BENNINGTON, Vt. – The Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) announced the 2012 Women's Volleyball All-Star Teams, and Southern Vermont College's senior outside hitter Jessica Alvarez (Los Angeles, Calif.) garnered a Division III New England First-Team selection. She is the first SVC women's volleyball player to be named to an All-ECAC team.
For the second-consecutive season, Alvarez was named the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Women's Volleyball Player of the Year and helped the Mountaineers to an NECC Championship repeat, going 8-0 in the conference regular season and then winning the semifinal and championship matches.
Alvarez led the league averaging 3.54 kills per set with a .378 hitting percentage against conference opponents. She also added 3.12 digs per set and 16 service aces.
The ECAC is the nation's largest athletic and the only multi-divisional conference in the country with approximately 300 Division I, II, and III colleges and universities. The ECAC stretches from Maine to North Carolina and westerly to Illinois. Established in 1938, the ECAC, a non-profit service organization, sponsors nearly 100 championships in 37 men's and women's sports and assigns more than 4,400 officials in 12 sports. The ECAC also administers nine affiliate sports organizations and six playing leagues.
Division III New England
| First Team | |||
| Jessica Alvarez | Outside Hitter | Sr. | Southern Vermont |
| Caitlin Barret | Libero |
Sr. | Middlebury |
| Isabel Custodio |
Setter/Right Side |
Sr. | Wellesley |
| Kenna Finlayson |
Outside Hitter |
Jr. | Rivier |
| Tessa Smolinski |
Outside Hitter |
Sr. | Springfield |
| Shannon Thompson |
Outside Hitter |
Sr. | UMass-Boston |
| Katie Wilson |
Middle Hitter |
Sr. | Eastern Connecticut |
| Second Team | |||
| Sophia Cornew |
Setter |
Jr. | Bowdoin |
| Melissa Haskell |
Outside Hitter |
Sr. | Bowdoin |
| Megan Jarchow |
Outside Hitter |
Jr. | Middlebury |
| Rachel Schroff |
Right Side |
Sr. | Connecticut College |
| Katie Speilbauer | Libero |
Sr. | MIT |
| Casey Stoodley |
Outside Hitter |
Sr. | Plymouth State |
Offensive Player of the Year
Shannon Thompson, Sr., OH, UMass-Boston
Rookie of the Year
Caroline Martin, Fr., OH, Connecticut College