For the second time in as many years, volleyball's Stephenee
Yancy was named the 2015 Horizon League Player of the Year. She
was a dominant force as she led the Horizon League in both kills per
set and attaching percentage for the second consecutive season.
She ranked fourth in the NCAA in both total kills and points. Yancy,
who was also named to the AVCA All-North Region Team, registered
double-digit kills in 27 of 31 matches as a senior, and 20-or-more 12
times. She concluded her outstanding UIC career with 1,056 kills and
the best hitting percentage in program history, .365.
Jake Dahlberg became UIC's fifth all-time conference Pitcher
of the Year honoree as he also placed on the All-League First Team
during his sophomore season in 2015. He compiled an 8-2, including
a 6-1 conference mark, and maintained the best ERA among UIC
starters with a 3.31 average, 2.81 HL. He showed tremendous dura-
bility as he led the conference in innings pitched (106.0) and was
one of a mere 41 players in the nation to tally four or more complete
games. He struck out a team-high 66 and held opponents to a .232
batting average. During conference play, he allowed three or less
earned runs in nine of his ten starts.
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Jake Dahlberg
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