Quiggle, Kraft Earn AVCA All-American Honors
5/17/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Beach Volleyball
MALIBU, Calif. " Corinne Quiggle and Deahna Kraft of the Pepperdine beach volleyball team garnered AVCA Collegiate Beach Volleyball All-American honorable mention acclaim on Thursday afternoon, as announced by the American Volleyball Coaches' Association.
Quiggle (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./Ponte Vedra HS) and Kraft (Seattle, Wash./Garfield HS) have played together all season at either the No. 1 or No. 2 positions, earning the duo West Coast Conference Player of the Year and Defender of the Year respectively, as well as positions on the All-WCC first team.
The pair posted a 22-7 overall record with an 8-6 mark in the top-spot and a 14-1 record in the No. 2-spot. They have posted a 47-23 record by sets. Throughout the season, the pair had one 14-match winning streak as well and the pair clinched eight matches for the Waves. The duo was instrumental to the team's success this season, helping Pepperdine to a third-consecutive West Coast Conference Championship title and a third-berth in the NCAA Tournament in Gulf Shores, Ala.
This is Quiggle's second All-American honor as she garnered VolleyballMag All-American second team acclaim in 2017 alongside then partner Brittany Howard. It is Kraft's first All-American nod.
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