Pamela Soriano named MEAC Preseason Player of the Year

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) has named FAMU sophomore outside hitter Pamela Soriano its Volleyball Preseason Player of the Year. The MEAC also predicted that Howard University will win the Northern Division and FAMU will win the Southern Division.

  

FAMU received 22 first-place votes and posted a 9-1 record in the Southern Division and 13-15 overall finish last year.  The Lady Rattlers will be anchored by Soriano and 2014 All-MEAC First Team middle blocker Ginna Lopez-Chavez.

Soriano, the 2014 MEAC Rookie of the Year, ranked second in the conference and 31^st in the NCAA in kills per set (4.25), and second in the MEAC and 39^th nationally in points per set (4.73). Lopez-Chavez ranked fourth in the MEAC in hitting percentage (.304) and fifth in blocks per set (0.90) and was selected to the preseason team.

All the preseason awards were voted on by the conference’s head volleyball coaches and sports information directors.