

"I am truly blessed to be surrounded by the best staff and I could not do any of this without them.
THE YEAR ONE CHALLENGE MAC
"It's a great honor to be named MAC Coach of the Year," Phillips said. Ball State also collected its fourth MAC West Division Championship in Phillips six seasons at the helm.

In addition, Ball State women's volleyball head coach Kelli Miller Phillips was named the MAC Coach of the Year after leading the program to a 17-1 league mark and to the program's ninth MAC Regular Season title. Both totals rank second all-time in MAC history. The four first team awards raise Ball State's all-time total to 106 selections, including 55 first team nods. Joining Wielonski on the All-MAC First Team were junior middle Marie Plitt, junior opposite Natalie Mitchem and graduate transfer Jaclyn Bulmahn. She was also named to the All-MAC First Team and MAC All-Freshman squads. Highlighting the list for Ball State is setter Megan Wielonski who became just the fourth player in program history to earn MAC Freshman of the Year honors. The MAC postseason awards are based solely on performance in league play. 20) by the conference office in advance of the MAC Volleyball Championship which will be played Nov. The awards were voted on by the league's 12 head coaches and announced Saturday morning (Nov. I know they still have a lot of hunger inside of them and their best play this year is yet to come." They are coachable, hard-working, and great teammates who would do anything to help our program be successful. "They each bring so many great qualities to our gym.

"I'm very proud of our MAC award winners," head coach Kelli Miller Phillips said. CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Ball State women's volleyball program was heavily rewarded for its run to the Mid-American Conference regular season title, claiming four All-MAC First Team honors, MAC Freshman of the Year, and MAC Coach of the Year.
