CAMDEN, N.J. (April 1, 2021) – The Rutgers University-Camden volleyball team reached the New Jersey Athletic Conference playoff semifinals this season and a trio of Scarlet Raptors were recognized for their major contributions.

 

Freshman outside hitter Erica Nebrich (Aldie, VA/John Champe) was named the NJAC Rookie of the Year when the all-conference team was released today. Nebrich also earned NJAC Honorable Mention.
 
A pair of juniors, middle hitter Devyn Cobb (Southampton, PA/William Tennent) and setter Brinn Hassan (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) were named to the NJAC Second Team.
 
The three all-conference players are the most at Rutgers-Camden since the program also had three honorees in 2015. The last time the Raptors placed a student-athlete as high as the NJAC Second Team came in 2015 when Olivia Rowland earned that honor. The only other time in program history that a Scarlet Raptor was named the NJAC Rookie of the Year was in 2011, when Morgan Halbruner was honored.

 
Nebrich had a stellar freshman year for the Scarlet Raptors, including her recognition as the NJAC Rookie of the Week on March 22. She collected a double-double of 10 kills and 13 digs in her first collegiate match, coming against William Paterson on March 2. She also had a double-double of 11 kills and 15 digs against Montclair State on March 11.
 
Nebrich notched double-digit kills in four of her seven matches. She had back-to-back hitting percentages of .391 and .375 against Kean and New Jersey City on March 16 and March 18, respectively.
 
Nebrich led the team with 57 kills, 2.48 kills/set, was tied with Hassan for a team-high 13 service aces and finished second in digs with 46. With her 57 kills, she jumped onto the program's career list for kills/set (minimum of 50 kills), where she currently ranks fourth (2.48/set). She also ranks eighth on the career list with a .216 hitting percentage for all players with the minimum of 50 kills.
 
Both Nebrich and Hassan played in all seven matches and all 23 sets for the Raptors this season. Cobb played in six matches and 20 sets.
 
Cobb, who earned NJAC Academic Honorable Mention as a sophomore, had another stellar year on the court, including a match against New Jersey City on March 9 in which she hit a phenomenal .889, with eight kills and no errors in nine attempts.
 

Cobb had 40 kills for a 2.00 average per set this season, while leading the team with a .375 hitting percentage. She also had a team-high 14 blocks, including two solo and 12 assisted.
 
Cobb ranks sixth on the career list for hitting percentage (.236), 11th in kills/set (2.02) and 13th in total blocks (78).

Hassan, meanwhile, notched a team-high 199 assists, in addition to tying for the lead in service aces. She also added 32 digs.
 
Hassan didn't waste any time making her mark on the season. In a season-opening sweep over William Paterson (March 2), she delivered 43 assists, setting the program record for assists in a three-set match. She collected 23 or more assists in six of her seven matches.
 
Hassan has placed her name all over the program's career lists, where she is one of only four players in history to collect more than 1,000 assists. She is third on the career list (1,056), directly behind her sister Brooke, who notched 1,227 assists between 2013-15.
 
Brinn also ranks fourth on the career list with 5.68 assists per set and is tied for 11th place with 106 career assists. With 79 career kills, she owns a .186 career hitting percentage to place 12th on the list for all players with a minimum of 50 kills.

All-NJAC Volleyball Team