AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Augusta State’s Jessica Howard was named to the Peach Belt Conference All-Conference team at the PBC volleyball awards banquet on the eve of the conference tournament in Pembroke, N.C.

Howard, a junior middle blocker, led the Jaguars in hitting percentage, kills and blocks. Howard booked nine matches with 15 plus kills and averaged a .326 hitting percentage for the regular season. Howard also leads the PBC in kills and blocks.

The Jaguars begin play in the PBC volleyball championships at 1:00 p.m., when they take on USC Aiken. All matches will be played in the English Jones Center in Pembroke, N.C. Below is the 2008 volleyball All-Conference team as selected by the league’s head coaches.

Peach Belt Conference
2008 All-Conference Volleyball Team

Stefanie Durham, USC Aiken
Jessica Howard, Augusta State
Jenna Kaiser, Francis Marion
Jessica Lombardi, Francis Marion
Hannah Segebart, Armstrong Atlantic State
Kerri Sorensen, Lander
Kay Stewart, Lander
Rindy Vidovich, Armstrong Atlantic State

Player of the Year: Rindy Vidovich, Armstrong Atlantic State
Freshman of the Year: Allie Schneider, UNC Pembroke
co-Coaches of the Year:
Carla Decker, Lander
Will Condon, Armstrong Atlantic State
Paul MacDonald, Francis Marion