{"id":1663,"date":"2010-10-14T08:24:47","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T14:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/\/?p=1663"},"modified":"2010-10-14T08:24:47","modified_gmt":"2010-10-14T14:24:47","slug":"callie-neilson-named-nescac-player-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/callie-neilson-named-nescac-player-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Callie Neilson Named NESCAC Player of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Diego Native First to Earn Honor at Amherst This Season<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Former NSR<\/strong> prospect Callie Neilson<\/strong>, a\u00a05’8″ setter from Francis W. Parker High<\/a> in Escondido, CA, has been named the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Volleyball Co-Athlete of the Week<\/a> for the week of October 4-10.\u00a0\u00a0 The Amherst College<\/a> sophomore averaged 12.0 assists per set to lead the Lord Jeffs to a 3-0 week on the road, including a 2-0 showing in NESCAC<\/a> play.\u00a0\u00a0 She recorded 34 assists in a 3-0 win at Western New England College<\/a>, 46 assists during a 3-1 come-from-behind win against Tufts University<\/a>, and 40 assists in a convincing 3-0 victory against Bowdoin<\/a>. Neilson\u2019s 120 assists came on 291 attempts for a percentage of 41.2.\u00a0 Callie is Amherst\u2019s first player to earn the conference\u2019s weekly honor in 2010.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Callie is averaging 2.41 digs and a NESCAC-best 10.89 assists per set during what has been a breakout sophomore season.\u00a0 She has played a vital role in helping Amherst post a 10-0 record since a 3-0 setback to Middlebury nearly one month ago.\u00a0 The Jeffs (13-1, 4-1 NESCAC) are currently third in the conference standings, trailing only Middlebury (13-3, 5-0) and Williams (15-6, 5-1).\u00a0\u00a0 The team has swept all but\u00a0four\u00a0of their opponents.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Amherst was ranked seventh in the latest New England Women\u2019s Volleyball Association Regional Poll but should move up significantly after knocking off Tufts, which was ranked No. 1.\u00a0 The New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)<\/a> is a group of eleven highly selective liberal arts colleges and universities that share a similar philosophy for intercollegiate athletics.<\/p>\n

Amherst College is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, a town of 35,000 people in the western part of the state. The college\u2019s 1,000-acre campus is adjacent to downtown Amherst.\u00a0 Since its founding in 1821, Amherst College has become one of the premier liberal arts colleges in the nation, enrolling some 1,600 talented, energetic and diverse young men and women.<\/p>\n

Callie’s NSR<\/strong> scout was Matt Rand<\/a> from San Diego.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

San Diego Native First to Earn Honor at Amherst This Season Former NSR prospect Callie Neilson, a\u00a05’8″ setter from Francis W. Parker High in Escondido, CA, has been named the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Volleyball Co-Athlete of the Week for the week of October 4-10.\u00a0\u00a0 The Amherst College sophomore averaged 12.0 assists … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}