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Westwood Collegiate Volleyball Player Leads U.S. In Key Stat Categories — Again

For the second consecutive season, Larysa Iwaskiw finishes the volleyball season in kills and points per set for all Division III schools.

WESTWOOD, N.J. — A Westwood volleyball player has led the country in two key statistical categories for the second consecutive season at Ramapo College.

Larysa Iwaskiw, a 6-foot-tall junior, led all NCAA Division III players with 6.03 kills and 6.56 points per set. An outside hitter, she also finished second in total kills (663) and third in points and attacks.

Iwaskiw was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American Second Team and was first team all-conference and named her conference's player of the year. She helped the roadrunners to a regular season championship and an appearance in the NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament, a first in the program's history.

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Iwaskiw is an alumnus of Immaculate Heart Academy in the Township of Washington. She was named all-league and all-county all four years of high school and helped her team win four consecutive state and county championships. She finished her high school career with a 42-1 record.


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Photo: Larysa Iwaskiw — Courtesy of Ramapo College of New Jersey


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