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Collins-Parker to coach MW all-stars
Source: goaztecs.com
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May 4, 2017 (San Diego) - San Diego State senior middle blocker Baylee Little and sophomore setter Indigo Thompson have been named to the Mountain West All-Star Volleyball Team that will travel to Europe this summer to compete at the European Global Challenge.
In addition, SDSU’s Deitre Collins-Parker will be the head coach of the squad and will be assisted by MW assistant coaches Megan Burton (Nevada) and Sammi Stuart (Utah State).
The Mountain West all-star team includes two setters, one libero, three middle blockers and six outside/opposite hitters from nine of the 11 MW member institutions.
It marks the fourth year in a row that the Mountain West will be sending an all-star women’s volleyball team to Europe with Little and Thompson becoming the sixth and seventh Aztecs to play on the squad.
Little, a native of Gilbert, Ariz. (Highland HS), redshirted for the Aztecs during the 2016 season, but was named to the all-Mountain West team as a junior in 2015. That year she averaged 2.27 kills and 0.54 blocks per set.
Thompson, who transferred to SDSU from Virginia Commonwealth for the 2016 season, started 21 of SDSU’s 32 matches last fall as one of three setters who saw action during the season. She ended the year with average of 9.10 assists per set along with 1.91 digs per set. She was named to the all-tournament team at Art Carmichael Invitational in Kingston, R.I.
Collins-Parker completed her eighth season at San Diego State last fall where she has compiled a record of 130-112 and her teams have finished .500 or better in conference play each of the past seven seasons. As a player, she was a three-time AVCA All-American at Hawai’i and a member of the U.S. national team. Her 21-year head-coaching career has also seen her in charge at UNLV and Cornell.
Twelve Mountain West student-athletes make up the team that will travel to Maribor, Slovenia for four days of training sessions and friendly matches against national teams from the region. From July 11-14, the team will compete in the 2017 European Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia, featuring junior national and club teams from throughout Europe. The last three Mountain West squads have each placed third in the Brijuni Division at the Global Challenge.
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