'On This Day' Leite-Ah Yo Named NEAC Defensive Player of the Year

'On This Day' is a Wells College Athletics feature series taking a look back on events that occurred on this day, Nov. 4, five years ago in 2015.

GANSEVOORT, N.Y. – Sophomore Anuhea Leite-Ah Yo of the Wells College women's volleyball team headlined the North Eastern Athletic Conference Women's Volleyball All-Conference selections, netting the league's Defensive Player of the Year. She joins two other Wells student-athletes on the league's All-Conference list, announced Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015.

In addition to her selection as the conference's top defensive player, Leite-Ah Yo was joined by teammates Vashti Nettles and Meredith Kadjeski as all-conference selections.

The trio has helped the Express post its best conference record in team history (11-1), qualifying for the NEAC postseason for the second-straight year. Wells racked up an 18-10 overall record, playing 10 programs that finished with at least 18 wins on the year that included eight 20-plus win squads.

A two-way threat on the court, Leite-Ah Yo followed up her 2014 NEAC Rookie of the Year campaign with 177 total kills (2.13/set) to go along with 255 digs in 83 sets played as a sophomore. Averaging 3.07 digs-per-set, Leite-Ah Yo set a single-match record on Sept. 12, 2015 against Alfred, racking up 26 digs against the Saxons.

Committing only 28 reception errors on 455 total chances, Leite-Ah Yo also tabulated 17 service aces in her second season at Wells. This season, she posted a career-high attacking percentage (min. 20 attacks) of .333, hammering home 11 kills while committing only two service errors against Penn College on Sept. 19.

Kadjeski has earned all-conference honors for three-straight seasons in a Wells uniform, the only player to achieve that feat in team history. After earning Second Team All-NEAC placement as a freshman, she joins Nettles as the only two-time first team honoree from Wells.

Finishing 10th in the NEAC with 258 kills to her credit, Kadjeski recorded only 99 errors on 637 attacks to post the league's 10th-best attacking percentage (.234) across 101 sets played as a junior. Leading her team with a .225 attacking percentage against conference opponents (min. 150 attacks), Kadjeski also chipped in with 21 of her total 42 blocks against NEAC programs, the 12th-most in the league.

Nettles secured her second career NEAC First Team All-Conference award after posting 343 total kills entering the league's postseason this weekend, ranking third in the conference. Her 3.40 kills-per-set also ranks her third in league play and she finished the regular season with a .215 attacking percentage, ranking within the league's top-15 attackers.

Against conference opponents, Nettles registered 137 kills on the year to rank fourth in the NEAC while averaging the fifth-most per set in league play (3.19). A strong net-front presence, she also finished with 36 total blocks and set career-high marks with 29 service aces and 89 total digs.