Lee junior outside hitter Irene Ojukwu was named to the second team.
Teammate Paula Martins, also a junior, earned a spot on the third team and sophomore Marija Zelenovic was honorable mentioned.
Earlier in the week, junior Rachel Cunningham was singled out as an NAIA Scholar-Athlete. To be named a scholar-athlete, a student must be a junior and maintain at least a 3.50 GPA.
The 2012 Lady Flames lost eight seniors from last year's squad, but still managed to rebuild quickly, winning the SSAC tournament and placing ninth in the NAIA National Championships.
Columbia (Mo.) senior setter Paula Ferreira was named the 2012 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Player of the Year. Ferreira was the 2010 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Player of the Year recipient and is the fifth person to win the award twice.
She is the second two-time winner from Columbia to win the award twice as Yang Zhe also won the award in 1997 and 1998. Ferreira was also the Tachikara National Championship Most Valuable Player.
Columbia's Melinda Wyre-Washington was named the 2012 NAIA Coach of the Year after leading the Cougars to their eighth national title appearance in school history.
Wyre-Washington also received the Coach of the Year award in 2004.
For the second-straight year the Coach of the Year and Player of the Year come from the same school. Concordia's (Calif.) Dan Fisher and Brooke Marino accomplished the feat last season.
Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball
All-America Selections
First Team
Name Institution Pos Yr Hometown
Christine Douglas*^ Biola (Calif.) OH Sr. Cypress, Calif.
Amy Weststeyn^ Biola (Calif.) MH So. Visalia, Calif.
Elena Berroteran Columbia (Mo.) L Sr. Caracas, Venezuela
Kahoriz Feliz Columbia (Mo.) OH Jr. Santo Domingo, Dom. Republic
Paula Ferreira$*^ Columbia (Mo.) S Sr. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Madison Ekis Concordia (Calif.) OH Jr. Phelan, Calif.
Brooke Marino*^ Concordia (Calif.) OH Sr. Mission Viejo, Calif.
Jordan Holcomb Embry-Riddle (Fla.) OH Sr. New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
Kendra Schwein Hastings (Neb.) OH Sr. Highland Ranch, Colo.
Kristine Egebrecht Indiana Wesleyan MH Jr. West Chicago, Ill.
Kristin Pressley*^ Oklahoma Baptist OH Jr. Mansfield, Texas
Vanja Joksic Texas at Brownsville MH So. Gornji Milanovic, Serbia
Danica Markovic*^ Texas at Brownsville OH Jr. Subolica, Serbia
Alicia Olson Viterbo (Wis.) OH So. Eau Claire, Wis.
Second Team
Name Institution Pos Yr Hometown
Jordan Broady Bellevue (Neb.) S Sr. Johnson, Neb.
Chelsee Arnitz Biola (Calif.) MH Jr. Yorba Linda,Calif.
Gracee Gallarda Biola (Calif.) S Jr. Yorba Linda, Calif.
Mi Le Concordia (Calif.) MH Jr. Yantai, China
Reanna Schelhaas Concordia (Calif.) MH So. Los Alamitos, Calif.
Susan Rollman*^ Doane (Neb.) MH Sr. Humphrey, Neb.
Devon Jensen*^ Grand View (Iowa) OH Sr. Underwood, Iowa
Shayna Schacher Hastings (Neb.) MH Jr. Grand Island, Neb.
Yui Iwase^ Indiana Wesleyan S Sr. Plano, Texas
Sarah Becker Jamestown (N.D.) MH Jr. Rochester, Minn.
Irene Ojukwu Lee (Tenn.) OH Jr. San Paulo, Brazil
Evia Prieditis Madonna (Mich.) S Jr. Milford, Mich.
Sam Dougherty The Masters, (Calif.) OH Jr. Madera,Calif.
Ana Guerra*^ Texas at Brownsville MH Jr. Sao Paulo, Brazil
Third Team
Name Institution Pos Yr Hometown
Taylor Martin Embry-Riddle (Fla.) OH Sr. Orange Park, Fla.
Adriana Vazquez^ Embry-Riddle (Fla.) S Sr. Orlando, Fla.
Kaley Lyons^ Evangel (Mo.) MH Sr. Springfield, Mo.
Fernanda Ferreira^ Freed Hardeman (Tenn.) OH Sr. Minas Gerais, Brazil
Rachel Eubanks Georgetown (Ky.) OH So. Cincinnati, Ohio
Haley Beardsley Hastings (Neb.) S Sr. Sterling, Colo.
Lauren Crump Indiana East S Sr. Indianapolis Ind.
Breezy Strete Indiana East MH Sr. Troy Ohio
Paula Martins Lee (Tenn.) MH Jr. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Molly Brewster MidAmeria Nazarene (Kan.) OH Sr. Lee's Summit, Mo.
Casey Gates Northwestern Ohio OH Jr. Jackson Center, Ohio
Sabra Clark Oklahoma Baptist S Sr. Andover, Kan.
Livia Caluori Point Park (Pa.) MH Sr. Uzwil Switzerland
Katie Flock Viterbo (Wis.) OH Sr. Sparta, Wis.
$- Denotes 2009 All-American
* - Denotes 2010 All-American
^ - Denotes 2011 All-American
