NAU Athletics Hall of Fame
1999 Volleyball Team
NCAA Tournament participant…Posted a 19-10 record with 10-6
Big Sky mark to finish in tie for third in the regular season
standings…Beat Cal-State Northridge to win first Big Sky
Conference Tournament title and earn school’s first NCAA
Tournament berth…Played North Carolina in the first round in
College Station Texas…Led by Big Sky Conference Coach of the
Year Kelly Sliva…Maggie Barrera (MVP), Tiwi Bond and Whitney
Donahue earned All-Tournament, while Barrera and Bond garnered
All-Big Sky second team regular season honors…Chelsea Robb
was named the league’s Freshman of the Year…Roster:
Michell Axlund (Escondido, Calif.), Maggie Barrera (Salinas,
Calif.), Tiwi Bond (Sandpoint, Idaho), April Clairmont (Ganado,
Ariz.), Whitney Donahue (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Corey Freeman
(West Linn, Ore.), Megan Greene (Porterville, Calif.), Angie
Johnson (Auburn, Wash.), Corrie Machesky (Kamuela, Hawaii), Chelsea
Robb (Phoenix, Ariz.), Xylena Sanders (Oceanside, Calif.), Amber
Thom (Fallbrook, Calif.). Coached by Head Coach Kelly Sliva, Asst.
Coach Robin Davis, Asst. Coach Mary Beattie and Volunteer Asst.
Coach Justin Sherrill.



