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Alyssa Wistrick is in a class by herself - literally.

The standout College of Southern Idaho volleyball middle blocker became the only freshman in the nation to earn NJCAA Division I First Team All-America status when the list of the nation's top players was released Tuesday.

Wistrick, who was first among CSI players with 116 blocks and second in kills at 415, helped the Golden Eagles to a 39-13 season and 10th-place finish at the NJCAA National Championships in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Among the 12 players to earn First Team All-America status, including Salt Lake Community College sophomore setter Michaela Hanakova, Wistrick is the only freshman, and one of nine freshmen out of 30 players chosen to the squads.

Salt Lake Community College's Cinthia Silva was named to the All-America Second Team.

2007 NJCAA Division I Volleyball All-America Teams

First Team

Lina Vanegas, so. MB, Blinn; Alyssa Wistrick, fr. MB, CSI; Pamela Luiz, so. OH, Frank Phillips; Ludimila Amaral, so. MB, Hutchinson CC; Juliana Paz, so. OH, Iowa Western; Paola Ampudia, so. OH, Miami-Dade; Brittney Herzog, so. MB, Missouri State-West Plains; Michaela Hanakova, so. S; Salt Lake CC; Ligia Clemente, so. OH, San Jacinto-Central; Leticia Kuhn, so. OH, Tyler JC; Soriana Pacheco, so. S, Western Nebraska; Heather Bowman, so. Lib., Arkansas-Fort Smith.

Second Team

Allyson Goldbach, fr. OH, Florida CC; Perla Faudoa, so. S, Frank Phillips; Julia Kenealy, so. MB, Iowa Western; Rosa Medrano, fr. MB, Miami-Dade; Patricia Gandolfo, so. MB, Missouri State-West Plains; Addi Radke, so. OH, Northeastern JC; Jordan Kent, so. MB, Northwest-Shoals; Xiaoting Ma, fr. OH, Redlands CC; Dan Yang, fr. OH, Seward County; Patty Paniagua, so. MB, Arizona Western; Cinthia Silva, so. OH, Salt Lake CC; Jennifer Eichler, so. OH, Western Nebraska.

Honorable Mention

Kassia Pinto, fr. OH, Lake Land (Illinois); Fatima Balza, fr. MB, Western Nebraska; Hanna Valli, so. OH, Arkansas-Fort Smith; Kayleigh Giddins, fr. OH, Frank Phillips; Alik Cardosa de Sa, so. S, Barton County; Emily Calderon-Reyes, fr. OH, Hillsborough CC.