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New Coach for 2009
Jill Pearce became the new head coach for Judson University in March 2009 after Craig Vlietstra turned in his resignation. In two years as the head coach, Vlietstra had a 20-49 record and had two all-CCAC players.
 

Pearce, who was Vlietstra's assistant for the 2008 season, has made an immediate impact in the recruiting ranks signing several local prospects. She has coached at Crystal Lake South High School and helped coach teams to the Illinois Regional Championships in 2003 and 2006. She has also coached for Fusion and Sky High volleyball clubs. This is her first head coaching position at the collegiate level.

Strong Finish
Finishing off the season on a high note, Judson University came from behind to upset Trinity Christian College, 3-2. Judson was down 2-0 and fought back for their second CCAC win. Trinity Christian finished fourth in the conference. Judson also won two of their last three matches to finish at 7-26 on the year and 2-8 in the CCAC. It took Judson a bit to get warmed up in the season as they started off 1-9.
 
Leganski Grabs Career Record
Junior Debra Leganski continued to put her name in the Judson volleyball career book as she became the all-time digs leader. She now has 1,968 career digs in three years and surpassed Michelle Yubeta's (99-01) record of 1,699. Leganski is also Judson career leader for digs per game at 5.65 and is sixth all-time in serving aces (148).
 
Single Season Top 10
Two players added their names to the single season records for top 10 at Judson. Both Danielle Dull and Debra Leganski are in the single season top 10. Danielle Dull is in three categories while Debra Leganski is in two.
 

Dull recorded 49 solo blocks which is good for second and was just nine blocks behind Julie Anderson's 58. Dull is also fourth in kills per game (3.51) and 10th in total attempts (1089).

Leganski continued to put her name in the single season record books. Before this season, she was in the top 10 for two different categories. For 2008, she was seventh in digs per game at 4.61 and 10th in digs (525). She owns the single season records for digs at 776 in the 2007 season and for digs per game from 2006 (6.18).

Career Top 10
Three players are now in the career top 10 for several different categories. Danielle Dull, Debra Leganski, and Carly Campioni all are in the top 10.
 

Dull leads the way by being in six categories. She is second all-time in blocks solo (124), third all-time in hitting percentage (.291), fifth in kills (940) and kills per game (2.89), seventh in total blocks (268), and ninth in total attempts (2308). She needs just 63 solo blocks to become the all-time leader and surpass Julie Anderson's 186.

Leganski is the all-time leader in digs (1968) and digs per game (5.65). Campioni is fourth in assists (1588) and third in assists per game (9.23).

CCAC Awards
Danielle Dull was the lone player named All-CCAC as she was voted onto the first-team. She was also the CCAC Player of the Week, once, on November 13th.
 
NCCAA National Player of the Week
Danielle Dull was given the NCCAA National Player of the Week on September 2nd for her play. This was the lone award from the NCCAA this season. She averaged 3.35 kills per game and 11.5 per match, recorded a career-high 22 kills vs. Mt. Mercy in the Judson Tournament. In that match vs. Mt. Mercy, she also had seven blocks (six solo), 15 digs, and scored 29.5 points. For her play in four matches, she was named to the All-Tournament team.
 
In the CCAC
Four players ranked in the top 20 in the CCAC in five different categories.
 

Danielle Dull was in three different categories as she was sixth in hitting percentage at .250 per game. In kills, she was second at 3.6 per game and then was 10th in blocks per game at 0.7.

Debra Leganski was in two categories as she was fifth in digs at 4.6 per game. She also finished 12th in kills at 2.5 per game.

Kiley Helgerson finished 13th in assists at 2.6 per game and Tracey Enzenbacher was seventh in digs at 4.1 per game.

In the NAIA
Danielle Dull made the top 35 in the NAIA for kills per game. He 3.6 per game was 35th in the nation.