Five Earn NCAA Division II All-American Honors

<p><em><strong>Augustana libero Tahlyr Banks of Omaha Gross. Photo courtesy of Augustana University. </strong></em></p> <p>Five former Nebraska high school standouts have earned AVCA NCAA Division II All-American Honors.</p> <p>Augustana senior libero Tahlyr Banks of Omaha Gross, Nebraska-Kearney senior middle blocker Tara Ziegelbein of Lincoln Lutheran and Wingate junior middle blocker Anna Holmquist of Lincoln East were each named 3^rd-Team All-Americans today.</p> <p>Banks was a four-year starter at Augustana and she had a career-best 5.31 digs per set this season while totaling 632 for the Vikings. She also had 91 assists and 20 service aces.</p> <p>Ziegelbein had 382 kills on the season for the Lopers while hitting a team-best .317. She also had 25 solo blocks and 118 block assists and 121 digs.</p> <p>Holmquist was pivotal in Wingate’s stellar season this year, finishing with 251 kills while hitting .406 and had 87 total blocks.</p> <p>Sisters Kasey Hohlen, a senior middle blocker, and Kylie Hohlen, a junior libero, from Norris were each named Honorable Mention All-Americans for Central Missouri State. Kasey had 407 kills 76 total blocks for the Jennies while Kylie had 713 digs and 87 assists.</p>