BEREA, OHIO — Baldwin-Wallace College senior libero Meggie Marten (Bowling Green) has been selected as the 2007 Ohio Athletic Conference Libero of the Year and senior outside hitter Kelsey Hills (Sylvania/ Toledo St. Ursula) was named All-OAC for the fourth straight season. The duo helped the Yellow Jackets to an 18-14 record this season and a four-year mark of 88-43 with one OAC regular season championship.
Marten, a health and physical education major with a 3.304 grade point average, led the Yellow Jackets with 667 defensive digs and 62 services aces this season. Her 62 aces were fifth all-time in a single-season at the College, and her 667 digs ranked sixth. In addition to being the OAC Libero of the Year, Marten was an honorable mention All-OAC choice and was an all-tournament team choice at the Marcia French Memorial Tournament.
For her career, Marten was a four-year starter who was twice named to all-tournament teams and had 182 aces and 2,481 digs to rank first all-time at B-W.
Hills, a business administration major with a 3.54 grade average, led B-W with 545 kills and a .276 hitting percentage and was second with 40 aces, 436 digs and 83 total blocks, including 37 solo’s. Her 545 kills ranked third all-time in a single-season. For her efforts this fall, Hills was named as a first-team All-OAC selection and as an all-tournament pick at the College of Mount St. Joseph tourney.During her career, Hills earned All-OAC honors four straight years, was All-Great Lakes Region in 2005 and Academic All-OAC in 2006. She ended her career as a two-time OAC Player of the Week and a five-time all-tournament selection. She also had1,702 kills to rank second all-time and 1,321 digs and 108 solo blocks to rank seventh in each catagory.
