Frostburg State senior outside hitter Sarah Stephens (Oakland, Md./Southern Garrett) captured another award for her work in the classroom as she was named to the 2010 ESPN Academic All-American Volleyball Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), Monday afternoon.

Stephens is one of just 18 student-athletes selected to the college division All-America team. The college division consists of institutions from the NCAA Division II and III levels and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

Stephens, a second team Academic All-America pick, is a business administration major with a 3.96 GPA. She is a three-time All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference academic honoree, a six-time Dean's List student and a two-time CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District award winner.

Stephens is just the fifth Academic All-American in FSU school history and second from the volleyball program.  She is the first Frostburg State student-athlete to earn Academic All-America recognition since the Bobcats joined the Capital Athletic Conference this year. 

Stephens is the third CAC volleyball player to be honored by the CoSIDA members, joining Goucher's Laurie Bender (1994 third team) and Salisbury's Kim Rementer (2004 first team) in that group.  Overall, she is the 54th student-athlete in the 20-year history of the CAC to earn Academic All-America honors.

Honored as an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Honorable Mention All-American, Stephens led the Bobcats to a 34-4 overall record and a perfect 8-0 record in their first year as a member of the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC). FSU earned the CAC regular season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Regional Championship game for the first time in school history.

Stephens, the CAC Player of the Year and three-time all-conference selection, ranked 16th in the nation in kills per set (4.35) and 20th in points per set (4.87). She led the CAC with 531 kills and finished almost 200 ahead of the next closest player. She finished her playing career ranked third in school history in career kills (1,598) and fifth in career digs (1,159).

Stephens helped Frostburg State to an impressive 114-26 overall record and four conference tournament titles during her four years in a Bobcat uniform. FSU appeared in four-consecutive NCAA Tournaments and hosted the 2010 NCAA Volleyball Regional for the first time in school history.

Stephens is joined by Kayla Adbell of Lynn, Cara Carson of Southwest Missouri, Kendra Coulson of Texas Woman's University, Mollie Lacy of Washburn and Lisa Shiling of Fresno Pacific on the ESPN Academic All-America Volleyball College Division second team.