CLICK HERE to read original article, written by Foster's Daily Democrat Sports Editor Mike Whaley

It's certainly not all about Felicia Wachowiak, and she'd be the first to tell you so.

It would, however, be easy to spotlight the Saint Joseph's College (Maine) 5-foot-10 senior middle blocker from Milton. After all, she has earned just about every honor the NCAA Division III Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) has to offer, while putting up some incredible numbers.

"It's the team, honestly," she said. "It's a solid team with a solid setter, and that makes a big difference. On defense and offense we worked together. We were in synch with each other."

St. Joe's went 27-6 this past fall — tied for the most single-season wins in program history. That included a 15-match winning streak to start the season. They lost in the conference semis. Wachowiak was a three-year captain, a four-time All-GNAC selection (three times first team) and the 2015 GNAC offensive player of the year.

Then, of course, there are the numbers. She led the GNAC in most hitting and blocking categories. She had 415 kills and 128 total blocks in 2015, ending her career with a school-record 1,352 kills and a conference- and school-record 468 total blocks.

Wachowiak also displayed remarkable resilience, playing in a school-record 125 matches.

On Sunday, she will be one of 33 seniors to play in the New England Women's Volleyball Coaches Association's Senior Classic at UMass Boston.

"She's one of the most deserving players I've ever coached," said SJC coach Yamile Nolan. "She's always one of the hardest workers."

Surprisingly, Wachowiak had limited options coming out of little Nute High School. Although she was the 2011 D-III player of the year, only Plymouth State and Colby-Sawyer College showed any interest.

That was until Nolan came onto the scene.

It was late in the Junior Olympic season, and Nolan first set eyes on Wachowiak during a tournament at Saint Joseph's College.

"I saw her during hitting lines," recalled Nolan. "I thought, 'Oh my God, I have to get that girl.' The sets weren't the best, but she was working with it."

Nolan figured Wachowiak was being recruited, but after she found out there was nothing definite, she had an opening and it clicked with Wachowiak.

"She liked the girls on the team," Nolan said. "She's team oriented, so she wanted to like the other players. I knew when I saw her play, she was going to be my starting middle."

SJC already had a one strong middle in senior standout Sarah Hawkes, who held many Monk records that Wachowiak would later break.

"With the two of them, I knew good things would happen," Nolan said. "I told her when I recruited her that she would be a starter. I don't do that very often."

The Monks went 22-8 that year and lost in the GNAC tournament quarterfinals. Wachowiak said the game was faster and more competitive than in high school, but she transitioned well and was named All-GNAC Second Team.

As a sophomore, the Monks went 19-12 and lost again in the conference quarters. Wachowiak, this time, received the first of her three All-GNAC first team selections.

"She never was satisfied," Nolan said. "Never in four years was she satisfied with what she was doing. There was something she could always do better."

In her junior year, SJC had an off year. Their setter required season-ending shoulder surgery on the eve of the season opener and the Monks never recovered, going 9-22.

Wachowiak had another strong season making All-GNAC first team. However, she was used a lot and was developing soreness in her hitting shoulder. Undaunted, she learned to hit lefty.

"It was very frustrating," she said of the shoulder soreness. "But I didn't want to have surgery, and I worked on (lefty), but it didn't come right away."

But come it did, and by the time she was a senior, she could effectively hit both ways.

"It made me open up the entire right side (of the court,)," said Wachowiak, an elementary education major. "It opened my vision all over the court, instead of just to the left."

Nolan notes that Wachowiak has set some records that may never be broken, and yet despite all the honors remains remarkably grounded.

"She's the most humble and kind-hearted person you could imagine," Nolan said. "Accolades do not go to her head. It's never on herself. It's always the team."

As a consummate team player, Wachowiak never gives up. To illustrate that Nolan recalls an exchange this past fall where Wachowiak ran down a ball near the stands, and popped the ball back up. It was bumped over the net and then she ended up scaling the net on the other side of the court to stuff block a girl all in the same rally.

"I almost wanted to call a timeout and ask her if she did that," said Nolan with a laugh.

Surely, had she asked, Wachowiak would have answered, "Yes, I did — for the team."