Posted: Feb 13, 2019

Ferris State's Allyson Cappel & Carley Dubbert Earn GLIAC Commissioner's Awards

Big Rapids, Mich. - A pair of Ferris State University student-athletes have earned the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Commissioners Award for the fall 2018 campaign, according to an announcement made recently by the league office.

Junior All-America outside hitter Allyson Cappel (Tinley Park, Ill.) of the GLIAC Champion Bulldog volleyball squad and senior captain Carley Dubbert (St. Joseph) of the FSU women's soccer squad both received the prestigious distinction after outstanding fall campaigns.

The awards are presented after the Fall, Winter, and Spring athletic seasons to six female and six male student-athletes that excel both in the classroom and on the fields of play. All grade-point averages are based on a 4.0 scale.

Cappel led the Bulldogs to both a fifth-straight GLIAC Regular Season Championship along with a fifth consecutive GLIAC Tournament title under head coach Tia Brandel-Wilhelm this past fall. She was chosen as the GLIAC Player of the Year for the second-straight season and was a consensus All-America choice, becoming only the second player in FSU history to earn American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America honors three times in her collegiate career.

Cappel tallied a team-leading 417 kills along with 408 digs, 50 blocks and 23 aces as FSU's most versatile weapon. The three-time all-league honoree helped guide FSU to a 27-5 overall record and the Bulldogs went a perfect 16-0 in the GLIAC, which represented their first unblemished mark in league action since 1990.

This past fall, Cappel posted 28 double-figure efforts in kills and tallied 10 digs or more in 25 outings. Her play helped the Bulldogs reach the Midwest Region semifinals for the eighth consecutive year and the Bulldogs became the first team in league history to win five-straight conference tournament crowns.

Dubbert led the Bulldog women's soccer squad to its most historic season in school history. Behind her leadership, the Bulldogs advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in program history, winning their first two games en route to a Sweet Sixteen finish.

As a senior this past season, Dubbert tallied 23 points with eight goals and seven assists in 24 outings. She notched 76 total shots, including 37 on net and finished with three game-winning markers for the Bulldogs. Dubbert was also an All-GLIAC honoree for the third time and departed as one of the winningest seniors in program history while earning conference all-academic recognition each season of her career.

In her final campaign, Dubbert was both a 2018 Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-District pick and an all-region choice for the Bulldogs, who were ranked nationally a majority of the season for the first time in school history. FSU finished second in the GLIAC Regular Season standings, which was the team's highest finish ever, and also made their first-ever appearance in the GLIAC Tournament Championship game. Dubbert was a two-time United Soccer Coaches Scholar-Athlete Award recipient in addition to being a four-year starter and letterwinner at Ferris State.

The awards are presented by Meijer, Inc.