The Big East volleyball coaches threw a curveball at this intrepid sports website on Wednesday when Marquette’s Allie Barber was named 2016 Co-Freshman of the Year. She shares the award with Erica Di Maulo from St. John’s, but the shocking news doesn’t stop there. Barber was also named to the All-Big East First Team, where she was joined by three teammates: senior middle hitter Meghan Niemann, redshirt sophomore middle hitter Jenna Rosenthal, and redshirt sophomore Taylor Louis.
Look, I am in no possible way saying that Allie Barber had a bad season. I thought she was pretty good, especially considering that head coach Ryan Theis was planning on redshirting her back in mid-August.