North Platte Community College Lady Knight volleyball player Samantha Kennedy was recently named to the All-Nebraska Junior College volleyball first team presented by the Omaha World Herald.  This is the second year that Kennedy was selected.

Kennedy led the Lady Knights in kills with 442 kills and a kill efficiency of 0.306.  The 442 kills in a season is tied for 6^th place in the history of the Lady Knights volleyball program. The 0.306 kill efficiency also places her 6^th in the kill efficiency category.

Kennedy, a Sutherland, Nebraska native, finished her career with the Lady Knights with 828 kills which places her in 5^th place in school history and a 0.298 kill efficiency which is 4^th best in school history.

Former Lady Knights volleyball coach Sally Thalken said, “Sam is very deserving to be on this team.  She led our team in many categories and was much of the time our ‘go to person.’”

Other Lady Knights named honorable mention to the All-Nebraska team were sophomores Joli Hopping, Samantha Byrn, and Erika Goodwin.  Freshman Valerie Most also was named Honorable mention.

The All – Nebraska team is selected from six junior colleges in the state of Nebraska and is picked by balloting of the coaches.