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McFadden earns national volleyball honors at Olivet Nazarene          Send a link to a friend

[DEC. 6, 2006]  BOURBONNAIS -- For the second year in a row, Olivet Nazarene University volleyball players Michelle McFadden and Megan Gullickson have been named NAIA All-Americans. McFadden was named an honorable mention for the second straight year. Gullickson was named to the NAIA third team, after receiving honorable mention last year.

McFadden, a sophomore middle blocker from Lincoln, was named to her second NAIA All-American squad. This season, McFadden, who missed the team's first 14 matches, finished with the fourth-highest kill total, with 349. She finished second on the team in blocks, posting 121.

Gullickson, a senior setter from Bourbonnais High School, was also named to her second NAIA All-American squad. This season, she had a team-high 1,831 assists. She also had 547 digs, 88 aces and 73 blocks. She joins Kylie Redman (1999) and Julie Lernan (2001-2003) as Olivet Nazarene setters to receive NAIA honorable mention. Gullickson became Olivet Nazarene's all-time leader in digs, breaking Ivana Fabryova's record. Gullickson finished her career with 2,320 digs.

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McFadden and Gullickson are the fourth and fifth players in Olivet Nazarene history to be named two-time NAIA All-Americans. Earlier this season, they were named Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference First Team All-Conference and NAIA First Team All-Region VII.

The Olivet Nazarene volleyball team finished the season with a 30-16 overall record and an 8-1 mark in the CCAC.

[Olivet Nazarene University news release]

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