Mylena Testoni of the Barton Community College volleyball team has been announced as a first team selection of the 2021 NJCAA Division I Volleyball All-America honors.
Named NJCAA first team last season as well, Testoni becomes the first Cougar since 2001 in earning consecutive national honors and is the third straight year under Head Coach Alan Segal the Cougars earned the post-season distinction as Karina de Oliveira was named honorable mention following the 2019 season.
Testoni is also the program's 23rd first team selection and the 29th overall in forty-two years of volleyball competition.
Also repeating as the KJCCC and Region VI Most Valuable Player, Testoni won conference player of the week award four times this season, two on the offensive side and two from her defensive performances. Having won the award six times her initial season on the way to becoming a 1st Team NJCAA All-America selection, Testoni never won the national weekly award until this season in being named the week nine NJCAA Defensive Player of the Week.
The all-around play from Testoni was not only evident in the weekly awards, but within the 17 double-double performances in 35 matches played. On the offensive side Testoni ranked among the West leaders' top three of the major categories: second in kills (347) and third in kills per set (3.04) and hitting percentage (.318). Defensively, the native of Barra Velha, Brazil, was equally tough in finishing with the 8th best single season dig total of 540 in wrapping up her Barton career fourth on the all-time list accumulating 1014 digs.
Testoni and the Cougars finished 13-3 in conference for the program's third straight runner-up finish, concluding the season 24-11 after coming up short in five sets of the region semifinals.
Complete list of 2021-22 NJCAA Division I Volleyball All-America Teams
Barton Volleyball's NJCAA All-America Selections:
1st Team
Mylena Testoni – 2020 & 2021
Juliana Escobar – 2000 & 2001 (2001 Player of the Year)
Katia Migray Lara – 1999
Danielle Geronymo – 1998
Heidi Kerbel – 1998
Ning Zhao – 1997
Jenny Way – 1996
Alexis Shepherd – 1995
Julie Williams – 1994
Nicole Harris – 1993
Tracy Bernhardt – 1992
Lori Klenke – 1991
Michelle Hall – 1989 & 1990
Karen Washington – 1990
Yvette Clark - 1989
Paula Martin – 1988
Trish Gadberry – 1986
Sheila Johnson – 1985
Shannon Ridgeway – 1984
Carol Dreiling – 1982
2nd Team
Ashley Hallagin – 2001
Michelle Stirrett - 1993
Honorable Mention:
Karina de Oliveira – 2019
Paula da Silva – 2011
Alik Cardoso de Sa – 2007
Fernanda De Oliveira - 1999