December 12, 2005
Junior middle blocker Christi Hahn of Texas A&M has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Volleyball Third Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Hahn, from Leander, Texas, sports a 4.0 grade-point average while majoring in kinesiology. She is a two-time member of the CoSIDA Academic All-District VI team and the Academic All-Big 12 Volleyball First Team.
Hahn played in every match and in 115 of 117 games while helping lead A&M to a 16-14 record and its 13th consecutive NCAA tournament berth this season. She was second on the team with a .325 hitting percentage, which ranks 10th in the A&M season records. Hahn also ranked second on the squad in kills (2.87) and points (3.62) per game and third in blocks (.084) for the full season.
Hahn posted double figures in kills 19 matches, including each of the seven final matches of the season. During that final seven-match stretch, Hahn earned both Big 12 Conference and AVCA national player of the week honors for the first time in her career after setting career highs with 21 kills and a .526 hitting percentage in a victory against Kansas on Nov. 16 and bettering her personal mark with 23 kills while hitting at a .514 clip in the Aggies?â„¢ ensuing win at No. 24 Colorado.
Hahn tied an A&M Big 12 record with four solo blocks in a five-game match against Colorado earlier in the season and also tied the school Big 12 record with 11 total blocks against the Buffaloes.
The Academic All-America Teams program honors 816 male and female student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing field and in the classroom. Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA, a 2,000-member organization consisting of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at her current institution and nominated by her sports information director.
The following is the complete 2005 ESPN The Magazine All-America Volleyball Team:
Name School Yr. Pos. Hometown GPA Major
Kate Bean Toledo Jr OH Louisville, Ky. 4.00 Community Health
Paula Caten Kansas Sr OH Canarana, Brazil 4.00 Communication Studies
+Jackie Choi New Mexico State Jr S Corpus Christi, Texas 4.00 Accounting & Economics
+Kate Duchek Xavier Sr OH St. Louis, Mo. 4.00 Education
Christina Houghtelling Nebraska Jr OH Cambridge, Neb. 3.90 Elementary
Education/Coaching
Sarah Pavan Nebraska So OH Kitchener, Ont. 4.00 Biochemistry
Second Team
Name School Yr. Pos. Hometown GPA Major
Lauren Brewster Notre Dame Sr MB Brentwood, Tenn. 3.37 Marketing & Sociology
Abby Ettenhofer Youngstown State Sr MH Hebron, Ohio 4.00 Middle Childhood Educ.
Christine Harms Nevada Sr OH/L Placerville, Calif. 4.00 Civil Engineering
Sarah Kirkwood Virginia So OH Tampa, Fla. 4.00 Echols Interdisciplinary
Major
+Candace Lee Washington Sr L Eugene, Ore. 3.78 English
+Courtney Thompson Washington Jr S Kent, Wash. 3.52 Business Administration
Rebecca Wieters Charleston Sr RS Goose Creek, S.C. 3.97 History
Third Team
Name School Yr. Pos. Hometown GPA Major
Christi Hahn Texas A&M Jr MB Leander, Texas 4.00 Kinesiology & Exercise
Science
Heidi Krug East Carolina Jr S Kildeer, Ill. 4.00 Biology
Jenna Maddocks Cleveland State Sr OH Norwalk, Ohio 3.98 Early Childhood Educ.
Anne Morrow Tennessee Tech Sr OH Springfield, Ohio 3.95 Biology
Sarah Obras Ball State Sr OH Pendleton, Ind. 3.86 Accounting
Academic All-America of the Year: Kate Duchek (Xavier)
+2004 Academic All-America Third Team