NEW YORK - The Skyline Conference's 11 head women's volleyball coaches voted on their 2015 year-end awards recently, and College of Mount Saint Vincent senior middle hitter, Ashleigh Scozzari has been selected as the conference's Player of the Year.
Farmingdale State freshman outside hitter, Annie Cosgrave, and Mount Saint Vincent head coach, Carlos Aponte, were selected as the conference's Rookie and Coach of the Year, respectively.
Scozzari was also named the 2015 Skyline Conference Women's Volleyball Championship's Most Outstanding Player after leading the Dolphins to their first-ever title following a four-set triumph in the title match against Mount Saint Mary (Nov. 7). Her 4.76 kills and 5.30 points per set top the Skyline, while her 0.83 blocks per set are tied for the top mark. Scozzari's .345 hitting percentage also ranks second among Skyline Conference student-athletes.
Cosgrave put down 2.40 kills per set in her rookie campaign, while adding 2.81 points per set; both marks are good for the No. 8 spot among the Skyline Conference leaders.
Aponte, a 2007 graduate of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, is in his first season as head coach of the Mount Saint Vincent program. All he has done in his short time in Riverdale is lead the Dolphins to a 17-13 mark, as well as a 12-match winning streak entering the team's first appearance in the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship.
Both Scozzari and Cosgrave were voted to the all-conference first-team, and are joined on the eight-member squad by: Barbara Wright of Farmingdale State; Jennifer Gries of Mount Saint Mary; Rachel Liebig and Siena Wilder of Sage; Lauren GaNun of St. Joseph's-Brooklyn; and Heather Ferchland of St. Joseph's-Long Island.
The all-conference second-team is comprised of: Francesca Calderon of Farmingdale State; Carly Lombardo of Maritime; Kayla Kurka of Mount Saint Mary; Nicole Henderson of Mount Saint Vincent; CJ Kelley of Sarah Lawrence; and Courtney Bocchieri and Courtney Wickline of St. Joseph's-Long Island.
2015 Skyline Conference Women's Volleyball All-Conference Team
First-Team
% Annie Cosgrave, Farmingdale State - Fr., OH - Bay Shore, N.Y.
Heather Ferchland, St. Joseph's-Long Island - Sr., MH - Selden, N.Y.
Lauren GaNun, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn - Sr., MH - Breezy Point, N.Y.
Jennifer Gries, Mount Saint Mary - Sr. L - Hicksville, N.Y.
Rachel Liebig, Sage - Jr., S - Hartford, N.Y.
** Ashleigh Scozzari, Mount Saint Vincent - Sr., MH - New Rochelle, N.Y.
Siena Wilder, Sage - Jr., L - Ballston Spa, N.Y.
Barbara Wright, Farmingdale State - Jr., MB - Farmingdale, N.Y.
Second-Team
Courtney Bocchieri, St. Joseph's-Long Island - Jr., MH - Bay Shore, N.Y.
Francesca Calderon, Farmingdale State - Sr., L - Wheatley Hts., N.Y.
Nicole Henderson, Mount Saint Vincent - So., S - Bergenfield, N.J.
CJ Kelley, Sarah Lawrence - Fr., S - Las Vegas, Nev.
Kayla Kurka, Mount Saint Mary - Sr., MB - Islip, N.Y.
Carly Lombardo, Maritime - Jr., RS - Setauket, N.Y.
Courtney Wickline, St. Joseph's-Long Island - Jr., S - Medford, N.Y.
** Player of the Year: Ashleigh Scozzari, Mount Saint Vincent
% Rookie of the Year: Annie Cosgrave, Farmingdale State
Coach of the Year: Carlos Aponte, Mount Saint Vincent (first season)