2011 All-CCIW Volleyball Team

Five of Carthage's six starters were named to the 2011 All-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Women's Volleyball Team, four to the first team.  The four first-team honorees were outside hitter Michelle Madeja (Sr., Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley), middle blocker Cindy Cavanagh (Sr., Naperville, Ill./Aurora-Waubonsie Valley), outside hitter Lauren Dembkowski (Sr., Mount Prospect, Ill./Arlington Heights-Hersey) and setter Drewann Pancratz (Sr., Schaumburg, Ill.). 

Defensive specialist Izzy Shaindlin (Jr., Deerfield, Ill./Lincolnshire-Stevenson) earned honorable mention all-conference honors.  Madeja was also named CCIW “Women's Volleyball Player of the Year,” and Leanne Ulmer earned CCIW “Women's Volleyball Coach of the Year” honors for the sixth time. 

Madeja also garnered the “player of the year” award in 2010, and she's Carthage's fifth player to gain the honor since 1990.  Madeja is a three-time first-team All-CCIW player.  Cavanagh was second team All-CCIW in 2010.  Dembkowski is a four-time all-conference player, second team in 2008, third team in 2009 and first team in both 2010 and 2011.  Pancratz is also a four-time All-CCIW pick, second team in both 2008 and 2009 and first team in both 2010 and 2011.