LEXINGTON, KY - The UC San Diego women's volleyball team had three student-athletes earn 2009 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American honors, it was announced on Monday. Seniors Sylvia Schmidt and Elaine Chen earned first-team honors, while sophomore libero Roxanne Brunsting was selected to the AVCA All-American Honorable Mention team. UCSD's last team to have three All-Americans was the 2004 squad which reached the NCAA West Regional Championship game. The 2009 Tritons finished with an overall record of 29-3 and was ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation. With 32 student-athletes honored, eight hailed from the CCAA.

UCSD's previous All-Americans include Teresa Ohta (2003, 2004), Bonnie Wilson (2004), Katie Hogan (2004) and Rebecca Bailey (2007, 2008).

Schmidt finished the year with a single-season school record of 478 kills. She also tied the single-match school-record with 31 kills against Sonoma State. Her 1,212 career kills is second in school history behind former Triton Bailey who had 1,364 kills from 2005-08.

Chen had 1,273 assists this season which ranks fourth all-time at UCSD. In her career, Chen amassed 3,094 assists, the second highest mark in school history behind Teresa Ohta who had 4,749 from 2001-04. Chen also earned All-CCAA honors in each of the last two years.

Brunsting recorded the second highest amount of digs in school history with 494 in 2009. Her two-year total of 918 digs already ranks sixth in school history. The No. 1 mark is held by Natalie Facchini who had 1,628 digs from 2004-07). Brunsting was an All-CCAA first-team libero this past season. She also led the Tritons with 61 service aces.