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Valparaiso University Volleyball Camps
Valparaiso Volleyball Accomplishments

2008 Season
• 25-7 overall record
• 12-4 in Horizon League play; finished second
• 13-match winning streak
• Brittany Malicoat and Angie Porché both earn Honorable Mention All-American honors
• Kim Bukowski named Honorable Mention All-Midwest Region
• Porché named Horizon League Player of the Year
• Malicoat named Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year
• Bukowski and Allison Sears also earn All-League accolades
• Team won Notre Dame’s Shamrock Invitational
• Crusaders defeated the two Big East Tournament finalists (Notre Dame, Louisville) as well as Big East foe DePaul and ACC opponent Wake Forest
• Valpo swept Western Michigan on its home floor one week before the Broncos advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16

Under Carin Avery
• 172-62 (.735) overall record
   o All seven seasons over 20 wins – longest stretch of 20-win seasons in Valpo history
   o Most wins and best winning percentage of any coach in Valpo history
   o Among the top-20 active Division I coaches by winning percentage
• Two-time Mid-Con Coach of the Year (03, 04)
• Guided Valpo to five consecutive conference championship matches (03-07)
• Three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (03, 04, 05)
• 11 in-season tournament titles
   o 2002 – Crusader Classic
   o 2003 – Four Points Titan Classic, Popcorn Classic
   o 2004 – Ball State Classic, Billiken Invitational
   o 2005 – Blue Demon Invitational, Popcorn Classic
   o 2006 – Chicagoland Classic, Catamount Clash V Tournament, Miami Thanksgiving Invitational
   o 2008 – Shamrock Invitational
• Six Horizon League All-League honorees
• Ten Mid-Con first team All-Conference selections
• Ten Mid-Con second team All-Conference selections
• 12 Horizon League Player of the Week honorees
• 29 Mid-Con Player of the Week accolades
• 11 in-season tournament MVPs
• Six of eight Valpo individual single-season records set under Avery.
• Five of nine Valpo team single-season records set under Avery
• Six of eight Valpo individual career records set under Avery