Sioux City, Iowa – The 2021 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Volleyball All-Conference Team has been selected. Hope Leimbach from Midland was selected as the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Player-of-the-Year. Jon Hegerle from Jamestown was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Coach-of-the-Year. Jamestown won the regular season championship for 2021 with a 16-0 record. The Jimmies also won the GPAC Tournament title over the weekend.
The NAIA Opening Round is scheduled for November 20, with the NAIA National Volleyball Tournament scheduled in Sioux City November 30 – December 4 at the Tyson Events Center. Seven GPAC teams have made the NAIA Postseason this fall.
The GPAC All-Conference teams were selected by the league coaches.
For the complete list of first-team, second-team and honorable mention selections see the complete release below:
First Team:
Alysen Dexter OH – Northwestern
Bekah Horstman MB – Northwestern
Corrina Timmermans OH – Dordt
GPAC Volleyball Freshman-of-the-Year:
Alysen Dexter, Northwestern
Second Team:
Jessi Franken MB – Dordt
Jadeyn Schutt S – Northwestern
Alli Timmermans RS – Dordt
Honorable Mention:
Dordt – Megan Raszler (S), Erica Bousema (L)
Northwestern – Emily Strasser (DS), Macay Van’t Hul (MB)
