2017 AVCA DIVISION III ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg University middle blocker
Taylor Linn (SR, Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View HS) earned her second American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III All-America honor of her career, being named to the second team of the elite squad, it was announced on Tuesday.
The award caps a tremendous career for Linn, who was named as an AVCA Division III All-America Honorable Mention selection last year. She earned AVCA Division III All-Central Region and All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors in both 2016 and 2017, and has been named to the Academic All-MIAC squad in both 2015 and 2016.
A total of 42 Division III volleyball players (three 14-member teams) earned All-American honors from the AVCA, along with another 98 who earned All-America Honorable Mention honors. Augsburg has now had 10 players earn AVCA All-America honors since 2013.
A middle blocker, Linn developed a reputation as one of the top "six-rotation" (all-around) players in the MIAC. Linn finished her senior season with 353 kills (3.10 per-set), hitting .266, while also recording 93 blocks (14 solo, 0.82 per-set), 384 digs (3.37 per-set) and 24 service aces (0.21 per-set). In the
MIAC's overall statistics, Linn ranks third in total kills and sixth in kills per-set, third in total blocks and 10th in blocks per-set, fourth in block assists and seventh in solo blocks, and ninth in digs and 14th in digs per-set. Her 430.5 points are second-most among MIAC players, with her 3.8 points per-set sixth-best.
This season, Linn recorded double-digit kill totals in 18 of her 30 matches, including 12 kill-dig double-doubles, while also recording three-plus blocks in 17 matches. In her four years at Augsburg (113 matches, 407 sets), Linn finished her career with 928 kills (sixth-most in school history), 2.28 kills per-set, a .207 attack percentage, 879 digs (2.05 per-set), 300 blocks (second in school history), 0.74 blocks per-set (tied for eighth in school history), 33 solo blocks, 267 block assists (first in school history) and 66 service aces (0.16 per-set). Her 113 matches played are 10th-most in school history.
Under eighth-year head coach
Jane Becker, Augsburg finished 19-12 overall (7-4 in MIAC play) in 2017, reaching the MIAC postseason playoffs for the sixth time in the last 10 years. Augsburg has recorded 16-plus wins in each of the last 10 seasons.
(NOTE: Story includes information taken from Augsburg's AVCA All-Central Region release.)
