PORTLAND, Ore. – Idaho State had three seniors earn 2010 all-league honors named by the Big Sky Conference on Friday afternoon. Outside hitter Haylee Thompson-Brock and middle blocker Britta Bartschi-Rhodehouse earned second team honors. Middle blocker Sarah Carson earned honorable mention.
The seniors helped Idaho State reach the Big Sky Conference Tournament for the ninth time in program history with a third place finish during the regular season. The last time Idaho State attended the conference tournament was in 2005 advancing to the quarterfinals.
Idaho State's three honorees give the Bengals its most awards since the 2004 season when Nikki Havens earned second team honors while five Bengals received honorable mention.
Bartschi-Rhodehouse, Carson and Thompson-Brock all opened the season with all-tournament team honors. Bartschi-Rhodehouse was named to the first team of the UTPA Fall Invitational where the Bengals won the tournament title. Carson was named to the first team of the BYU Nike Invitational while Thompson-Brock was named to the all-tournament team at the Drake Challenge.
Thompson-Brock posted her first four career double-doubles this season, including a 17 kill and 16 dig effort against Montana at Reed Gym. She posted the fourth best kill average in the Big Sky with 3.57 per set. She notched 141 digs during the Big Sky season. She is the only Bengal to average over three kills and over two digs per set. She led the team with 15 service aces during the conference season and posted 38 blocks.
Bartschi-Rhodehouse averages 2.55 kills per set in league action while posting a .247 attack percentage. She posts the second most blocks on the team with 53 in Big Sky action, and lead the Bengals with 10 solo blocks. She recorded 12 service aces, 30 assists, and 81 digs.
Carson leads the Bengals in blocks with 0.86 per set and hitting percentage with a .311 ef
fort which is the third best attack percentage in the Big Sky.
Against Montana State Carson recorded 14 kills from 23 attacks with one error for a .565 attack percentage at Montana State for a win that clinched ISU's post season appearance.
The Bengals will play No. 2 seed Northern Colorado in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Tournament on Friday, Nov. 26 at Portland State in the Peter W. Stott Center at 6:30 p.m. MT.
FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Name School Year Pos. Hometown
Whitney Phillips*#^ Portland State Jr. OH Scottsdale, Ariz.
Kelley Arnold* Northern Colorado So. OH Berthoud, Colo.
Chenoa Coviare# Eastern Washington Sr. MB Medford, Ore.
Ashley Lichtenberg Northern Colorado Sr. MB Bettendorf, Iowa
Jaimie Thibeault% Montana Sr. MH Red Deer, Alberta
Garyn Schlatter Portland State Fr. S Canby, Ore.
^ MVP, *Unanimous Selection, # Two-time First Team selection, %Three-time First Team selection
SECOND-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Name School Year Pos. Hometown
Haylee Thompson-Brock Idaho State Sr. OH Gilbert, Ariz.
Marissa Hughes Northern Colorado So. S Huntington Beach, Calif.
Lana Zielke Portland State Sr. MB Gersham, Ore.
Kelli Dallmann Northern Arizona So. S Peoria, Ariz.
Janelle Currey Sacramento State So. OH Rocklin, Calif.
Britta Bartschi-Rhodehouse Idaho State Sr. MB St. Anthony, Idaho
HONORABLE MENTION
Name School Year Pos. Hometown
Alysha Cook Eastern Washington Sr. OH Kennewick, Wash.
Shelby Puckett Eastern Washington So. OH Latah, Wash.
Sarah Carson Idaho State Sr. MB Loveland, Colo.
Brittany Quick Montana Jr. MB Richland, Wash.
Meghan Albiston Montana State Sr. L Idaho Falls, Idaho
Rachelle Allen Montana State Jr. OH Longmont, Colo.
Christie Hamilton Portland State Sr. MB/OH Calgary, Alberta
Eryn Kirby Sacramento State Jr. OH Yuba City, Calif.
Breanne Menees Sacramento State Jr. L Bakersfi eld, Calif.
Bethany Wray Weber State So. OH Farr West, Utah
INDIVIDUAL AWARD WINNERS
Most Valuable Player - Whitney Phillips, Sr., OH, Portland State
Top Newcomer - Alex Penewell, Jr., MB, Montana State
Outstanding Freshman - Garyn Schlatter, S, Portland State
Libero of the Year - Amanda Arterburn, Jr., Northern Colorado
