Senior setter Ashley Borchers named 2nd Team All-America by the AVCA
By Caleb Scott
ADA — Senior setter Ashley Borchers (Russia) has been named Second Team All-America by the American Volleyball Coaches Association for 2016.
Borchers is a 3-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference honoree and a two-time First Team AVCA All-Great Region honoree.
The senior led the team with 1,032 assists and ranked first on the team and in the OAC with a .398 hitting percentage.
The 2016 OAC Co-Player of the Year ended her career ranked sixth all-time at Ohio Northern with 3,317 career assists.
Junior Haley Potters (Wheelersburg/South Webster) was also named Honorable Mention All-America as a First team All-Region award winner.
Potters, a middle hitter for the Polar Bears, led the team with 279 kills, 38 service aces, and 102 total blocks.
Potters led the OAC with 28 blocks solo and was third overall in the league with 102 total blocks.
Potters was also named First Team All-OAC in for the 2016 season.
The No. 22-ranked Polar Bears posted a 27-4 record, won the OAC Regular Season and OAC Tournament titles and advanced to the first round of the NCAA III Tournament in 2016.