The Emory University volleyball program’s incoming freshman class has been recognized as one of the premier groups in the nation by Prepvolleyball.com.

The Eagles’ eight-member contingent earned High Honorable Mention acclaim by the website and was the lone Division III program among the 95 teams that were recognized.  The recruiting classes were broken down by the Top 30 (Texas No. 1, Penn State No. 2), Highest Honorable Mention and High Honorable Mention.  Other program’s that shared High Honorable Mention Honors with Emory included Boston College, Marquette University, Michigan State and Oklahoma.

The eight rookies who will be competing on the 2011 Emory volleyball team include Kate Bowman (Corpus Christi, TX), Hannah Everett (Rossville, TN), Dana Holt (Moraga, CA), Leah Jacobs (Linville, VA), Cat McGrath (St. Louis, MO), Cami Silverman (Bellevue, WA), Camden Spade (Raleigh, NC) and Olivia Volarich (St. Louis, MO).