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Volleyball's Radosevic Named Honorable-Mention All-American
Dec 15, 2005 | Women's Volleyball
Dec. 15, 2005
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Tulane University volleyball standout Sara Radosevic picked up yet another award for her hard work on the court as she claimed honorable-mention All-America honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
The most recent award is the third granted Radosevic by the AVCA as she claimed All-Midwest Region and Midwest Region Freshman of the Year honors on Dec. 6. A native of Zagreb, Croatia, she becomes just the second player in Tulane history to earn AVCA All-America recognition, joining 2003 honoree Deva Fowler.
"This is a great honor for Sara, as well as the Tulane volleyball program," first-year Tulane head coach Liz Kritza said. "She showed the kind of impact a top-level player can have on an up-and-coming program and also overcame the challenges of being an international student.
"In addition to facing the rigors of a freshman, not to mention the impact Hurricane Katrina had on the school, Sara had to come into a different country and use a second language to succeed academically. That may be even more impressive then earning All-American status."
As a true freshman in 2005, Radosevic paced the Green Wave with 388 kills and 5.24 kills per game and was named Conference USA Freshman of the Year, second-team All C-USA and C-USA All-Freshman. She was even better in the postseason, averaging 5.46 kills, 1.54 digs, 0.85 aces and 0.54 blocks per game en route to earning C-USA All-Tournament honors.
"Sinisa Momic is our lead recruiter and did an excellent job bring Sara to our program," Kritza said. "He does an excellent job recognizing talent and developing it. He did that this year with Sara and we look forward to watching what he can do with next year's team, both with the veterans and the newcomers."
Radosevic finished the year ranked second in C-USA in kills-per-game average and ninth among all NCAA Division I players. Her kills average also ranked tops in the nation among freshman hitters, outdistancing Princeton's Parker Henritze (4.73 kills per game) by more than half a kill per game.
She posted double-digit kill totals in 19 of the Green Wave's 21 matches in 2005, including 10 20-plus kill outings and a career-best 34 vs. Tulsa (Nov. 18) in the C-USA Tournament quarterfinals. In addition to her performance at the net, Radosevic also led the team with 36 service aces - including a season-high five in the opening round of the 2005 C-USA Tourney - while chipping in with 184 digs (2.49/g) and 29 blocks (0.39/g).
Radosevic tallied seven double-doubles on the year (kills-digs), and had a season-best 16 digs vs. Arizona State (Sept. 18) and Tulsa (Nov. 11). She hit .300 or better six times, including a career-high .413 mark on the strength of 23 kills and just four errors in 46 swings at Houston (Oct. 28).
