Bogan Named To Cobra Magazine's All-National First Team
1/5/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Jan. 5, 2010
Rice senior volleyball player Natalie Bogan has been selected to COBRA Magazine's All-National First Team.
A middle blocker from Oakland, Calif., Bogan was named to the All-Conference USA First Team for the second straight year in leading the Owls with a .345 hitting percentage. The team's co-captain ranked second on the squad with 371 kills and 3.25 kills per set. She concluded her career ranked seventh in school history with 1,326 kills.
Rice in 2009, under sixth-year head coach Genny Volpe, posted a 23-9 record and won its first-ever Conference USA Volleyball Championship. The Owls also played in the NCAA Championship for the second-consecutive year and third time overall.
COBRA Magazine (www.cobramag.t83.net) is the first publication that showcases the talents of black volleyball players. Its first four issues featured players such as three-time National Champion Alisha Glass of Penn State, Canadian National Team member Tasha Holness and SEC Player of the Year Brittnee Cooper.
COBRA's goal is to tell inspiring stories of black volleyball players that show young African American players that they too have opportunities to thrive in the sport despite cultural differences and economic disadvantages.
ALL-NATIONAL FIRST TEAM: Texas' Rachael Adams, Rice's Natalie Bogan, LSU's Brittnee Cooper, Hawaii's Kanaani Danielson, Penn State's Alisha Glass, Tulsa's Tyler Henderson, Penn State's Megan Hodge, Texas' Destinee Hooker, USC's Alex Jupiter, California's Tarah Murrey, Stanford's Janet Okogbaa, Arizona's Tiffany Owens, Washington's Bianca Rowland, Penn State's Arielle Wilson, California's Mindi Wiley.
ALL-NATIONAL SECOND TEAM: Alabama A&M's Madinah Abdullah, Florida's Cassandra Anderson, Blinn College's Lakeshia Craft, Ohio State's Kristen Dozier, Hawaii's Stephanie Ferrell, Memphis' Altrese Hawkins, Tennessee's Kayla Jeter, Maryland Eastern Shore's Whitney Johnson, Georgia State's Ashley Jones, Delaware State's Cassandra Joyner, Arizona State's Sarah Reaves, Alabama A&M's Natalie Rodriguez, Cincinnati's Jordanne Scott, Blinn College's Keidra Williams, Long Beach State's Naomi Washington.
ALL-NATIONAL THIRD TEAM: Florida's Lauren Bledsoe, Louisville's Lecia Brown, Washington State's Oceana Bush, California Baptist's Ingrid Carmona, Arizona's Whitney Dosty, Purdue's Carrie Gurnell, Jackson State's Brittany Larkin, Alabama A&M's Clarissa Moore, Tennessee's Farren Powe, Virginia Commonwealth's Ivana Rich, Pensacola's Jasmine Scott, Kentucky State's Brittany Stewart, Georgia State's Vineece Verdun, Methodist's Jalesty Washington, Grambling's Kayla Williams.
