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Carrie Banaszak Dunbar ’99 arrived on campus in 1997 and immediately helped Washington & Jefferson College to its most successful two-year volleyball stretch in school history. Dunbar transferred to W&J from a then NAIA Division II scholarship Westminster program. She led the Presidents to a pair of Presidents’ Athletic Conference and ECAC Division III South championships. The team posted a 55-10 record during her years on campus, including a perfect 14-0 mark in the conference. W&J claimed the 1997 ECAC Division III Championship, the program’s first postseason title, with victories over Johns Hopkins and New York University.
One year later, the Presidents strung together a 30-3 record which included 3-2 wins over Richard Stockton and Frostburg State in the ECAC Tournament. The 1998 ECAC Tournament Most Valuable Player, Dunbar led W&J to an undefeated home record and the most victories in school history during the 1998 championship season. The Presidents ended her senior year with 16 consecutive victories. In 1998, Dunbar became the fourth female in W&J history to earn CoSIDA Academic All-America accolades. She was the 1997 Presidents’ Athletic Conference Player of the Year who finished her W&J career with 613 kills (.439 hitting percentage) and 180 blocks.
Dunbar has worked as a second-grade teacher in the Upper St. Clair school district for 12 years.
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