Claire Kodan

St. Mary's City, Md. - Claire Kodan (Olney, Md./Sherwood) of the St. Mary's College of Maryland volleyball team was selected by the Department of Athletics and Recreation as the first athlete of the month of the 2009-10 year for the month of September.

This is Kodan's second career athlete-of-the-month selection as she was also the September athlete of the month in 2007.

A 5-11, junior outside hitter, Kodan helped the Seahawks to a 10-7 record during the month of September, including a 2-1 mark in Capital Athletic Conference action.  She notched 11 double-doubles on kills and digs, upping her career total to 15 double-doubles.

In 17 matches, Kodan tallied 227 kills for a .221 attack percentage and a 3.60 kill average.  She also served up 24 aces, while averaging 3.22 digs per set.

Kodan had a career day in a five-set victory over Goucher College as she notched 21 kills and 24 digs.  She matched her career-best with five aces in a 3-2 win at Lynchburg College, while picking up a season-best 5.0 blocks in a sweep of Susquehanna University.

Kodan was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Susquehanna University Invitational after totaling 63 kills, 39 digs, five block assists, and two service aces and leading the Seahawks to a third-place finish.  She also registered two double-doubles during the two-day, four-match tournament.

Kodan is currently ranked 44th in Division III in kills per set with a 3.69 average, while ranking second in the conference in kills and eighth in digs with a 3.33 average.

ATHLETE OF THE MONTH HONOR ROLL
FIELD HOCKEY: LAURIANN PARKER, Fr., Forward (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg)
SAILING: MIMI ROLLER, So., Skipper (St. John, US Virgin Islands/Antilles)
MEN'S SOCCER: TED SCHARFENBERG, So., Forward (Holbrook, N.Y./St. John the Baptist)WOMEN'S SOCCER: SOPHIA ESPARZA, Sr., Midfielder (Silver Spring, Md./Montgomery Blair)