2000 AVCA Division I All-America Teams
12/17/2000
AVCA ALL-AMERICA TEAMS ANNOUNCED FOR DIVISION I
RICHMOND, VA. -- The American Volleyball Coaches Association will present the 20th annual All-America awards Friday at the AVCA All-America/Player of the Year banquet at the Richmond (Va.) Marriott Hotel.
Long Beach State University junior Cheryl Weaver and Stanford University sophomore Logan Tom are repeat AVCA Division I First-Team All-America selections from 1999. Loyola Marymount University senior Sarah McFarland, UCLA junior Kristee Porter and Brigham Young University junior Nina Puikkonen are two-time All-Americans having moved up from the 1999 AVCA Division I Second-Team All-American squad to the first-team in 2000. Nicole Branagh, a senior from the University of Minnesota, is a two-time AVCA Division I Second-Team All-American.
The selections are made by the AVCA Division I All-America Committee: Katie Weismiller, Indiana, Chair; Bonnie Kenny, Massachusetts; Cindy Gannon, Southeast Missouri State; Janice Kruger, Maryland; John Dunning, Pacific; Jeff Nelson, Texas Tech; Judy Green, Alabama; Denise Corlett, Stanford University; and Sharon Dingman, Illinois State, AVCA Awards Chair.
2000 AVCA Division I First-Team All-America
| Player | Institution | Pos. | Yr. | Ht. | Hometown |
| Dana Burkholder | University of Arizona | S | Jr. | 5-8 | Bakersfield, California |
| Greichaly Cepero | University of Nebraska | S | So. | 6-2 | Dorado, Puerto Rico |
| Kara Gormsen | University of the Pacific | S | Sr. | 5-10 | Stockton, California |
| Lily Kahumoku | University of Hawai'i | OH | So. | 6-2 | Lubbock, Texas |
| Angela Knopf | Colorado State University | MB | Jr. | 6-1 | Troutdale, Oregon |
| Sherisa Livingston | University of Wisconsin | MB | Jr. | 6-2 | Simi Valley, California |
| Sarah McFarland + | Loyola Marymount University | OH | Sr. | 6-6 | Michigan City, Indiana |
| Laura Pilakowski | University of Nebraska | OH | So. | 6-1 | Columbus, Nebraska |
| Kristee Porter + | UCLA | OH | Jr. | 5-11 | Tyler, Texas |
| Nina Puikkonen + | Brigham Young University | MB | Jr. | 6-3 | Murray, Utah |
| Logan Tom ^ | Stanford University | OH | So. | 6-1 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Cheryl Weaver ^ | Long Beach State University | MB | Jr. | 6-2 | Washington, D.C. |
2000 AVCA Division I Second-Team All-America
| Player | Institution | Pos. | Yr. | Ht. | Hometown |
| Nicole Branagh + | University of Minnesota | OH | Sr. | 6-1 | Orinda, California |
| Amanda Burbridge | Arizona State University | OH | Sr. | 6-2 | Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Courtney Cox | Colorado State University | OH | Jr. | 6-0 | Longmont, Colorado |
| Lizzy Fitzgerald | University of Wisconsin | S | Jr. | 6-0 | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Stephanie Hagen | University of Minnesota | MB | Jr. | 6-3 | Minnetonka, Minnesota |
| Amber Holmquist | University of Nebraska | MB | So. | 6-4 | Houston, Texas |
| Jennifer Joines | University of the Pacific | MB | Fr. | 6-3 | Milpitas, California |
| Mishka Levy | Penn State University | OH | So. | 6-2 | Stafford, Texas |
| Jennifer Pahl | University of Southern California | MB | Jr. | 6-1 | Murrieta, California |
| April Ross | University of Southern California | OH | Fr. | 6-1 | Newport Beach, California |
| Brooke Rundle | UC Santa Barbara | S | Jr. | 5-6 | Westlake, California |
| Colleen Smith | Texas Tech University | OH | Sr. | 6-7 | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
