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Maja (Potpara) Krljic
Maja (Potpara) Krljic
Year: 2018
School: Dowling
Sports: Volleyball

Krljic is one of the most decorated student-athletes in ECC history. She is the only student-athlete in any ECC sponsored sport  to win the league's Player of the Year honor in all four seasons of their eligibility. Krljic earned the honor each season from 2008 to 2011 as a versatile do-it-all player.

Krljic started her career off with a bang by stuffing the stat sheet with 348 kills, a .317 hitting percentage, 749 assists, 78 service aces, 243 digs, and 65 total blocks. Her outstanding season earned her a plethora of awards including ECC Rookie of the Year, ECC Player of the Year, and American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and Daktronics All-Region accolades.  In addition, she earned a spot on the AVCA  All-America Team as an honorable mention selection and was named the AVCA National Freshman of the Year.

In each subsequent season, Krljic continued to stuff the stat sheet and earn ECC Player of the Year honors. She finished with no lower than 165 kills, a .276 hitting percentage, 720 assists, 54 service aces, 243 digs, or 51 total blocks in any of her four seasons and finished with career marks of 1,045 kills, a .308 hitting percentage, 3,367 assists, 1,032 digs, and 272 total blocks.

Krljic earned numerous honors throughout her career on top of the accolades she piled up during her freshman season. She was a four-time ECC All-Conference and AVCA All-Region selection and a two-time Daktronics East Region Player of the Year. Krljic earned six different All-America nods, as well. She was a two-time Daktronics selection (Second Team - 2010; Honorable Mention 2011) and was named to the AVCA All-America list all four years of her career (Third Team - 2009, 2010; Honorable Mention - 2008, 2011). Krljic was also the only student-athlete in Dowling's history to have her number retired.

In addition to earning numerous accolades, Krljic's play helped lift Dowling to unprecedented heights. The Golden Lions went 51-3 in ECC play during her tenure, winning Regular Season Championships all four seasons and ECC Tournament titles in 2008, 2010, and 2011. She also led Dowling to East Region Championships and NCAA Elite Eight appearances in 2009 and 2010. The 2010 squad was arguably the best in ECC and East Region history, as Dowling finished with a 31-2 record and became the only team in East Region history to win an Elite Eight match to advance the Division II Final Four.

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