Junior Grace Vickers has been named the 2012 America East Scholar-Athlete for volleyball, becoming the fourth player in program history to earn the award.

According to a statement released by the America East Friday morning, a committee of athletic administrators and NCAA Faculty Athletics Representatives chose one athlete from each of its six championship fall sports for the award, based on “excellence both on the field and in the classroom last semester.”

The Most Outstanding Player of the 2012 America East Championship, Vickers led the Bearcats to their third conference title last fall while carrying a 3.38 GPA. The geography major is a two-time America East Honor Roll nominee and the only player to be selected to both the AE All-Conference team and All-Academic team this year.

Vickers became the 31st athlete in Binghamton’s history to receive the Scholar-Athlete honor, and her nomination marked the 12th straight year that the University has had an athlete receive the award. BU now has the third most Scholar-Athlete award winners since it joined the America East in 2001.