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Feb. 7, 2008
CLEMSON, SC - Clemson volleyball will honor its 2007 ACC Championship team with a banquet on Tuesday, Feb. 26. ACC Coach-of-the-Year Jolene Jordan Hoover invites fans to help celebrate the Tigers' record-setting season. To purchase a ticket, please contact Teri Townsend in the Clemson Athletic Department by phone at 864-656-1927 or by email at townsen@clemson.edu. The deadline to reserve a seat is Wednesday, Feb. 20.
The banquet will be held in the President's Box at Clemson's Memorial Stadium.
The Tigers, ranked #22 in the final poll, claimed the conference title with a 21-1 record while posting a 29-4 overall ledger. The team earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament, its first since 1999, and advanced to the second round before falling to 12th-ranked UCLA.
Danielle Hepburn, Didem Ege, Kelsey Murphy and Meghan Steiner were named AVCA Honorable Mention All-Americans following AVCA All-Region accolades for each. Hepburn, Ege and Murphy were also selected to the All-ACC first team, while Steiner, Jeannette Abbott and Leslie Mansfield were second-team all-conference honorees.
Hepburn, a junior from Miami, FL, set a new standard for hitting percentage in a single season with a .395 figure, and her 139 block assists were her second top-five mark.
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