[Gymtalk]

We're proud of you Kallie!!! Good luck this week.

[ATrain]

For those who don't know, Kallie Corbin was tabbed Big South freshman of the year as well as earning a spot on second team all-conference and the all-conference freshman team. She has also achieved 4 triple doubles this season as well.

[Sly Fox]

Cool. Congrats are definitely in order.

[hurricane fan]

For those that don't know, the Big South goes by total votes received....not by position. There wasn't a 1st team all conference setter so 2nd team is much better than it sounds.

[PAmedic]

Corbin Named Big South Volleyball Freshman Of The Year; Black Included On All-Conference First-Team Roster

November 13, 2006
Charlotte, N.C.
Liberty setter Kallie Corbin has been voted the Big South Conference Volleyball Freshman of the Year by the conference’s coaches and sports information directors and middle blocker Autum Black earned a spot on the Big South All-Conference first-team roster, it was announced today.

Winthrop, the conference’s regular season champion, swept the other major Big South awards. Middle hitter Taryn Surbaugh was honored as the Big South Player of the Year, Joel McCartney garnered his second Coach of the Year award in three years and setter Emily Heckl received Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year recognition.

Corbin (Beaverton, Ore.), who was also included on the Big South All-Conference second team and the All-Freshman Team, is the third Lady Flame to be named Freshman of the Year. Liberty Assistant Coach Jennifer (Belk) Vaden was Liberty’s most recent Freshman of the Year, winning the award in 2001. Corbin earned the Big South Freshman of the Week award twice during the season and was the Player of the Week on another occasion.

The freshman led the conference in aces per game (0.51), ranked seventh in assists per game (10.01) and ended up 10th in digs per game (3.61). She recorded four triple-doubles, leading the Big South in that category, and tied for third with 17 double-doubles. Her 52 aces are the most by a Liberty player since 1997.

Corbin’s selection to the All-Freshman Team makes it three-straight years that a Lady Flame has earned that honor. Lara Bartolomeo (Jr., S/DS, Huntington Beach, Calif.) was an All-Freshman Team member in 2004 and Kendall Nichols (So., OH, Hoover, Ala.) won that distinction a season ago.

Black (Sr., Mingoville, Pa.), included on the Big South All-Academic Team for the second-consecutive season, is Liberty’s first player to make the Big South All-Conference first team since Vaden in 2004.

Black, who was one of four middle blockers included on the all-conference first-team list, ranked third in the Big South in both attack percentage (.262) and blocks per game (1.06). One of two seniors on the Liberty roster, she led the team in both categories and is one block away from going over the 100-block mark for the first time in her career.

Corbin and Black have played integral roles in helping Liberty go 9-5 in Big South matches this season. The Lady Flames, the No. 3 seed in the Big South Volleyball Championship, open tournament play with a home match against No. 6 Coastal Carolina Tuesday at 7 p.m.

[PAmedic]

Corbin Tabbed Big South Volleyball Player Of The Week

Kallie Corbin has recorded back-to-back triple-doubles.
November 13, 2006
Lynchburg, Va.
Liberty freshman setter Kallie Corbin has been named the Big South Conference Choice Hotels Volleyball Player of the Week after recording triple-doubles in both of the Lady Flames’ matches last week.

Corbin (Beaverton, Ore.), who won a pair of Big South Conference New Balance Freshman of the Week honors earlier this season (10/9, 10/30), garnered the Player of the Week distinction for the first time. She tallied 11 kills, 48 assists, 20 digs and six blocks in a 3-2 setback against East Tennessee State. Corbin then notched a career-best 14 kills, sharing the team lead in that category, 45 assists, 20 digs and a pair of service aces in Saturday’s 3-2, come-from-behind win at Radford. The freshman has now posted four triple-doubles this season.

The setter is the Big South leader in aces per game (0.51), is seventh in assists per game (10.01) and ranks 10th in digs per game (3.61).

Corbin is the second Lady Flame to be named Big South Player of the Week this season. Junior right-side hitter Mary Alice Pike (Durham, N.C.) earned the award on Sept. 18.

Liberty (11-17, 9-5 BSC) earned the No. 3 seed in the Big South Volleyball Championship and the accompanying right to host a first-round match. No. 6 seed Coastal Carolina will visit the Vines Center Tuesday at 7 p.m. with the winner earning a spot in the Big South Championship semifinals at High Point, N.C., on Friday.