Mindy Altice All-Conference 1st team

Jessica Flanagan Honorable mention

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October 31, 2007


Ferrum's Altice Named to Volleyball All-Conference First Team

FERRUM, Va. -- Ferrum College senior Mindy Altice (Wirtz, Va./Franklin County) has been named to the 2007 USA South Athletic Conference's Volleyball All-Conference first team.

2007 USA South Volleyball All-Conference Team

This marks the fourth straight year in which Altice has earned All-Conference honors.  She was a second team selection last year as a junior and an honorable mention as a freshman and sophomore in 2004 and 2005.

Altice holds school records for season kills (596 in 2007), season kills/game (5.09 in 2007), career attacks (4818), career kills (1981), and career kills/game (4.40).  Altice has also earned Academic All-Conference honors the past three years.

Joining Altice on the All-Conference team this year is sophomore Jessica Flanagan (Martinsville, Va./Magna Vista), who earned honorable mention.  Flanagan also earned honorable mention in 2006 as a freshman with the Panther volleyball program.

Junior Lauren Thurman (Hardy, Va./Franklin County) was named to the USA South's 2007 Volleyball All-Sportsmanship Team.  Thurman was an Academic All-Conference selection last year as well.

Altice and two other seniors graduate this year, Jessica Walker (Front Royal, Va./Warren County) and Kenzie Franklin (Linden, Va./Warren County).  Both players earned Academic All-Conference honors the past three years.  Ferrum closed out the 2007 season at 16-17 overall this year under third-year Head Coach Nancy Howlett. 

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