DEKALB, Ill. – Senior Meg Wolowicz (Manitowoc, Wis./Manitowoc Lincoln) and sophomore Jori Radtke (Buffalo Grove, Ill./Stevenson) of the Northern Illinois University volleyball team were named to the Mid-American Conference Volleyball All-MAC First Team on Wednesday.
 
This is Wolowicz's second consecutive All-MAC First Team honor and fourth postseason MAC award. The senior finished the regular season second in the MAC with 4.03 kills per set after changing positions from middle blocker to outside hitter. She was named MAC West Offensive Player of the Week twice this season. Wolowicz set single-season career-highs this year with 472 kills, 189 digs, and 25 service aces. She has had eight matches with at least 20 kills this season, including a career-high 30 against Chicago State on Sept. 11. Wolowicz also had six double-doubles on the season of which three came in conference play. On Oct. 13, Wolowicz became the 23^rd Huskie in NIU volleyball history to reach 1,000 kills.
 
For Radtke, this is her first career postseason honor. Radtke was sixth in the MAC in kills this season at 3.25 per set. She improved her offensive output by 200 kills, putting down 383. Radtke also had a career-high 334 digs, with double-digit kills in 20 matches. The sophomore led NIU with 15 double-doubles on the year with a stretch of seven in eight matches from Sept. 11 to Sept. 27. She had a career-high 19 kills in a match twice, both coming in wins at Central Michigan on Oct. 6 and at Ohio on Oct. 20. On Nov. 9, Radtke had 12 kills, 12 digs, and a career-high seven blocks in NIU's 3-2 win over Central Michigan.
 
The sixth-seeded Huskies take on the number seven seed Ohio Thursday at 6 p.m. in the first round of the MAC Volleyball Championship, hosted by Miami. The match will be broadcast on ESPN+.
 
2018 MAC Volleyball Player of the Year
Kallie Seimet, Bowling Green, Senior, Libero
 
2018 MAC Volleyball Setter of the Year
Amber Seaman, Ball State, Junior
 
2018 MAC Volleyball Freshman of the Year
Gaby Harper, Miami, Outside Hitter
 
2018 MAC Defensive Player of the Year
Kallie Seimet, Bowling Green, Senior, Libero
 
2018 MAC Coach of the Year
Carolyn Condit, Miami
 
2018 MAC Volleyball All-MAC First Team 
Ellie Dunn, Ball State, Outside Hitter, Senior
Amber Seaman, Ball State, Setter, Junior
Sydnee VanBeek, Ball State, Middle Blocker, Junior
Katie Kidwell, Bowling Green, Middle Blocker, Sophomore
Katelyn Meyer, Bowling Green, Outside Hitter, Freshman
Kallie Seimet, Bowling Green, Libero, Senior
Andrea Mitrovic, Buffalo, Outside Hitter, Sophomore 
Cassie Haut, Eastern Michigan, Middle Blocker, R-Junior 
Alyssa LaFace, Eastern Michigan, Libero, Senior
Jordan Smith, Eastern Michigan, Outside Hitter, Senior
Gaby Harper, Miami, Outside Hitter, Freshman
Margaret Payne, Miami, Middle Hitter, Junior
Jori Radtke, NIU, Outside Hitter, Sophomore
Meg Wolowicz, NIU, Outside Hitter, Senior 
Vera Giacomazzi, Ohio, Setter, Sophomore
Tia Jimerson, Ohio, Middle Blocker, Sophomore
Lizzie Stephens, Ohio, Outside Hitter, Junior
Rachel Bontrager, Western Michigan, Outside Hitter, Sophomore
 
2018 MAC Volleyball All-MAC Second Team
Meg Starling, Ball State, Middle Blocker, R-Senior
Kristina Nieves, Buffalo, Middle Blocker, Junior
Polina Prokudina, Buffalo, Outside Hitter, Junior
Kalina Smith, Central Michigan, Outside Hitter, Sophomore
Jaime Kosiorek, Ohio, Outside Hitter, R-Senior
Zoe Birnbrich, Toledo, Middle Blocker, Junior
 
2018 MAC Volleyball All-Freshman Team 
Katelyn Meyer, Bowling Green, Outside
Savannah Thompson, Central Michigan, Outside
Erin Gardner, Kent State, Libero
Melissa Kolurbasi, Kent State, Opposite
Gaby Harper, Miami, Outside Hitter
Sophie Riemersma, Miami, Outside Hitter

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