(Rolla, Mo.) – Missouri S&T's Krista Haslag (Linn, Mo./Helias ) was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association Midwest Region Freshman of the Year on Wednesday as announced by the AVCA office. In addition to that honor she and Jennifer Costello (St. Louis, Mo./Parkway South ) were also named to the AVCA's All-Midwest Region team.

Haslag finished the season leading the Great Lakes Valley Conference in hitting percentage (.342) and blocks per set with 1.34. She is currently 10^th in all of Division II in blocks per set and her hitting percentage is in the top third of the nation. She was second on the team averaging 2.79 kills/set and set single season school records for assisted blocks (142) and total blocks (159). She was a first team All-GLVC selection and the conference's co-freshman of the year.

Costello finished the season averaging 11.23 assists/set which was good for second in the GLVC and is currently 14^th in Division II. S&T finished second in the league in set assists and ranks 23^rd nationally out of 277 teams. She was also a first team All-GLVC selection.
The Miners finished their 2012 season with a 20-13 mark, 15-3 GLVC, were West Division champs for a second straight year and advanced to the GLVC semifinals.

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