TOPEKA, Kan. – ACU junior middle blocker
Shawna Hines was voted third team NCAA Division II all-America by the nation's sports information directors and honorable mention all-America by the American Volleyball Coaches' Association.
Both teams were announced Tuesday. The Daktronics team is voted on by SIDs from around the country, while the AVCA team is voted on by head coaches from around the nation.
Hines was one of four Lone Star Conference players voted to the Daktronics all-America team as she joined Texas A&M-Commerce libero Lauren Flynn and West Texas A&M setter Katie Rickwartz and WTAM middle blocker Melissa Harper on the all-America team. Flynn was voted first team all-America, while Rickwartz and Harper joined Hines on the third team.
Hines led the nation in total blocks (190) and blocks per set (1.58) while leading the Wildcats to a 29-6 record in 2009. ACU – which finished 12-1 in the LSC – reached the LSC Post-Season Tournament
championship match for the second straight season, but for the second straight season more than 25 wins weren't enough to earn the Wildcats an at-large bid to the regional tournament.
Hines finished third on the team in kills with 298 (2.48 per set), but her .312 attack percentage led the Wildcats.
Hines is only the fourth player in ACU history to earn all-America honors as she joins Amanda Slate (second team), Lindsey Martin (third team) and Michelle Bernhardt (honorable mention) as Wildcats named
honorable mention. The first three Wildcats were voted all-America after ACU's historic 31-4 season in 2005.
