Choice, Hassan, Nebrich earn All-NJAC volleyball
CAMDEN, N.J. (Nov. 4, 2022) – Rutgers University-Camden senior
Brinn Hassan and juniors
Isabella Choice and
Erica Nebrich have been key cogs in the success of the Scarlet Raptors' volleyball team over the years.
They've also been among the top players in the New Jersey Athletic Conference, as evidenced by their all-conference selections when the All-NJAC Volleyball Team was announced.
Hassan and Choice earned NJAC Second Team honors, while Nebrich captured NJAC Honorable Mention. Choice played in all 29 matches for the Scarlet Raptors, while Hassan played in 28. Nebrich, who was injured late in the season, finished with 21 matches played.
The NJAC Second Team honor was the second of Hassan's career after earning that recognition in 2020. Nebrich, meanwhile, earned her second NJAC Honorable Mention honor, with the first coming in 2020 when she also was named the NJAC Rookie of the Year.
For Choice, the NJAC Second Team honor was her first all-conference recognition, building upon her terrific sophomore year that was capped by a selection to the ECAC all-tournament team (Nov. 12-13, 2021).
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Hassan (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown), the Scarlet Raptors' stellar setter, finished her brilliant Rutgers-Camden career among the program's all-time leaders in numerous categories, including a record 2,769 assists. She also finished second in assists per set (7.14), third in service aces (184), fifth in matches (119) and 10th in both digs (719) and sets (388).
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This season Hassan collected a team-leading 852 assists, only nine shy of the single-season program record she set last year. Her 8.61 assists per set this season set a new program record. She also had 8.36 assists per set last year, which is third among the single-season records.
In her rookie season of 2018, Hassan collected 66 aces and had 0.73 aces per set, both marks ranking fifth among single-season records. She also had 52 aces last year, the 10th-highest season total in program history.
In addition to leading the team in assists this year, Hassan added 183 digs, 53 kills, 26 service aces and 14 block assists. She was named Rutgers-Camden's Raptor of the Week on September 12, a few days after collecting her 2,000th career assist against Ursinus College on September 8. It was the third Raptor of the Week honor during her career, with others coming on March 8 and Nov. 1, 2021.
On October 11 against Montclair State University, Hassan rolled up 53 assists to set an overall program record as the Scarlet Raptors won a tight five-set match in Camden. Nine days later, she notched 53 assists again to tie her own overall record and set the program's four-set match record in a win over Gwynedd Mercy University. Hassan also ranks seventh on the five-set match program records with 47 assists against Ramapo College (Sept. 22, 2022). In terms of three-set matches, she set the program record with 43 assists against William Paterson University during the pandemic-altered spring season on March 2, 2021. This season, her 39 assists against Goucher College (Oct. 22, 2022) and 34 assists against Immaculata University (Oct. 16, 2022) placed her second and tied for fifth, respectively, among the Rutgers-Camden program records.
The third Hassan sister to star for the Rutgers-Camden volleyball program, Brinn followed in the footsteps of sisters Aubrey (2010-12) AND Brooke (2013-15).
A Health Sciences major, Hassan is a Dean's List student and a five-time member of the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director's Honor Roll. During the 2022 spring semester, she was one of only 26 athletes on the 119-member AD Honor Roll to post a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Choice (Tallahassee, FL/Maclay School) led the Scarlet Raptors in kills (279), kills per set (2.66), hitting percentage (.281) and blocks (74, including 24 solo) this season. A middle hitter/outside hitter, she was second on the team with 42 service aces and added 70 digs and three assists. She captured back-to-back Raptor of the Week honors on Oct. 17 and 24. She also earned Raptor of the Week honors on November 15, 2021, after capturing a berth on the All-ECAC Tournament Team.
On October 22 against Goucher College, Choice set Rutgers-Camden's three-set program record with 21 kills, while hitting .581, the 12th-highest hitting percentage among all players with 12 or more kills in one match. On October 20, she had 23 kills in a 3-1 win over Gwynedd Mercy University, the fourth-highest four-set match total in program history.
Choice's .291 hitting percentage as a sophomore was the eighth-highest single-season mark in program history and her .281 percentage this season ranks ninth. She also has the ninth-highest season total for blocks (78, last season) and her 74 blocks this year rank 11th.
After three seasons with the volleyball program, Choice ranks among the program's career leaders with a current .269 hitting percentage (third among all players with at least 50 kills), 161 blocks (fifth), a current 2.40 average in kills per set (fifth), 565 kills (10th), 1,308 total attacks (16th) and 74 service aces (21st).
A Biology major with an Art minor who plans to attend medical school, Choice was a NJAC Academic Honorable Mention student for the 2021-22 scholastic year. A Dean's List student, she is a three-time member of the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Outside hitter/right side
Erica Nebrich (Aldie, VA/John Champe) has been a star for the Scarlet Raptors ever since earning NJAC Rookie of the Year honors and NJAC Honorable Mention in 2020. That same season she was the NJAC Rookie of the Week on March 22.
Despite an injury in the Scarlet Raptors' 21st match this season that caused her to miss the last eight matches this fall, Nebrich still finished third on the team with 191 kills and was second with 2.58 kills per set. Her 603 total attacks were the second-highest total on the team and she finished fifth with 162 digs. She added 22 blocks (fourth), 24 aces (sixth) and 13 assists.
Nebrich captured Rutgers-Camden Raptor of the Week honors on Sept. 26, 2022.
During her first three seasons, Nebrich has climbed up the program's career list in numerous categories. She currently ranks seventh in kills per set (2.35), 12th in service aces (113), 13th in total attacks (1,462), 14th in both kills (481) and hitting percentage among all players with the minimum of 50 kills (.190) and 21st in blocks (51).
A Management major at Rutgers-Camden, Nebrich is a Dean's List student and a two-time member of the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
