Although their season is over, the volleyball team has several additional accomplishments to be proud of.

Senior Maggie Desrosiers was named this year’s Federal League Volleyball Player of the Year, an honor Desrosiers said she is proud to have.

“I screamed hysterically when I found out,” she said. “I was shocked. I didn’t expect to win since it is such a big honor.”

Desrosier’s mother and coach, Mrs. Anne Desrosiers, said she is very proud of her daughter and knows there was a lot of added pressure on her being the daughter of one of the coaches.

“Being the coach’s daughter, she’s had a lot of pressure on her,” she said. “We’ve never shown any favoritism over her.”

Desrosiers said the fact that her mother is one of the coaches has added to the influence volleyball has had on her life.

“It’s at home, it’s at school, it’s pretty much wherever I go,” she said.

Desrosiers said she thinks one of her strongest suits on the court is her communication skills, which she has been improving since her first year on the team.

“It’s something that has taken a long time to develop, but without it, your whole team falls apart,” she said.

Senior teammate Nicole Cunningham agreed.

“She’s very loud on the court,” she said. “But she’s smart in placing the ball where it needs to be, too.”

Teammate senior Amy Bontrager said she is not surprised  Desrosiers was named Player of the Year because she knows how dedicated Desrosiers has been over the past four years.

“She’s a four-year letter winner,” she said. “She has put four years of hard work into this… She deserves it.”

Anne Desrosiers agreed and also said she has been a hardworking team player since the start of her volleyball career.

“Everything she does is for the betterment of the team,” she said.

Desrosiers said Player of the Year is selected through a voting process done by the volleyball coaches in the area, but she is not sure why they chose her.

“The coaches of the other teams must have seen something in me,” she said. “I must have done something to stand out in their minds.”