ROMERO LEADS GROUP OF SEVEN RECOGNIZED BY NAIA

ST. LOUIS – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced its 2016 Volleyball All-Americans, and for the second time in three seasons, Park University's Wendy Romero has been named the NAIA Player of the Year. Romero leads a contingent of seven American Midwest Conference (AMC) student-athletes who were honored by the NAIA – four as All-Americans and three as Honorable Mention All-America.

Romero set numerous Park volleyball records, and she was the first player in program history to twice be named the AMC Player of the Year, a feat which she has now matched at the NAIA level. For more information on Romero, click here to be redirected to Park's article.

Romero was joined on the All-America first team by Columbia College's Peiyi Liu, and Missouri Baptist University's Mallory Dillon. Liu earned a place on the NAIA All-America First Team for the second straight year, and Dillon was named to the First Team for the third straight season. For more details on Liu, click here. Information about Dillon is available on the Missouri Baptist Spartans' website here.

Missouri Baptist's Kristina Medanovic was named to the All-America Third Team, and three AMC athletes – MBU's Caterina Cigarini, Columbia's Sashiko Heredia, and William Woods University's Brittney Engelbrecht – were named as All-America Honorable Mentions. Information for Engelbrecht can be found on the William Woods Owls website here.