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11/12/2011
Ebels, Ruhenkamp, Umoh Receive All-GLIAC Accolades
Lakers Also Have Six GLIAC All-Academic Honorees
11/10/2011
Season Ends With GLIAC Tourney Loss at SVSU
Lakers are swept 3-0 in the match, finish out the season with a 14-13 overall record
11/04/2011
GVSU Sweeps Lake Superior State
Grand Valley State hits .240 and holds LSSU to .033 hitting percentage in three-game sweep
10/29/2011
GVSU Sweeps Tiffin for Fourth Win in Last Five Matches
Lakers Hit .448 in Opening Set, Serve Up Eight Aces in Victory
10/28/2011
Lakers Sweep Ohio Dominican
Junior Eno Umoh records eight total blocks (seven assist) in the 3-0 victory
10/21/2011
Postgame Comments - GVSU 3, MTU 0
Postgame comments from head coach Deanne Scanlon and Abby Ebels.
2011: Named to the All-GLIAC Second Team...Also named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team...Appeared in all 27 matches (making 18 starts) and playing in 89 total sets...Led the team in hitting percentage (.328), second in solo blocks (12), block assists (59), and total blocks (71)...Also finished fifth in kills (128), points (170.5), and attacks (299), and sixth in assists (89)...Ranked seventh in the GLIAC in hitting percentage...Recorded four matches of double-digit kills, with all four coming in a five-match stretch from Oct. 14 to Oct. 26...Tied a 14-year old Division II record by recording 13 kills in 13 attempts for a perfect 1.000 hitting percentage in 3-0 win over Michigan Tech (10/21)...A perfect 13-for-13 hitting performance had only happened one other time in Division II history (Oct. 18, 1997 by Kim Merrill from South Carolina-Aiken)...Tallied 12 kills, zero errors, a .522 hitting percentage, and seven total blocks against Bellarmine in GLIAC-GLVC Crossover Tournament (10/14)...Added seven total blocks (a career-high) and 11 kills, plus a .529 attack clip, in 3-1 win home victory over Northern Michigan (10/22)...Notched nine kills in 16 attempts (without an error) for .562 hitting percentage in 3-0 win at Tiffin (10/29).
2010: Appeared in 17 matches, playing a total of 31 sets...Recorded 24 kills and 10 total blocks on the year...Notched season-high seven kills and three block assists in 3-0 win over Ohio Dominican (10/30)...Totaled season-best four block assists and three kills in 3-0 win over Lake Erie (10/8)...Added four kills and two block assists in 3-0 win over Tiffin (10/29)...Produced a kill and a pivotal solo block in 3-2 win over Indianapolis (11/21) in Midwest Regional Tournament championship match.
High School:Prepped at Northern Michigan Christian School under head coach Jay Simon...Tabbed as a a third team all-state Class D selection in 2008...Also earned All-Highland Conference and all-area dream team awards after her senior season with the Comets...Won a pair of district championships (2007, 2008), a regional title in 2007, and advanced to the state semifinals in the same year...Named to the all-conference and all-region team in 2007, as well as being named an honorable mention all-state selection...Totaled 993 kills , 657 digs, 363 total blocks, and 107 service aces in her final three seasons at NMCS...Played four years of basketball and competed in track for two years...Participated in choir for four years, band for three years, and in the high school musical in 2007.
Personal: Daughter of Paul and Gayle Ebels...Enjoys hunting, photography, riding horses, and hanging out with family and friends...Majoring in social work.
