2010 Volleyball Team

The 2010 Wayne State College volleyball team finished 26-4 overall and was 17-3 in the NSIC, advancing to the NCAA Division II National Tournament. The team started the year with 16 straight wins, a new school record that broke the previous win streak of 15 consecutive wins set the year before. The 2010 Wildcats were the first team in school history to achieve a No. 1 national ranking in NCAA and they were ranked No. 1 twice during the season. No. 2 WSC beat No. 1 Minnesota Duluth on Oct. 1, 2010, and was ranked No. 1 on Oct. 4. Following a road loss at No. 16 Minnesota State, the Wildcats battled back and became No. 1 in the nation again three weeks later and battled co-No. 1 Concordia-St. Paul in Rice Auditorium in a match that attracted 1,153 fans to rank 10th on the single match attendance list. The 2010 team also set the single match attendance record beating UNK before a school record crowd of 1,536 and ranked fifth in NCAA Division II in home attendance that season. Five players from this team were named to the All-NSIC Team – Jennifer Hefner and Diedra Artz (First Team). Leigh Connot was NSIC Libero of the Year with Tali Fredrickson and Mindy Moody honorable mention. Hefner was Academic All-District and was a repeat ESPN the Magazine First Team Academic All-American in the 2010 season.