Conference Carolinas Player and Coach of the Year honors for King
HIGH POINT, N.C. - King College collected three All-Conference Carolinas Men's Volleyball squad places which included the league's player and coach of the year winners.
Joel Salva (Lake Mary, Fla.) was the lone setter on the first team to go along with his Conference Carolinas Player of the Year award win. Salva provided 9.2 assists per set which ranked third in the league. His 0.33 aces per set was fourth best and he was tops in digs per set category with 2.1. Salva added 0.33 kills per set.
This marks the second straight year for Salva to be on the team as a setter.
Morris Cephas (Richmond, Va.) was the all-conference team's libero with 1.97 digs per conference set. Throughout the season Cephas gave out 10 assists to teammates in conference contests.
James Friddle (Cartersville, Ga.) used a 2.66 kills per set average within conference play to land on the squad. Friddle posted a .214 hitting percentage. He ranked sixth in the kills per set category and was ninth with 0.24 aces per set. Friddle was credited with 1.31 digs per set and 0.69 blocks per set. including eight solo against conference foes.
Ryan Booher was named the Conference Carolinas Men's Volleyball Coach of the Year. Booher help guide King to a second-place finish in the regular season standings which puts the Tornado into Thursday's Conference Carolinas Championship contest at Mount Olive (N.C.) College. King finished conference play at 5-3 and 11-8 overall. The conference record was tied with Lees-McRae (N.C.) College, but King had the tie breaker after the two split the regular-season series thanks to the Tornado's 3-2 win at Mount Olive.
Since Booher took over in the middle of the 2010 season King has posted a 9-3 conference record with a 22-10 overall mark. Only Mount Olive has a better conference record in the same time frame at 10-2, with King winning two of the three meetings.
Conference Carolinas announced the All-Conference Team honors in conjunction with the upcoming Conference Carolinas Championship Men's Volleyball Tournament Thursday.
Head coaches from conference member institutions nominate and then vote upon the award winners who represent the best of the best for the conference. As an emerging sport into the league, the Men's Volleyball All-Conference First Team is made up of five position players, a libero, and a setter. Individual awards include Freshman of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Player of the Year.
Selected information from Conference Carolinas office.
All-Conference First-Team
Scott Schweihofer, Limestone College- Outside Hitter
Chad Mercado, Lees-McRae College- Opposite Hitter
Angel Dache, Mount Olive College- Outside Hitter
James Friddle, King College- Opposite Hitter
Adam Miracle, Mount Olive College- Outside Hitter
Morris Cephas, King College- Libero
Joel Salva, King College- Setter
Freshman of the Year
Benedikt Schirmers, Mount Olive College- Opposite Hitter
Player of the Year
Joel Salva, King College- Setter
Coach of the Year
Ryan Booher, King College
Regular Season Champion
Mount Olive College
