PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania’s Kenneth L. Gross Head Coach of Volleyball, Katie Schumacher-Cawley, has announced her recruiting class for the upcoming 2017-18 season. Six women will join the Quakers’ roster this fall as freshmen.
“I am excited to see what this class can do,” said Schumacher-Cawley, who will enter her first season leading the Quakers this fall. “They will have an opportunity to compete and contribute to the team’s success right away.”
Bios on all six recruits can be found below.
KACIE BURTON
6-0 Setter
Olmsted Falls, Ohio / Olmsted Falls
High School: Lettered four times in volleyball, two-year captain … Team won conference titles in 2014 (17-1 record) and 2015 (18-0) … Second-team all-state as a senior, honorable mention all-state as a junior … Southwestern Conference MVP as a senior … National Spanish Honor Society member … Four-time Scholar Athlete Award … Four-time invitee to Academic Honors Banquet … Two-time Spanish Student of the Year (sophomore/junior) … Language Arts and Math Student of the Year as a sophomore.
Personal: Daughter of Andrea and Dane Burton … Both parents swam at Bowling Green, and older brother Aidan swam at Cleveland State … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
DAIA ERNST
6-1 Opposite Hitter
Granite Bay, Calif. / Granite Bay
High School: Three-year letter winner in volleyball, captain as a senior … Helped Granite Bay win CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division 2 championship in 2015 (32-11 record) and the Sierra Foothill League title in 2014 … Team qualified for the California State Championship in 2015 and 2016 … Three-time all-league selection … Optimist All-Star (Sacramento Valley) as a senior … Team’s offensive MVP as a senior … National Honor Society member … California Scholarship Federation (CSF) … National Charity League (Ticktocker President) … Won a blue ribbon for original art at the California State Fair.
Personal: Daughter of Jill and Brian Ernst … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
PARKER JONES
6-1 Outside Hitter
Lafayette, Calif. / Acalanes
High School: Four-year letter winner, captain as a senior … Led Acalanes to the California Division III State championship, winning Player of the Year in the final, and the Northern California Regional title as a senior … 2016 MaxPreps California Division III Player of the Year … First-team All-East Bay as a senior, third-team as a junior … MaxPreps 2016 Medium Schools All-American second team … Two-time first-team All-Diablo Athletic League (DAL), second-team All-DAL as a sophomore … Team MVP as a senior … California Scholastic Federation (CSF) member … Book Givers Club member … New Crew Leader, helping freshman adjust to high school … LMYA Volleyball Coach … Helped coach the Acalanes freshman team her junior and senior years.
Personal: Daughter of Valerie and Patrick Jones … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
CAROLINE LENG
6-3 Outside Hitter
Poolesville, Md. / Poolesville
High School: Lettered four times in volleyball, three-year captain … Team was state finalist her freshman year, going 18-1 and winning league, county and regional titles … Two-time first-team all-county … Two-time Washington Post All-Met honorable mention … GJNC USA Volleyball High Performance Select A1 National Training Team/Holiday Camp … Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology semifinalist … National Merit finalist … Mu Alpha Theta member … National Honor Society member … National Science Honor Society member.
Personal: Daughter of Qinyan Pan and Yongzhang Leng … Enrolled in the University’s Jerome Fish Program in Management & Technology through the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Wharton School of Business.
RAVEN SULAIMON
5-10 Outside Hitter
Houston, Texas / St. Agnes Academy
High School: Lettered four times in volleyball, captain as a senior … Two-time first-team all-state and first-team all-district … Honorable mention all-state and all-district as a sophomore … Two-time Academic All-State … Finished career with 1,035 kills, 316 blocks and 688 digs … National Honor Society member … Voices of Black Youth Club member … Student Council delegate … Dominican Preaching Team member … Athletic Taking Action member.
Personal: Daughter of Angela Barnswell-Sulaimon and Kenny Sulaimon … Older brother, Rasheed, played college basketball at Duke and Maryland … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
CINDY WANG
5-8 Defensive Specialist
Vancouver, B.C. / Chinese International School (Hong Kong)
High School: Won silver medal with her team at the 2016 HK Island & Kowloon Secondary Schools (HKSSF) Championships, took bronze at the 2015 HKSSF Championships … CIS Subject Award for Music … ARCT Performance Diploma for piano … Director of student-run CIS World Wildlife Fund.
Personal: Daughter of Cathy Ma and Gerry Wang … Older brother, Colin, also attended Penn and played golf for the Quakers … Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.
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