NAPERVILLE – The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) landed eight student-athletes on the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Region IV Team and swept the region’s specialty awards in Monday’s announcement from the coaches’ organization.
 
Loras senior and CCIW Offensive Student-Athlete of the Year Corey Mayotte was named Region IV Player of the Year. Evan Dziadkowiec of Loras, who was voted CCIW First-Year Student-Athlete of the Year last week, was also selected Region IV Newcomer of the Year. Carthage’s JW Kieckhefer collected the Region IV Coach of the Year award for the second time.
 
CCIW champion Carthage placed four players on the All-Region Team, one of only five teams nationwide with at least four honorees.
 
Each of the four region teams includes 14 players, and a Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, and Coach of the Year were selected for each region. The 56 student-athletes who made All-Region represent 27 different schools.
 
AVCA Region IV Player of the Year
Corey Mayotte, Loras
 
AVCA Region IV Newcomer of the Year
Evan Dziadkowiec, Loras
 
AVCA Region IV Coach of the Year
JW Kieckhefer, Carthage
 
AVCA All-Region IV Team
Carthage
Ryan Cholewinski
Ben Heise
Ryan Morey
Owen Otto
 
Loras
Evan Dziadkowiec
Corey Mayotte
Roman Rothermel
 
North Central
Tyler Donovan