Jan. 3, 2008

2007 AVCA All-America Teams

CINCINNATI - Senior Middle blocker Jill Quayle has earned national recognition from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) as she was named to the 2007 AVCA Division I Honorable Mention All-America team following the completion of the 2007 season. This is the first such honor for Quayle and only the second time a Musketeer has earned the distinction (Sara Bachas, 2001).

Quayle, the 2007 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, was named to the Northeast's All-Region team in early December. She finished the season as the A-10 leader in hitting percentage (.386) and in blocks with 1.28 per game.

She ended her career at Xavier in first place all-time in block assists for a career (442) and second all-time in hitting percentage for a career (.330). Quayle's .386 hitting percentage for 2007 is tied for first place in Xavier program history for a season.

The Musketeers (24-10) were the A-10 regular season runner-up as well as the runner-up in the A-10 Championship, both to nationally-ranked Dayton. XU received its first ever at-large bid to the 2007 NCAA Tournament, its second NCAA appearance in program history, falling to 16th-seeded Cal Poly, 3-0, in the First Round.