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Chicago's Porter Named USPV Offensive
Player Of The Year
OAKBROOK TERRACE IL (May 1, 2002)
Chicago Thunder outside hitter Kristee Porter has been named the 2002
United States Professional Volleyball (USPV) Offensive Player Of The
Year.
Porter, a former two-time All-American
from UCLA and the 2000 Volleyball/Asics National Player Of The Year,
scored a league-high 345.5 points in 18 regular season matches. Porter
led the league in scoring at 19.2 points per match (4.7 points per
game). Her 345.5 points included a league-best 289 kills, 32.5 blocks
and 24 aces.
In those 18 matches, Porter eclipsed
the 20-point mark a league-high nine times, including a season-best 32
points in a match against Grand Rapids. Porter
has scored in double figures in all 22 Thunder matches this season,
including the playoffs. Porter was
named USPV Player Of The Month for February and was also selected as
USPV Player Of The Week on two occasions.
Chicago and Minnesota are currently
tied 1-1 in the best-of-5 USPV Championship Series. Match 3 is Thursday
at Saint Xavier University's Shannon Center in Chicago
(7 p.m. match time).
[Source: Mike Miazga, Director Media
Relations, USPV, (630) 575-8827]
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