McLaurin Named to All-American Third Team

Dec. 12, 2012

NORMAN, Okla. – University of Oklahoma junior Sallie McLaurin was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America Third Team the organization announced Wednesday.

It is the second All-America recognition of McLaurin's career, who was named to the honorable mention team in 2011.

McLaurin becomes the fourth Sooner to be selected to the All-American first, second or third in program history and under Oklahoma head coach Santiago-Restrepo, joining the likes of Joanna Schmitt (2006, second team), Elaine Santos (2006, third team) and Brianne Barker (2010 and 2011, third team).

At the conclusion of her junior campaign, McLaurin sat second overall in two separate categories in the Big 12: hitting percentage (.357) and blocks per set (1.37). The Midwest City, Okla., native also finished in the top-10 in two other categories: kills per set (9^th, 2.83) and points per set (6^th, 3.60).

She led the team in five separate categories: kills (328), kills per set (2.83), total blocks (159), blocks per set (1.37) and points per set (3.60)

McLaurin helped lead the Sooners to their program-record fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament berth, where they advanced to the second round.

For three-straight years Oklahoma has produced an AVCA All-American – a first for the program.

The selections were made by the AVCA Division I All-America Committee: Santiago Restrepo, Oklahoma; Sherry Dunbar, Indiana; Lisa Seifert, Southern Methodist; Molly Alvey, Cincinnati; Jennifer Greeny, Washington State; Craig Skinner, Kentucky; Jeff Nelson, New Mexico; Tonya Johnson, Georgia Tech. The AVCA Awards Chair is Dayton head volleyball coach Kelly Sheffield.

2012 AVCA DIVISION I THIRD-TEAM ALL-AMERICA

Name	School	Position	Year	Height	Hometown
Dana Cranston	Colorado State University	OH	SR	6'3	Fort St. John, BC
Jennifer Cross	University of Michigan	MB	JR	6'4	Scarborough, Ontario
Katie Fuller	University of Southern California	RS/Opp.	SR	6'2	Olivehain, CA
Lisa Henning#	University of Missouri	RS/Opp.	JR	6'1	Blue Springs, MO
Mari Hole	The Ohio State University	OH	SR	6'0	Oslo, Norway
Stephanie Holthus	Northwestern University	OH	JR	5'11	Burlington, IL
Alison Landwehr*	Iowa State University	S	SR	6'0	St. Louis, MO
Deja McClendon^@	Penn State University	OH	JR	6'1	Louisville, KY
Sallie McLaurin	University of Oklahoma	MB	JR	6'2	Midwest City, OK
Monique Mead	Georgia Tech	RS/Opp.	SR	5'10	Newnan, GA
Ashley Neff	Florida State University	MB	JR	6'3	Kennesaw, GA
Gwen Rucker	University of Louisville	MB	SR	6'2	Lexington, KY
Emani Sims	University of Miami	MB	SO	5'11	Glenview, IL
Kellie Woolever	Pepperdine University	S	JR	6'0	Long Beach, CA

* indicates 2011 AVCA First-Team All-America selection
^ indicates 2011 AVCA Second-Team All-America selection
# indicates 2011 AVCA Third-Team All-America selection
$ indicates 2010 AVCA First-Team All-America selection
@ indicates 2010 AVCA Second-Team All-America selection
% indicates 2010 AVCA Third-Team All-America selection
! indicates 2009 AVCA First-Team All-America selection
+ indicates 2009 AVCA Third-Team All-America selection