GNAC in blocking at 1.15 per game, becomes the Falcons' first first-team selection by the coaches since 2001. She also led the team in kills and was ninth in conference hitting percentage (.258). Ralph was named to the academic all-conference team last week.

Von Moos (So., Stanwood, Wa.), who finished fourth among GNAC leaders in both assists (10.78) and attack percentage (.299), is the first SPU setter to be chosen all-conference in the last five seasons.

Seattle Pacific finished with a record of 15-11 and fourth in the GNAC, it's best placement in three years.

Central Washington's Kate Reome was voted player of the year and the Wildcats' Mario Andaya was coach of the year. Central, which has gone 26-0 to date, plays Hawaii Pacific in the NCAA Pacific Regional, beginning Thursday in La Jolla, Ca.

GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL ALL-STAR TEAMS

FIRST TEAM
+Repeat ++Two-time repeater *Unanimous
+*Kate Reome, CWU Setter 5-7 Sr. Nine Mile Falls, WA
+*Mallory Bergstrom, UAF Outside Hitter 5-11 Sr. Bend, OR
++*Meghan Evoy, WWU Middle Hitter 6-0 Sr. Olympia, WA
+*LeAnne McGahuey, CWU Middle Hitter 5-10 Jr. Wenatchee, WA
+Kristy Carstensen, WWU Middle Hitter 6-0 Sr. Puyallup, WA
Katie Ralph, SPU Middle Hitter 6-0 Jr. Port Orchard, WA
Tiffany Mapston, WOU Libero 5-4 Sr. Banks, OR

SECOND TEAM
+Repeat ++Two-time repeater *Unanimous
Jenna Von Moos, SPU Setter 5-10 So. Stanwood, WA
Lizzy Safranski, SU Middle Hitter 5-9 Sr. Portland, OR
Sarah Sommerman, SU Outside Hitter 6-1 Jr. Kent, WA
Lindsay Miller, NNU Outside Hitter 5-11 Sr. Creswell, OR
LaQué Branch, CWU Outside Hitter 5-8 Jr. Yakima, WA
Danielle Hitzeman. UAF Outside Hitter 5-11 So. Vacaville, CA
Courtney Schneider, WWU Libero 5-8 Fr. Snohomish, WA

Player-of-the-Year ­ Kate Reome, Central Washington
Newcomer-of-the-Year ­ LaQué Branch, Central Washington
Freshman-of-the-Year ­ Courtney Schneider, Western Washington
Coach-of-the-Year ­ Mario Andaya, Central Washington