COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (December 9, 2014) - Six volleyball student-athletes from Region 8 earned NJCAA All-America honors.

The group included four Division I honorees and a pair of Division II recipients, both from Pasco-Hernando State College.

Leading the way were Division I first-team All-Americans Julymar Otero (Fr., RS/Opp, College of Central Florida) and Maja Ristic (So., OH, State College of Florida). Daytona State College's Alica Kandler (Fr., OH) and Miami Dade College's Silvia Galeano (So., OH) were both second-team All-America selections. 

Otero was previously named the FCSAA Player of the Year and all four players led their respective teams to postseason play. Ristic and Galeano helped their teams advance to the NJCAA Division I Tournament, where Miami Dade finished as NJCAA Runners-up.

Pasco-Hernando State's Jordan Bickett (So., OH) was named to the Division II second-team All-America team while teammate Logan Miller (So., RS/Opp) was honorable mention. Together, they helped the Quistas advance to the NJCAA Division II National Tournament.