Farmer, Sullivan Earn C-USA Honors
11/14/2007 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Nov. 14, 2007
| | C-USA Championship Central
Huntington, W. Va. -- Two University of Houston volleyball players earned Conference USA awards Wednesday night at the annual C-USA Volleyball Championship banquet.
Junior Justine Farmer was named the All-Conference USA First Team for the second straight season. The El Paso, Te\xas native leads the nation in kills per game with a 5.58 average. She also leads the team in kills (592) and total attempts (1,646).
Farmer's 1,652 career kills is a Houston record and her 1,251 career digs is fourth all-time. She also leads the league in kills (367) and points (405.0) in conference matches and was twice named the C-USA Offensive Player of the Week this season.
Freshman Hannah Sullivan took home All-Conference USA Freshman Team honors after leading the team in service aces (40). She ranks second on the team in kills with 297 and third in digs (252). Her 0.55 service ace per game average is second in the league in C-USA matches.
The Cougars open play at the 2007 C-USA Volleyball Championships Thursday at 1pm when they face Southern Miss. Live in-game stats will be available by logging onto www.conferenceusa.com and clicking on the championship link. Fans can also view live streaming video of each match on the website and each match will air on WMUL radio. Click on the radio link on the championship site.
The C-USA Volleyball Championship will conclude on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 6pm. The championship match will air live on CSTV.
