Paulson, Kutrumanes sisters headed for St. Ambrose
After leading Conant to its best record in school history, Kelsey Paulson and twin sisters Tricia and Georgie Kutrumanes will continue their volleyball careers at St. Ambrose University.
All three have signed letters of intent to play for the Queen Bees volleyball program.
The trio helped lead Conant to the Mid-Suburban League West title and regional championship this past fall.
It was the winningest girls' volleyball team in Conant history with a 29-8 record.
The Cougars won the Conant Invitational, placed third at the Lake Park Invite, fourth at the Stevenson Invite and seventh in the Early Bird Volleyball Classic.
Tricia Kutrumanes, a 5-9 setter was an MSL all-conference selections.
The team's "Golden Hands" award winner, Tricia had 752 assists this season and a school-record 1,472 career assists as a two-year varsity starter at Conant.
Her 95.8 percent serving percentage was the best on the team and she finished with 59 aces and 174 digs this year.
Tricia was also named an MSL All-Academic Senior.
Georgie Kutrumanes, a 5-9 outside hitter/right-side hitter, was named to the Daily Herald all-area team. She earned the team's Utility Player Award after finishing her senior season with 124 kills, 161 digs, 40 blocks, 37 aces and a 92.7 serving percentage.
Kelsey Paulson, a 5-11 middle hitter, was a two-year varsity starter for Conant. She was named the team's Most Improved Player as a senior.
A volleyball player since seventh grade, Paulson has played five seasons of club volleyball for Rolling Thunder and Focus.
She has been a member of People Assisting in Life Struggles (PALS), Junior Class Council and Conant's Political Club.
Kelsey's brother Scott Paulson is finishing his junior season with the St. Ambrose men's volleyball team this spring.
"We are excited to sign three quality players from such a well respected program, like Conant," said St. Ambrose head coach Bruce Billingsley. "Coach Scholten has done a great job preparing these ladies for the transition to college volleyball. Any college program would be excited to sign one of this group, getting all three makes this a pretty strong recruiting class."
The three join a St. Ambrose program that has won eight of the last 14 Midwest Collegiate Conference league titles and has produced eight All-Americans and 23 Academic All-Americans during Billingsley's tenure.