BEAVER FALLS, Pa. – Four Golden Tornadoes were honored with All-Conference recognition when the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) announced its postseason awards Tuesday evening. Headlining the group was senior libero
Joshua Sangrey, who was named the PAC Defensive Player of the Year as well as being the lone libero/defensive specialist on the All-PAC First Team. Receiving Second Team All-PAC recognition were juniors
Evan Puhl and
Andrew Ubinger, and sophomore
Owen Kelley rounded out the group with Honorable Mention All-PAC honors.
Sangrey earned his Defensive Player of the Year award after finishing his collegiate career as one of the best liberos NCAA Division III has ever seen. He ended his career with 1,189 career digs, fifth-most all-time in Division III history, and became the first Geneva player to record 1,000 career digs. This season, he led the conference with 299 digs, averaging a very impressive 3.29 digs per set. It is the third time in Sangrey's career that he has earned all-conference honors, being named to the All-AMCC First Team last season as a junior and the Second Team the year before that.
Puhl and Ubinger were Geneva's two Second Team honorees, and Puhl was named to the PAC All-Tournament team as well for his performance in the conference playoffs. It was a breakout season for Puhl, who set career highs in virtually every statistical category, finishing with 205 kills and a team-best 79 blocks. He was also first on the team and second in the PAC with a .327 hitting percentage. Ubinger finished second on the team in kills (255), digs (203), assists (135), and aces (31), setting or tying career-highs in all four categories. He also finished in the top nine in the PAC in kills, aces, and digs. This is the first all-conference award for both Puhl and Ubinger in their respective careers.
Kelley was Geneva's leading attacker this season, notching 283 kills along with a team-best 37 service aces. His Honorable Mention All-PAC award comes a year after he was named to the All-AMCC Third Team, as well as the AMCC Newcomer of the Year as a freshman.
In addition to the players listed above, freshman
Matthew DeGraaf was also recognized by the PAC, as he was named to the conference's All-Sportsmanship Team. DeGraaf has a passion and an energy that can be seen by anyone in the gym, and his encouragement and vigor were a vital part of the program this season.
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