BEVERLY, Mass. -  The New England Women's Volleyball Association announced today New England's top 35 Division III senior volleyball players invited to compete in the 2012 NEWVA Senior Classic, Sunday, Dec. 2, at Babson College, and Endicott's Ashley Norley (Sudbury, Mass.) was honored to be chosen.  The annual event features the area's top seniors competing in various skills competitions leading up to the afternoon's all-star match.

Ashley Norley (Sudbury, Mass.) was chosen after her record setting 2012 season for the Blue and Green.  Norley shattered multiple program single season defensive records as she vaulted into second place on the all-time career digs list.  Her season total of 648 digs surpassed the previous record of 633 which was set in 2007 by Brittany Nolan.  Norley also set records for digs in a match and twice set the record for digs in a four set match.  Against Bowdoin on September 8th, Norley set the record for digs in a four set match by recording 33.  She then went on to shatter that mark by eight as she racked up 41 digs in a four set loss to Salve Regina in the CCC Semifinals.  The 41 digs were also a record for most in a match of any length besting the previous mark of 37 set by Nolan against Emmanuel in 2005.

Norley ends her successful career for the Gulls at #2 all-time in the record books for career digs.  Norley's tally of 2,287 is second to only Brittany Nolan's record of 2,316.  Norley was also named as the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Libero of the Year and First Team All-CCC for the 2012 season.

The full list of honorees represents 24 different institutions from NCAA Division III volleyball programs across New England and nine different conferences.

Listed below are the All New England Seniors.

NAME                              INSITUTION                             POSITION

Ashley Norley                Endicott College                                DS

Jessica Alvarez              Southern Vermont College                OH

Cailtin Barrett                Middlebury College                           DS

Hillary Caderna             Bowdoin College                               OH

Mary Consol                  Springfield College                            MH

Paige Curran                  University of New England               MH

Isabel Custudio              Wellesley College                              OH

Tory Edelman                Bowdoin College                               MH

Kiersten Ellefsen            Tufts University                                OH

Kenna Finlayson            Rivier University                               OH

Julia Gibbs                     Middlebury College                           S/RS

Carly Guiducci               Connecticut College                          DS

Melissa Haskell              Bowdoin College                               OH

Danielle Healis               Southern Vermont College                MH

Vivian Hu                      Wellesley College                              DS

Danielle Isaman             Trinity College                                  OH

Katie Ketchum               Connecticut College                          S

Krista Labissoniere        Albertus Magus College                    OH

Yung-Ting Lee               Emmanuel College                                      DS

Trinity Leonard             MIT                                                   OH

Kelsie Loche                  Roger Williams University                DS

Kendall Lord                  Tufts University                                S

Kathleen Lynch              Babson College                                 S

Keriann Mason              US Coast Guard                               OH

Hannah Olstad               Husson University                                      MH

Alyssa Rothman            MIT                                                   S

Rachel Scroff                 Connecticut College                          S

Katie Spielbauer            MIT                                                   DS

Casey Stoodley              Plymouth State University                OH

Susan Sun                      Brandeis University                          DS

Shannon Thompson      UMass Boston                                  MH

Paxton Thornton           Western Conn. St.                                      OH

Kelsey Twarog               Roger Williams University                OH

Catherin Walker            US Coast Guard                               OH/MH

Katie Wilson                  Eastern Conn. St.                              MH

Honorable Mention

Lauren Berens                Brandeis University                          RS

Becca Fischer                 Brandeis University                          MH

Aleta Johnson                Husson University                                      MH

Elisa Morin                    Plymouth State University                MH

Jessica Mullen                Wellesley College                              OH

Inna Sergeychik             Western New England University     RS

Michelle Smith               Husson University                                      OH