Casey Hunt of Granby, Conn., Named to NEWMAC Volleyball All-Conference Second Team

2015 Nov 12

WPI freshman Casey Hunt earned NEWMAC Women's Volleyball All-Conference second team honors while the team claimed the sportsmanship award for the second time in three years. Hunt becomes the fifth different Engineer to be recognized by the NEWMAC or NEW 8 and is the first selection since 2010 WPI Hall of Fame inductee Rachel Zimet (Pytel) '02 secured her second nod in 2000.

Hunt logged a dozen double-doubles and led the Crimson and Gray with 251 kills while ranking fifth amongst conference opponents with 2.92 per set overall. The rookie was also second on the team in digs with 299 on the year and 3.48 per set. Hunt registered 143 of her digs in the 10 conference matches to rank ninth in league play. In addition to a career-high 19 kills in the conference meeting with Clark, Hunt logged a career-best 22 digs against Smith and a key win over then-previously unbeaten St. Joseph's (ME).

Volleyball (20-7) posted its first 20-win season since 2010 and earned its first NEWMAC tournament berth since 2012 after a going 5-5 in conference play in head coach Greg Poole's third year on Boynton Hill. Over the course of the campaign, the Engineers defeated the 2014 and 2015 conference tournament champion Babson, appeared in the New England Women's Volleyball Association poll and were recognized in two of the three public NCAA Division III Regional Rankings.

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