Leitner, Lill & Watt Earn MIAC Postseason Honors
Sophomore Mallory Leitner and senior Kaia Lill were chosen for the MIAC All-Conference Team, while junior Maria Watt earned All-Conference Honorable Mention honors.
MOORHEAD, Minn. (11/8/23)----A trio of Cobbers received MIAC postseason honors as selected by the conference coaches.
Sophomore Mallory Leitner (Dilworth, Minn./Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton HS) and senior Kaia Lill (Bismarck, N.D./Bismarck Century HS) were chosen for the MIAC All-Conference Team. At the same time, junior Maria Watt (Glyndon, Minn./Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton HS) earned All-Conference Honorable Mention honors.
| Complete List of 2023 MIAC All-Conference Award Winners |
Leitner and Watt receive their first postseason honor, while Lill adds a second award to her trophy case. She was also named to the All-Conference Honorable Mention Team in 2022.
In another milestone for the 2023 Concordia season, the three MIAC postseason award winners mark the first time since the 2013 season that the Cobbers have had more than two players earn All-Conference honors.
The three players helped Concordia earn a trip to the MIAC playoffs for the first time since 2016. The Cobbers finished the year with a 15-14 overall record and a 6-5 mark in league play. It's the most overall wins for a CC team since 2015.
Leitner led the team's frontline players. She led the team in kills in conference matches with 122, which was eighth most in the league. She also hit .216 in the 41 sets she played in, which was in the Top 25 of the MIAC.
Lill was the team's offensive captain and helped the Cobbers finish second in the MIAC in kills (510) and fifth in attack percentage (.191). Lill played in all 11 matches in conference play and ended the year with 409 assists. That total was No.2 on the conference list for the year. She averaged 9.98 assists per set, which was third-best in the league.
Lill finished the year with 1,061 total assists. That ranks seventh on the school's all-time single-season assist list.
Watt had a breakout season and finished in the Top 20 in the MIAC in hitting percentage and blocks. Watt played in 41 sets in league matches and was sixth in the conference in hitting with a .310 mark. She was 17th in blocks with 27.
Past Cobber MIAC Postseason Award Winners
MIAC Most Valuable Player
2011 - Jenna Green
2006 - Becca Shane
2004 - Jessica Walden
MIAC Rookie of the Year
2012 - Olivia Wangensteen
2008 - Jenna Green
2003 - Becca Shane
MIAC All-Conference
2021 - Kendra Wiggs
2018 - Brianna Carney
2016 - Brianna Carney
2015 - Heather Beaner, Anna Skow-Anderson
2014 - Kelly Reed, Anna Skow-Anderson
2013 - Kayla Hampton, Kynndyl Ross, Angie Waller
2012 - Kynndyl Ross, Olivia Wangensteen
2011 - Jenna Green, Amy Sykora, Katie Vohnoutka
2010 - Jenna Green, Katie Vohnoutka
2009 - Jenna Green, Katie Vohnoutka
2008 - Abby Scheel, Anna Tinkham
2007 - Michelle Honek, Abby Scheel
2006 - Danielle Dahl, Becca Shane, Lindsay Sipma
2005 - Becca Shane
2004 - Jacki Barten, Becca Shane, Jessica Walden
2003 - Jacki Barten, Amy Fitzner, Jessica Walden
2002 - Jacki Barten, Amy Fitzner, Jessica Walden
2001 - Jacki Barten
2000 - Sam Scariano, Stacy Davis
1999 - Anne Larson, Sam Scariano
1998 - Laura Reitmeier, Anne Larson
1997 - Laura Reitmeier, Anne Larson, Nicole Vetter
1996 - Angie Carlin, Laura Reitmeier, Marsha Suko
1995 - Angie Carlin, Marsha Suko, Jodi Tulibaski
1994 - Angie Carlin, Jodi Tulibaski
1993 - Jodi Horner, Jodi Tulibaski
1992 - Laura Dahl
1991 - Kerri Smerud, Laura Dahl
1990 - Amy Walstad
1989 - Kerri Smerud, Amy Walstad
1988 - Kelly Schroeder, Amy Walstad, Sara Burros
1987 - Kelly Schroeder
1982 - Sue Quenette
MIAC Honorable Mention
2022 - Kaia Lill
1994 - Holly Zollar
1992 - Kari Martinson