--- Tusculum College's Caitlyn Dean has been selected to the 2013 Daktronics NCAA Division II All-America Volleyball first team. Voting for the Daktronics All-America Team is conducted by NCAA II members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA).

Dean becomes the first three-time All-America selection in program history and the first Tusculum student-athlete to garner All-America first team honors three times in her career for any sport. Dean is the only South Atlantic Conference volleyball player to garner All-America first team honors three times in her career.

Dean, a senior libero/defensive specialist from Fort Wayne, Ind., became Division II's all-time digs leader this season. Her 3,184 career digs are a Division II best and the eighth most for all NCAA divisions. The Northrop High School graduate is second in DII history in career digs per average (6.85 dps) and her 114 career service aces are the seventh most in Tusculum history.

She led the South Atlantic Conference in digs for a fourth consecutive season, averaging 6.03 per set, which is currently seventh in the nation.

She also garnered AVCA All-America honorable mention distinction. During her 124-match career, Dean has accounted for an amazing 40 contests with 30 or more digs, including seven times in 2013. Her 723 total digs this year are the third most in TC history.

Dean is a four-time Daktronics All-Southeast Region and All-South Atlantic Conference first team selection. She was named to this year's Capital One Academic All-America® third team and is a two-time Academic All-District first team choice, while majoring in nursing.

She has been named the Tusculum College Female Athlete of the Year the last two seasons and is also a member of the SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll and the TC Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Tusculum accounted for a 21-11 record in 2013, including 15-7 in conference play to finish second in the league standings for the third time in the last four years.

TC earned the program's five straight NCAA II Tournament at-large bid as well as the Pioneers advanced to the Southeast Regional quarterfinal. TC posted the program's eighth consecutive winning season and the sixth 20-win campaign in the last eight years. Tusculum has recorded 20 more wins on 22 occasions in the storied program's history.