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BAY CITY, Mich. - Hillsdale College senior outside hitter Ashlee Crowder (Jenison, Mich.) was named the 2011 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) volleyball “Player of the Year” in voting conducted by the league’s head coaches. Ferris State University middle hitter Courtney Rehm (Portage, Mich./Central) was tabbed  “Freshman of the Year” while Ferris State senior Lisa Tobiczyk (Marysville, Mich.) earned “Libero of the Year” honors.  FSU’s Tia Brandel-Wilhelm was named “Coach of the Year” by her peers.

Crowder was named the GLIAC “Player of the Year” for the second consecutive season. Crowder finished the regular season leading the conference in kills per set (3.92), and her hitting percentage of .371 ranked third in the conference. Crowder will go down as one of the most decorated players in Charger volleyball history. She is a two-time All-American and has been named First-Team All-Region twice. She was the most outstanding player of the 2009 GLIAC Tournament, and she’s led the  Chargers to GLIAC tournament titles in 2009 and 2010.

Rehm had an impressive rookie campaign with the nationally-ranked Bulldogs. She wrapped up the regular-season ranked third in blocks among the GLIAC leaders and has recorded a team-high 93 total blocks this season with 17 solo and 76 assists.  She’s also notched 192 kills and ranks fourth among the team leaders with 2.06 kills per set.  Rehm also is hitting a squad second-best .337 on the year.

Tobiczyk became the program’s all-time career digs leader this season.  The  senior captain leads the GLIAC with 447 digs this campaign heading into the conference semifinals and has totaled 1,704 career digs in her four years with the Bulldogs.  She had at least 10 digs in 25 matches this season, including 20 or more eight times overall and five of her last seven matches.  Tobiczyk recorded the second-highest single match digs total in school history with 37 this season and is listed among the national leaders in the digs category (4.81 per set).  She’s both a three-time All-GLIAC and GLIAC All-Academic Team selection.

 Brandel-Wilhelm became the school’s all-time winningest coach by notching her 331st victory with  the Bulldogs by virtue of FSU’s GLIAC Tournament Quarterfinal win over Wayne State.  The 16th-year head coach guided FSU to its 14th consecutive winning campaign this season and the school’s first conference regular-season crown since the  GLIAC split into divisional play.  Under Brandel-Wilhelm’s tutelage, the Bulldogs have posted an impressive 25-2 mark to date and were 18-1 in conference regular-season play.  FSU also earned its highest national ranking in 20 years by moving up to 11th nationally this season along with  second in the Midwest Region.

A complete list of the 2011 All-GLIAC Volleyball teams can be found below: