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The Dickinson State University Athletic Department is pleased to announce the signing of local volleyball talent Danielle O’Donnell to a Dakota Athletic Conference letter of intent. O’Donnell played volleyball and basketball for the Dickinson Trinity High School Titans. Danielle also plays softball for Trinity High School in conjunction with Dickinson High School.

O’Donnell is a three sport athlete for the Titan teams playing middle blocker/setter for volleyball, guard in basketball, and catcher/center fielder for softball. For her 2009 volleyball season O’Donnell was twice selected for All Tourney Teams, was named All District, and All Region. For the season O’Donnell had 315 kills, 32 aces, 159 digs, and 60 blocks.

“Danielle brings great character, athleticism, and abilities to our volleyball team and our Blue Hawk family. We are very excited to have her joining us.” -Head Volleyball Coach Ryan Platt

"I am very excited for this upcoming season. Dickinson State University has always been a huge part of my life and I am grateful for the opportunity to play for the Blue Hawks". -Danielle O’Donnell

Danielle’s proud parents are Dickinson State University Head Wrestling Coach Thadd O’Donnell and Tracie O’Donnell.

The Dickinson State University Athletic Department is pleased to announce Blue Hawk Volleyball players Micaela Parker and Jennifer Hartman have been named to the 2009 All DAC Volleyball Team. The Blue Hawks finished the DAC in 3rd place after being picked to finish 6th by the Pre-Season Power Polls.

Micaela Parker is a senior outside hitter from Marysville, WA and was also a team captain. For the 2009 season Parker had 259 kills, 2.73 kills per game, hit .309, and had 98 blocks. She was a transfer this season from the NCAA DI University of Montana Grizzlies, where she was trained for two years by Coach Platt.

Jennifer Hartman is a sophomore right side hitter from Miles City, MT. For the 2009 season Hartman had 208 kills, 2.04 kills per game, hit .350, and had 125 blocks. Hartman was voted Freshman of the Year by the Dakota Athletic Conference in 2008.

Coach Platt, "Both Mic and Jen deserved this honor and award. They played great all season, put the team first in everything they did, and were a joy to coach. These individual awards show that our Blue Hawk Volleyball Program is starting to steam roll in the right direction and we are all looking forward to what next season will bring. We are sad to see Mic go, but happy to have Jen returning for two more seasons. We are all very proud of them both."

The Blue Hawk Volleyball Teams Season came to an end on Wednesday night when they lost to eventual DAC Tournament Champion Black Hills. The Hawks played a bit timid at times and lost by the scores of 18-25, 20-25, and 21-25. The Black Hills team seemed to have the slight edge playing at home and returning all but one starter from their previous 2008 team.

Junior Karen Almeida led the team with 8 kills, 4 blocks, hitting percentage of .533 and was followed closely by Senior Micaela Parker with 7 kills, 3 blocks, and had a hitting percentage of .294. The setter combo of Myshada Rosado and Whitley Abrahamson resulted in 13 and 10 assists respectfully. Senior Libero Bree-Anna Slykhuis led the team with 12 digs and had one service ace.

Coach Platt had this to say, “This was a hard loss for our team to swallow, especially since we split with them during the regular season. It just came down to experience and home court advantage tonight. Their players have been together for a few years, returned their entire team from last year except for one, had five starting seniors, and have been in this tournament position before. We relatively have a younger team, many new players, and have not been in this position before. It was great experience for us for next season when we get just about everyone back again. It is hard to say good bye to our only two seniors Bree-Anna Slykhuis and Micaela Parker, but we realize how strong we are going to be for next season. We reached all of our goals this season and that is a great feeling; double our conference and overall season wins, finish in the top three of the DAC, and win our first round set of the DAC Tournament. This season was a huge improvement over last season and our team is already excited about the improvements that we can make for the 2010 season.”

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