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Sage announces 2009-2010 Women's Volleyball Awards
Rexford, NY---The Sage Colleges athletic department gathered on April 26 at the Mohawk River Country Club and Chateau to bestow the program’s top awards for the 2009-2010 academic year. Sage, which now boasts 10 varsity athletic teams that compete as an NCAA Division III member and a full-member of the Skyline Athletic Conference, handed out a Gator of the Year award as the team’s Most Valuable Player Award in each sport as well as other honors at the banquet as athletic department staff, the college’s dignitaries, families and friends gathered to salute the excellence that occurred in 2009-2010 at Sage. By next fall, Sage will field 12 varsity teams with the addition of men’s cross country and men’s soccer to the fold.
Honored from the 2009 Sage Women's Volleyball team were junior Nicole Corbett (East Greenbush, NY/Columbia), senior Kellie Jones (Troy, NY/Troy), and sophomore Kelsey Wilson (Schenectady, NY/Bishop Gibbons).
2009-2010 ECAC Merit Award: Nicole Corbett (Jr., East Greenbush, NY/Columbia) Women’s Volleyball
(A two-time Skyline Conference All-Star in women’s
volleyball, Nicole Corbett has excelled on 
the court and in the classroom at Sage. A 2009 ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-District nominee, she is a education and math major at
Sage with a 3.8 grade-point-average, having helped the team to
back-to-back Skyline Conference Championship titles in 2007 and
2008 as well as the college’s first and only NCAA Division
III Tournament appearances. Active on campus and in the community,
Nicole is a member of the math club at Sage and works as a math
tutor, while also volunteering as a Miracle League volunteer.)
2009-2010 Sage Sport-by-Sport Awards and
honorees
(Gator of the Year is the team’s Most Valuable
Player Award)
Women’s Volleyball:
Gator of the Year: Nicole Corbett (Jr., MH, East Greenbush, NY/Columbia)
(She was a repeat honoree on the Skyline Conference Women’s
Volleyball All-Star First Team after leading the team as a
tri-captain in 2009. Helped the team with her excellent play on the
court as she was a candidate for both the 2009 ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-District Team and the AVCA All-America Team. Over the
course of the year, she earned four selections to the Skyline
Conference weekly honor roll and was tapped as the Player of the
Week once. She closed the 2009 regular-season with a spot on the
Vassar College Invitational All-Tournament Team. She was the
Gators' team leader with her .291 attack percentage this past fall.
She added 275 kills with a total of 117 blocks. For the 2009
Skyline Conference Tournament, she average 3.18 kills per set with
1.27 blocks with a .382 attacking percentage. She finishes the
season ranked second all-time in career total blocks with 378. She
is just 61 blocks shy owning the career record. She is also
currently in fourth place on the career kills list with 905.
Overall on the year, the junior started all 124 sets and her 117
total blocks ranks fourth in single-season performance at Sage.)
Most Improved Player: Kelsey Wilson (So., L, Schenectady, NY/Bishop Gibbons)
(Kelsey was named the most improved player as she made the
switch in positions this year 
and excelled as the team’s libero. She finished the season
having played in all 34 matches and led the squad with her 436 digs
which was good enough for fourth in the Skyline Conference as she
averaged 3.69 digs per set. She added 28 serving aces and became a
force in her new role as a defensive specialist.)
Coaches’ Award: Kellie Jones (Sr., OH, Troy, NY/Troy)
(She was named to the 2009 Skyline Conference All-Star Second Team
for her play this past season after she connected for 257 kills
with 355 digs. In the Skyline Tournament, she added 24 digs with 29
kills. Overall on her Sage career, she ranks among the leaders in
several categories. She racked up 675 kills, which is 
seventh best in program history. She added 1,198 career digs,
which is fourth best. She also added 182 career serving aces, which
is also fourth best. On her 2009 campaign, she added 50 serving
aces in 124 sets played and started. At the beginning of the 2009
season, she was named to the Union College Invitational
All-Tournament Team and was selected the Skyline Conference
Volleyball Player of the Week on September 21.)
2009-2010 Sage Athletic Honor Society:
(The Sage College’s Intercollegiate Athletic Honor Society recognizes junior, senior, or graduate level student-athletes, who have maintained a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.2 or better and have participated as a member of a varsity team for at least two seasons.)
Nicole Corbett (Jr., East Greenbush, NY/Columbia), Women’s Volleyball
Cheryce Harvey (Jr., Utica, NY/Thomas R. Proctor), Women’s Volleyball
*Kellie Jones (Gr., Troy, NY/Troy), Women’s Volleyball and Softball
Sarah Peacock (Jr., Duanesburg, NY/Duanesburg), Women’s Volleyball
*Indicates Previous Inductee
