Kuykendall, Bogan Earn C-USA Postseason Honors

Nov. 15, 2006

2006 All-Conference USA Awards

HOUSTON -- Conference USA announced the volleyball postseason awards on Wednesday, and Rice's Tessa Kuykendall received all-conference second team honors while Natalie Bogan was named to the all-freshman team.

For Kuykendall, a senior from Brighton, Mich., the award marked the third-straight season for her to receive all-conference honors. She was named to the C-USA third team in 2005 and was a member of the all-Western Athletic Conference first team in 2004.

In 2006 Kuykendall led the Owls in C-USA action with 1.21 blocks per game to rank fifth in the league. She also averaged 2.96 kills per game in league play. Kuykendall is the only Owl to earn C-USA offensive player of the week honors, being recognized on Sept. 11 after leading Rice to an upset of then-21st ranked Arizona. Also this season, Kuykendall became the Owls' all-time blocking leader as she has brought her career total to 541.

Natalie Bogan

A freshman from Berkeley, Calif., Bogan started in 27 of 30 matches this season, starting all 16 in C-USA and playing all 72 league games. She has the Owls' top hitting percentage at .262, is second on the team with 0.92 bpg and adds 2.38 kpg. In 16 league matches, Bogan recorded double-digit kills 13 times and had her first career double-double with 13 kills and 12 digs against UCF.

Kuykendall and Bogan are set to lead Rice this weekend at the 2006 Conference USA Volleyball Championship, hosted by Houston at Hofheinz Pavilion. The Owls face off with the Cougars in the opening round of competition with a 5 pm match on Thursday. The winner will then face Marshall on Friday at 5 pm. Rice and UH split their regular season meetings with the Owls winning at Autry 3-2 and the Cougars winning at the UH Alumni Center 3-1. Rice students can attend free of charge with their student ID.

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