Brimmage Honored by COBRA Magazine
7/19/2011 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
July 19, 2011
COLUMBIA, Mo. - For the second consecutive season, Mizzou volleyball middle hitter Brittney Brimmage (East St. Louis, Ill.) has been named to the COBRA Magazine Preseason All-National Third Team, as announced by the magazine in this month's issue. Brimmage is one of 15 players to be selected to the third team and she was a preseason and postseason selection to the All-National Third Team a season ago.
Brimmage is arguably the Tigers' top returning attacker in 2011 after she finished the 2010 season with 291 kills on .331 hitting with 119 total blocks while accounting for 360.0 total points. Her .331 hitting percentage and 119 blocks were both team highs in 2010 and her 291 kills and 360.0 points ranked third on the team. She started all 33 matches for the Tigers in 2010 and was even named Big 12 Player of the Week for the first time in her career last season. She will likely be looked upon to carry the bulk of the Tigers' offensive attack in 2011 as she is the Tigers' top returning attacker in terms of kills, hitting, blocks and points.
COBRA Magazine is the first publication that primarily showcases the talents of players of African descent. COBRA's goal is to tell inspiring stories of black volleyball players that show young African American players that they too have opportunities to thrive in the sport despite cultural differences and economic disadvantages.
"One of Cobra's goals is to share the success of players while exposing the barriers that they have had to face by being in a sport that is not highly promoted amongst their peers," Gezus Zaire, creator of COBRA Magazine said. "Cobra is an advocate that previously didn't exist for black volleyball players."
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