Sophomore Ali Dolphin capped a fantastic season by being named to the 2009 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball All-America second team. She is the 14th different Queen Bee to be recognized as a women's basketball All-American since 1984.

Earlier this month, Dolphin, a 5-9 forward from Marshalltown, Iowa, was named the Midwest Collegiate Conference Player of the Year after averaging 17.8 points, 9.9 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 3.5 steals and 1.3 blocks while starting all 31 games for the Queen Bees.

She finished in the top-20 nationally in steals (8th), offensive rebounds (10th), assists (10th), assist-to-turnover ratio (14th), scoring (18th) and rebounding (19th).

With two years remaining in her collegiate career, Dolphin is already 24th on SAU's all-time scoring list with 1,100 career points.

St. Ambrose NAIA Women's Basketball All-Americans
2009 - Ali Dolphin (2nd team)
2008 - Jenny Clark (2nd team)
2007 - Jennifer Goetz (2nd team)
2006 - Jennifer Goetz (honorable mention)
2005 - Jennifer Goetz (honorable mention)
2004 - Angie Schinstock (2nd team)
2003 - Angie Schinstock (3rd team)
2001 - Jenny DeSmet (3rd team)
2000 - Mary Cofield (2nd team)
1997 - Melissa Wehr (honorable mention)
1996 - Brandy Scheckel (1st team)
1995 - Brandy Scheckel (3rd team)
1994 - Eileen Graham (honorable mention)
1992 - Shelley Johnson (honorable mention)
1990 - Robin Becker (1st team) and Liz Ciprian (honorable mention)
1989 - Robin Becker (2nd team)
1988 - Patty Campbell (2nd team) and Robin Becker (honorable mention)
1987 - Patty Campbell (honorable mention)
1984 - Stephanie Smith (honorable mention)

The complete NAIA Division II All-American team is available on the NAIA website.