HONORS & AWARDS:
2005 First Team All-SEC
2005 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
SEC Player of the Week (April 4, 2005)
2004 NFCA Third Team All-American
2004 NFCA First Team All-Region
2004 First Team All-SEC
2004 SEC Academic Honor Roll
SEC Player of the Week (March 29, 2004)
2002 Co-SEC Freshman of the Year
SEC Player of the Week (April 1, 2002)

2005 | SENIOR SEASON:
Earned First Team All-SEC honors for the second consecutive season ... tabbed SEC Player of the Week on April 4 ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... started all of Auburn's 68 games ... finished third on the team with a .360 batting average ... recorded 71 hits, the second most on the squad ... held a .574 slugging clip behind 10 doubles, eight home runs and a team-leading four triples ... finished third on the squad for runs scored (46) and RBI (44) ... drew 13 walks en route to a .414 on-base percentage ... knocked a team-leading seven sacrifice flies ... finished 9-for-12 in stolen base attempts ... led the team in putouts with 256 while adding 57 assists for a .988 fielding percentage ... caught a team-best 19 would-be base stealers.

2004 | JUNIOR SEASON:
Third Team All-American … First Team All-Region … First-Team All-SEC member … SEC Player of the Week March 29 after batting .700 with three RBI in three games against South Carolina … SEC Academic Honor Roll … led Auburn with a .333 batting average, including a .341 effort in SEC play … led Tigers with 58 hits, 14 doubles, 30 RBI and 91 total bases … led Auburn with eight multiple-RBI efforts and second in multi-hit games with 14, including five three-hit games … season-high 15-game hitting streak came Feb. 13 to March 14 … also had a five-game streak to begin the season … hit two home runs Feb. 6 against North Texas in a 3-for-4 effort … successful on 13-of-15 stolen base attempts … committed two errors in 229 chances in SEC play … recorded at least one hit in every conference series except for two-game set against LSU.

2003 | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
One of only two players to start all 57 games ... played mostly outfield, but was often the designated player and spent one game as the catcher ... average of .271 was second best on the team ... was one off the team lead in home runs with four and RBIs with 17 ... had a career high six game hit streak during the season ... posted 11 multi-hit games, second most on the team.

2002 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Named SEC Co-Freshman of the Year and SEC Player of the Week for the week of April 1 ... hit .297 with six home runs and 33 RBIs ... finished third on the team in slugging percentage (.469) and RBIs (33) ... home run and RBI totals were the second highest by an Auburn freshman.
 

PERSONAL:
Full name is Sara Elizabeth Dean ... parents are Jim and Ellen Dean ... has two brothers, Eric and Brendan, as well a sister, Meghan ... born in Valencia, Calif., on Feb. 9, 1983.