For Immediate Release
December 21, 2007
Thomsen named AVCA All-American
Lincoln, Neb.—Nebraska Wesleyan’s senior libero Linsey Thomsen has been named to the NCAA Division III/AVCA All-America Third Team. Thomsen makes the fifth volleyball player from NWU to be named to the AVCA All-America Team. The last NWU volleyball player to make the AVCA All-America team was Lindsey Fuller in 2002.
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She ranked in the top five in digs per game in Division III this season, averaging 7.82 digs per game. She helped lead the Prairie Wolves to a 17-10 record and a trip to the NCAA III Championships.
Thomsen also was named First Team All-GPAC for the second consecutive year and was a Division III Player-of-The-Week earlier this season. Thomsen racked up 837 digs on the season, breaking her own record for single-season digs, which she set at 806 digs last year.
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Last season, Thomsen was a first-team DIII All-Independent selection and was Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Libero of the Week twice. She also received first-team honors from the GPAC and the Omaha World Herald.
Thomsen, an accounting major from Beatrice, Neb., is the daughter of Ken Thomsen and Dottie Thomsen.
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