FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 12-4-01

AASU's Haynes Earns Daktronics All-Region Volleyball Honors

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Junior Sarah Haynes - only the second player in Armstrong Atlantic State volleyball history to record 1,000 career kills - added another honor to her resume on Tuesday as she was named to the Daktronics NCAA Division II All-South Region Volleyball second team.

Haynes, a 5-11 middle hitter from Huntingtown, Md., hit .279 with 406 kills and had already earned All-Peach Belt Conference and All-AVCA South Region honors this season. The 2000 PBC Player of the Year, Haynes was one of only two Peach Belt Conference players selected to the Daktronics All-South Region squad.

AASU finished the 2001 season with a 29-10 overall record and advanced to the NCAA South Region semifinal for the second straight year. The Pirates do not lose a player to graduation and will return all 11 players in 2002.

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