COLORADO SPRINGS – University of Dayton All-American middle blocker Lindsay Fletemier has been named to USA Volleyball’s A2 team for the second consecutive season. She is one of 24 collegiate volleyball players to make this year’s team.

Fletemier is the only Atlantic 10 student-athlete to be named to the A2 team and only one of six middle blockers on the squad. Of those six middles, three were in the 2009 Women’s Volleyball Final Four (Rachael Adams – Texas, Jen Doris – Texas, Lauren Gibbemeyer – Minnesota).

A 6-foot-6 middle blocker from Garden City, Mich., Fletemier averaged 3.47 kills per set last year and led the Atlantic 10 with a .389 hitting percentage. She was named Third Team All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association in December.

The 2010 U.S. Women’s National A2 program is scheduled to train May 24-28 in Tempe, Ariz., before being split into two 12-player rosters to compete in the Open Division of the 2010 USA Open National Championships held in nearby Phoenix. The Open Division flight takes place May 29-June 1 at the Phoenix Convention Center.

The players, all of whom have remaining collegiate eligibility for 2010, were selected as part of the U.S. Women’s National Team Open Tryouts held Feb. 19-21 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. A record total of 175 athletes competed in the Open Tryout.

The Flyers return all the of their starters for next season after winning the Atlantic 10 Championship. Last season, Dayton advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after winning the A-10 Championship against Saint Louis in a nationally-televised broadcast at the Frericks Center.