WAYNE, Neb. - The Division II Conference Commissioners Association released its 2019 Division II All-America volleyball teams on Wednesday, and Tiffin's Jenna Huffman earned First Team honors.
The award comes just one day after Huffman was named an AVCA Third Team All-American, becoming the first athlete in Tiffin volleyball history to earn All-American honors.
A total of 21 student-athletes were named to the three D2CCA All-America teams (seven on each), as well as an additional eight that received Honorable Mention recognition. Huffman is one of two GMAC members named to the First Team along with Hillsdale's Alyssa Van Wienen, and also one of three Midwest Region athletes on the First Team.
In addition to the prestigious All-American accolades, her senior campaign has included CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team and All-District First Team honors, two First Team All-Midwest Region selections (AVCA, D2CCA), First Team All-GMAC honors, and two GMAC Offensive Player of the Week awards.
With just eight teams left in competition during the upcoming final weekend of the Division II NCAA Championship, Huffman is currently leading all of Division II with 4.76 kills per set, 5.34 points per set, 13.21 attacks per set, and 562 total kills. She is also third in total attacks with 1,559. Her 4.76 kills per set is a new single-season record for both Tiffin and the GMAC.
This year, the senior became the only Tiffin volleyball player ever to compile over 1,500 career kills, 1,000 career digs, and 400 career blocks. She surpassed the digs mark on Oct. 8 against Slippery Rock, and blew past the the kills milestone on Oct. 25 in a big GMAC win over Cedarville.
Huffman's name is all over the Tiffin volleyball career record books, finishing second with 1,689 kills, second with 4,146 attempts, second with a .309 hitting percentage, third with 374 block assists, fifth with 481 total blocks, ninth with 107 solo blocks, and ninth with 464 sets played. In the Dragons' history as a member of Division II, Huffman also holds the career records in kills, kills per set, points, attempts, solo blocks, block assists, total blocks, sets played, and matches played.
In addition to the kills per set single-season record, Huffman also holds the best hitting percentage mark (.391, 2018) and second-highest kills total (562, 2019) in one season in program history.
She ends her career with two All-American honors, one Academic All-American honor, four All-Region honors (3x D2CCA, 1x AVCA), one Academic All-District honor, four All-Conference honors (2x GLIAC, 2x GMAC), and the 2016 GLIAC Blocker of the Year award.
The Division II Conference Commissioners Association All-America Volleyball Team is sponsored by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association. The Division II Conference Commissioners Association encourages and promotes Division II athletics and high standards of sportsmanship as important elements of higher education. The CCA is a key communications link among the conferences as they discuss views, policies and regulations that impact Division II intercollegiate athletics and works closely with the NCAA as a communications channel to NCAA Division II member colleges and universities.
The All-America Volleyball team is selected by the NCAA Division II members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).