FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9-2-08
AASU's Hannah Segebart Named PBC Volleyball Specialist of the Week
SAVANNAH, Ga. (September 2) - AASU setter Hannah Segebart was named the Peach Belt Conference's first volleyball specialist of the week on Tuesday afternoon by league officials. Segebart is the Pirates' first player to earn the honor since 2004.
A 5-7 sophomore from Littleton, Colo., Segebart helped the Pirates begin the 2008 season with a 4-0 mark with four wins at the Anderson (S.C.) Invitational. She averaged 10.31 assists per game in leading AASU past Newberry, North Greenville, host Anderson and Benedict.
Segebart notched 47 asssists in a 3-1 win over Anderson, avenging a five-game loss to the Trojans from last season, while also tallying 29 assists against Newberry and 31 assists against North Greenville. She is now just five assists shy of the 1,000 career assist mark and should become the eighth player in school history to reach that plateau this coming weekend.
AASU has had just one other PBC Specialist of the Week honoree since the award's inception in 2004 - Christina Flores, who was the first honoree back on September 7 of that year.
Segebart and the Pirates next travel to Waltham, Mass., for the Bentley Invitational on Friday, September 5, and Saturday, September 6. AASU will take on three NCAA participants during the tournament - host Bentley, Georgian Court and New Haven, as well as Bridgeport.
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