EAST STROUDSBURG - East Stroudsburg University senior Dawn Peipher has been named to the Daktronics Division II Atlantic Region Volleyball First Team.

Peipher was one of seven players selected to the first team and was chosen as the Libero/Defensive Specialist. Those selected to the first and second teams are eligible for All-America honors.

Peipher (Bethlehem/Bethlehem Liberty) led the team with 777 digs, an average of seven per game. She also had seven kills and 21 aces and helped the Warriors to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference playoffs. Earlier in the season, she became the 16th player in NCAA Division II history to record 2,000 career digs.

ESU, under first-year head coach Michelle Kreeger, finished the season 21-14.

Daktronics Division II Atlantic All-Region
FIRST TEAM
SETTER: Sara Kirsch, Slippery Rock University (Senior/Indiana, Pa.)
OUTSIDE HITTER: Shari Matthews, North Carolina Central University (Junior/Bridgetown, Barbados)
OUTSIDE HITTER: Allison Liptak, California University (Senior/McKeesport, Pa.)
MIDDLE HITTER: Li YiZhi, Lock Haven University (Senior/Shanghai, China)
MIDDLE HITTER: Anastasia Urbanik, Slippery Rock University (Sophomore/Otsego, Mich.)
OPPOSITE/RIGHT SIDE HITTER: Sarah Brandon, Kutztown University (Senior/Gibsonia, Pa.)
LIBERO/DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST: Dawn Peipher, East Stroudsburg University (Senior/Bethlehem, Pa.)
ATLANTIC REGION PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Shari Matthews (North Carolina Central University/Jr., OH)
SECOND TEAM
SETTER: Renata da Silva, California (Pa.) University (Freshman/Sao Paolo, Brazil)
OUTSIDE HITTER: Sam Mitchell, Mount Olive College (Junior/Boyd, Wisc.)
OUTSIDE HITTER: Desirae Riddick, Johnson C. Smith University (Senior/Misawa, Japan)
MIDDLE HITTER: Trisha Gerus, Indiana (Pa.) University (Senior/Tidioute, Pa.)
MIDDLE HITTER: Jenna Newman, Edinboro University (Junior/Las Vegas, Nev.)
OPPOSITE/RIGHT SIDE HITTER: Inga Kurgonaite, Lock Haven University (Junior/Kaunas, Lithuania)
LIBERO/DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST: Julie Oleson, Limestone College (Senior/Seattle, Wash.)