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November 10, 2002


Harris Named to All-Conference Volleyball Team
Junior a Second-Team Selection

Ferrum, Va. – Ferrum College's Shermika Harris (Martinsville, Va./Laurel Park) has been named to the 2002 Dixie Conference's All-Conference Volleyball Team as a second-team selection.
 
A 6'2" junior outside hitter, Harris closed out the season with 409 kills and a .359 attack percentage.  She also recorded 34 service aces, 166 digs, and 71 blocks.  She played in 30 of Ferrum's 31 matches this season.  She led the team in kills and attack percentage, while finishing second in blocks.  Harris finished 4th in the Dixie Conference in hitting percentage, and fourth in kills per game with a 3.59 kills/game average.
 
This is the second sport in which Harris has earned All-Conference honors for Ferrum.  As a freshman with the Ferrum women's basketball team in 1999-2000, Harris was an All-Conference second team selection and the Dixie Women's Basketball Rookie of the Year.  She was named to the league's post-season tournament All-Tournament team at the close of the 2000 season.
 
Head Coach Kelly Caputo's team finished the season at 7-24 overall, and was sixth in the league standings at 4-10 against Dixie opponents.  Ferrum played #3 seed Averett University in the first round of the Dixie Conference Tournament, held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8-9, at Greensboro College, losing 3-0 to end its season.
 
A highlight of the season was Ferrum's stretch from October 26 through November 2nd in which the Panthers won four of five matches.  The wins included Dixie matches with Chowan College, Shenandoah University, and Methodist College.  The Panthers also defeated well as a non-conference win over Lynchburg College.  For more information, please contact the Ferrum College Sports Information Office at (540) 365-4306.

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