Ottumwa, IA – Following its National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) DI Volleyball Midwest A District championship, the Indian Hills Volleyball team has been honored with four All-Region 11 selections, announced by the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) on Thursday.
Ahead of the team's second consecutive trip to the NJCAA National Tournament, the Warriors were represented on the All-Region 11 squad by sophomores Kinga Michalska (Szówsko, Poland/ZSSCHiO) and Larissa Barreiros Scatamburlo (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Colégio Liceu Franco-Brasileiro) along with freshmen Sabrina Nogueira Da Silva (São Paulo, Brazil/Colégio Campos Salles) and Sara Van Gisteren (Leuth, Netherlands/Young Talent Academy ROC Nijmegen).
The Warriors also collected a pair of individual postseason honors as Michalska was tapped as the NJCAA Region 11 Player of the Year while head coach Lyndsey Michel was named the NJCAA Region 11 Coach of the Year.
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"Very proud of these girls and all of their hard work that they have put into this season," stated Michel. "Proud of our sophomores whose honors are collected efforts from two of the most memorable years in Indian Hills Volleyball history. They are tremendous leaders and all-around great teammates."
Michalska put together one of the most dominant offensive seasons in recent memory at Indian Hills as the outside hitter eclipsed the 500-kill milestone, the first Warrior to hit the mark since 2019. The sophomore enters the national tournament tied for the fourth-most kills in the nation this year with 514. Michalska climbed the all-time Indian Hills leaderboard this year and ranks sixth all-time in program history with 943 career kills.
Scatamburlo's sophomore campaign saw the outside hitter collect her first-career postseason honor after serving as the team's primary captain. Scatamburlo averaged 1.94 kills/set on the year and recently surpassed the 500-kill and 100-block plateaus for her career at Indian Hills. The sophomore produced a career-best effort with 21 kills vs. Snow College (UT) earlier this season.
Van Gisteren produced one of the top freshman performances at Indian Hills under Michel. The outside hitter produced 447 kills on the year, the most by a rookie at Indian Hills since 2018. Van Gisteren produced 3.39 kills/set while also tallying 343 digs and a team-high 73 service aces, the sixth-most in the nation this year and second-most by a freshman. Van Gisteren was twice recognized as the ICCAC DI Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week.
Defensively, Da Silva proved to be one of the top liberos across the nation. In her rookie campaign, Da Silva currently ranks 10th in the NJCAA with 589 digs on the year. The freshman produced 31 matches with double-digit digs, including eight with at least 20. Da Silva was named the ICCAC DI Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week on five separate occasions this year.
After winning back-to-back ICCAC regular season and NJCAA Midwest District titles, the Warriors have earned four All-Region honors in consecutive years. Under Michel, the Warriors have garnered 30 All-Region honors since 2012.
Indian Hills is set for the upcoming NJCAA DI Volleyball National Tournament in Hutchinson, KS, which gets underway November 15 from the Hutchinson Sports Arena. The Warriors will learn their opponent during the NJCAA DI Volleyball Selection Show at 12:00 PM Thursday.
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