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Thursday, December 14
 
Weaver, Logan headline first-team picks

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RICHMOND, Va. -- Long Beach State junior Cheryl Weaver and Stanford sophomore Logan Tom have been named AVCA Division I First-Team All-Americans for the second consecutive year.

The AVCA 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.

Loyola Marymount senior Sarah McFarland, UCLA junior Kristee Porter and Brigham Young 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 Minnesota, is a two-time AVCA Division I Second-Team All-American.

The selections are made by the American Volleyball Coaches Association Division I All-America Committee.

A look at the 2000 AVCA Division I All-America teams:

First team

Player			School			Pos./Yr. Hometown
Dana Burkholder		Arizona			S/Jr.	Bakersfield, Calif.
Greichaly Cepero	Nebraska		S/So.	Dorado, Puerto Rico
Kara Gormsen		Pacific			S/Sr.	Stockton, Calif.
Lily Kahumoku		Hawaii			OH/So.	Lubbock, Texas
Angela Knopf		Colorado State		MB/Jr.	Troutdale, Ore.
Sherisa Livingston	Wisconsin		MB/Jr.	Simi Valley, Calif.
Sarah McFarland*	Loyola Marymount	OH/Sr.	Michigan City, Ind.
Laura Pilakowski	Nebraska		OH/So.	Columbus, Neb.
Kristee Porter*		UCLA			OH/Jr.	Tyler, Texas
Nina Puikkonen*		Brigham Young		MB/Jr.	Murray, Utah
Logan Tom^		Stanford		OH/So.	Salt Lake City, Utah
Cheryl Weaver^		Long Beach State	MB/Jr.	Washington, D.C.

Second team

Player			School			Pos./Yr. Hometown
Nicole Branagh*		Minnesota		OH/Sr.	Orinda, Calif.
Amanda Burbridge	Arizona State		OH/Sr.	Scottsdale, Ariz.
Courtney Cox		Colorado State		OH/Jr.	Longmont, Colo.
Lizzy Fitzgerald	Wisconsin		S/Jr.	New Orleans, La.
Stephanie Hagen		Minnesota		MB/Jr.	Minnetonka, Minn.
Amber Holmquist		Nebraska		MB/So.	Houston, Texas
Jennifer Joines		Pacific			MB/Fr.	Milpitas, Calif.
Mishka Levy		Penn State		OH/So.	Stafford, Texas
Jennifer Pahl		Southern California	MB/Jr.	Murrieta, Calif.
April Ross		Southern California	OH/Fr.	Newport Beach, Calif.
Brooke Rundle		UC Santa Barbara	S/Jr.	Westlake, Calif.
Colleen Smith		Texas Tech		OH/Sr.	Albuquerque, N.M.

^ Denotes 1999 AVCA First-Team All-America selection
* Indicates 1999 AVCA Second-Team All-America selection




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