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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Caty Rommeck Named To All-Region Team
December 05, 2001 | Volleyball
Dec. 5, 2001
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Bowling Green State University senior Caty Rommeck (Sterling Heights, Mich./Henry Ford II) has been named to the All-Mideast Region volleyball team, it was announced Wednesday (Dec. 5). The announcement was made by the American Volleyball Coaches Association office.
Rommeck becomes just the fourth Falcon player to earn all-region honors in the history of the program, and the first in a decade. Tammy Schiller and Lisa Mika were the most recent BGSU honorees, having earned the distinction in 1991.
Rommeck is one of just two Mid-American Conference players named to the team, joining Northern Illinois setter Jenny Bowman. The rest of the 12-member team is comprised of players from the Big Ten Conference. (The Mideast Region is comprised of all schools from the MAC, Big Ten and Northeast conferences.)
"I am thrilled that Caty has been named to the All-Region Team," said BGSU head coach Denise Van De Walle. "It is truly an honor to be recognized in this way.
"Our region produces so many outstanding players that it has been nearly impossible to get on that team. I am really proud of Caty and all that she has accomplished here at BG. This is a great way to end a wonderful career."
Rommeck capped off her successful three-year career at BGSU by leading the Falcons to a third consecutive 21-win season. She was named to the All-MAC First Team for the second-straight year after leading the league by a wide margin in kills per game (4.59 - second-place Megan Hammons of Ball State had 4.05) and finishing second in the league in blocks per game (1.38). Rommeck also finished among the MAC leaders in hitting percentage (.304, eighth), and she was second on the team in digs (2.66). Rommeck just missed cracking the league's top 15 in the latter category.
Rommeck did indeed crack several of the BGSU single-season lists in 2001. Her 514 kills was the sixth-highest total in school history, and her 4.59 kills-per-game average placed her fourth. She also made the seasonal lists for blocks per game (1.38, sixth), total blocks (154, seventh), block assists (116, eighth), attack attempts (1,192, eighth) and hitting percentage (.304, 10th)
Rommeck, who played one year at Oakland (Mich.) University before transferring to BGSU, made her mark on the Falcon career lists as well. In just three years in the Brown and Orange, she posted the third-best career hitting pct. (.307) in school annals, and also ranked on the BG career lists for solo blocks (110, tie-sixth), block assists (303, sixth), total blocks (413, sixth), kills (1,110, ninth) and attack attempts (2,582, 10th).
Rommeck earned MAC Player-of-the-Week awards on two occasions this season, and captured such honors a school-record eight times in her illustrious BGSU career. She also was named a MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week once this season.
BGSU participated in five in-season tournaments over the past two seasons, four of which named an all-tournament team. Rommeck was named to the team at all four of those tournaments, and earned tourney MVP honors twice (BGSU Invitational in 2000, Indiana University's Blimpie/Holiday Inn Classic in 2001).
The Falcons finished the 2001 season with an overall record of 21-8, and BGSU won the MAC's East Division with a 12-6 league slate. The Falcons had tied for the East Division title in 2000. BGSU has posted an overall record of 63-29 (.685) over the last three years, including a MAC record of 36-18 (.667).
BGSU ALL-REGION HONOREES
Lisa Mika 1990 (Third Team), 1991 (Second Team) Linda Popovich 1989 (Second Team) Caty Rommeck 2001 * Tammy Schiller 1989 (Second Team), 1990 (First Team), 1991 (First Team)* the AVCA currently names just one 12-player team for each region
