BEVERLY, Mass. - On Wednesday, the Conference of New England (CNE) released its women's volleyball major award winners and all-conference teams with Hartford volleyball earning a pair of student-athletes featured. 

Freshman Calla McCombs (Bloomfield, N.Y.) headlined the Hawks named to the All-Conference Teams being selected as the CNE Rookie of the Year honors as well as earning a spot on the First Team All-Conference team. Senior Jordan Murphy (East Hampton, Conn.) was the other member of Hartford featured being on the Third Team All-Conference. 

McCombs became a star for the Hartford volleyball program in her first season leading the team in points (428.0), kills (351),  digs (258) and service aces (62). Calla hit for a .192 kill percentage in her freshman campaign with 23.0 total blocks defensively. McCombs is the first conference Rookie of the Year for Hartford since Maddie Lindsay in 2019 and is the first All-Conference First Team choice since Jenna Bridges and Abby Nash in 2019. 

Murphy makes her first All-Conference team in her final season with the Hawks. Jordan becomes the first Third Team All-Conference choice in program-history and ends the season with 159 kills on a .272 percentage and a team-high 80.0 total blocks. 

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE OF NEW ENGLAND: 
Originally founded in 1984 as the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) and reconstituted as the Conference of New England (CNE) in 2024, the CNE is an NCAA Division III Athletic Conference composed of 11 full member and five associate member institutions throughout the New England region. Its membership aims to provide student-athletes with a positive experience in their pursuit of excellence through high academic standards, quality competition, and a meaningful student life. The Conference administers championships in 20 intercollegiate sports. 
 
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