Centennial Conference Silver Anniversary Release
HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Centennial Conference is celebrating 25 years as one of the elite small college athletic conferences in the country with the announcement of its Silver Anniversary teams. With criteria selected by conference officials, the Silver Anniversary teams are designed to highlight the best of the best over the conference's first quarter-century.
For inclusion on a Silver Anniversary team, a student must have a degree from their institution and meet one of the following qualifications:
- Three-time or four-time first-team All-Centennial performer
- Two-time Centennial Conference Player of the Year
- First-team All-America AND two-time first-team All-Centennial performer
- Two-time All-America (first, second, or third team)
For individual sports such as swimming and track & field, the accomplishments must have occurred in the same event.
On Monday, the Centennial Conference released the list of 13 volleyball performers who were named to the Silver Anniversary team. The Haverford College volleyball team has been a consistent force in the Centennial Conference four Centennial Conference Championships (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010), five NCAA Tournament appearances, and conference tournament appearances during 16 of the conference's first 18 tournaments. Jen Constantino '04, Rachel Salvo '10, and Rebecca Salvo '10 were selected as Haverford's honorees on the Silver Anniversary team.
The Conference was founded in 1981 as the Centennial Football Conference and began competition as an all-sports conference in the fall of 1993. The Conference crowns champions in 24 sports.
Haverford College Volleyball Silver Anniversary Honorees (by graduation year)
Jen Constantino '04
- Four-time first-team All-Centennial Conference (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
Rachel Salvo '10
- 2007 Centennial Conference Player of the Year
- Three-time first-team All-Centennial Conference (2007, 2008, 2009)
- Two-time AVCA honorable mention All-American (2007, 2009)
Rebecca Salvo '10
- Four-time AVCA All-American (second-team in 2007 and 2009; third-team in 2008; and honorable mention in 2006)
- Two-time Centennial Conference Player of the Year (2008, 2009)
- Four-time first-team All-Centennial Conference (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)