Florida SW’s Alarcon, Cowley’s Bonomi, Dallas-Eastfield’s Davis top VBM NJCAA All-American teams

Jim Dietz is an NJCAA Hall of Fame coach who led Lincoln Land community College to three consecutive final fours. His blog on coaching has more than 20,000 readers. Dietz led our panel of coaches and experts that put together the National Junior College Athletic Association All-American teams for VolleyballMag.com. There is one team each for three NJCAA divisions, including a player and coach of the year in each division.

By Jim Dietz for VolleyballMag.com

NJCAA D-1

Player of the Year: Alondra Alarcon, OH (SO) — Florida SouthWestern: Hit .320 while
averaging 4.02 kills/set and 3.09 digs/set. She was all-tournament at the
National Championships while tallying 14 kills and 13 digs in the title match.

NJCAA D-1 All-American team
Luiza deCruz, S (FR) – Miami-Dade: 1101 assists (11.59/set), 41 aces, 207 digs
Annika Helf, OH (SO) – Northeastern: 465 kills (.283), 333 digs, 61 blocks, 48 aces
Vivian Lucumi, MH (SO) – Miami-Dade: 158 kills (.345), 126 blocks (1.27/set)
Paige Parlanti, OH (SO) – Vincennes: 514 kills (.284, 4.36/set), 408 digs, 73 blocks
Janke Pretorious, S (SO) – Southern Idaho: 98 kills (.335), 1216 assists (9.28/set), 380
digs
Selanny Puente, MH (SO) – Weatherford: 292 kills (.390), 42 aces, 101 blocks
Roberta Purashaj, S (SO) – Florida SouthWestern: 1035 assists (11.01/set), 215 digs
Genesis Rodriguez, MH (FR) – Trinity Valley: 382 kills (.299), 285 digs, 89 blocks
Hanna Tylska, OH (SO) – Navarro: 454 kills (.288), 390 digs, 113 aces
Sara Van Gisteren, OH (FR) – Indian Hills: 453 kills (.287), 74 aces, 349 digs, 51 blocks
Sofia Velez, LIB (SO) – Trinity Valley: 106 assists, 708 digs (5.45/set), aced on only 4%
of S/R attempts

Coach of the Year: Thais Baziquetto-Allen, Florida SouthWestern: Led her team to a
31-1 record and a second consecutive national title.

NJCAA D-2

Player of the Year: Laura Bonomi, OH (FR), Cowley: She finished the season with 495
kills, hitting .393 along with 3.13 digs/set. She had 52 kills…