Hall of Fame
Becky Belland
Jennies Volleyball 1987-90
Belland is thought by many to be the best player ever to wear a Jennies' volleyball uniform. She capped her outstanding four-year career (1987-90) by earning NCAA Division II player-of-the-year honors in 1990, the only CMSU volleyball player to ever receive that award. After attending Kirkwood (Mo.) High School for three years, her family moved to Virginia before she came to Central Missouri.
As a freshman in 1987, Belland was a member of the Jennies' Division II runner-up team that was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1993. She is the only CMSU volleyball player to receive first-team All-America honors three straight years (1988, 1989, 1990) and was the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Most Valuable Player in 1989 and 1990. The Jennies were 156-21 during her career, winning MIAA titles and earning NCAA bids each of her four seasons.
Belland's total of 2,189 career kills is the Jennies' career record and ranks second in Division II history. She was in double figures in kills in 119 of her 177 career matches. She also owns school records for kills per game (3.93), block solos (366), block assists (572) and total blocks (938) in a career, as well as season marks for kills (640), kills per game (4.64) and block solos (125).
