2007 Played and started in each of the Tigers' 30 contests ... led team with 1.03 blocks per game, which ranks eighth all-time in single-season Mizzou history ... the 114 total blocks during the season ranks tied for seventh all-time ... career total moved to 0.92 blocks per game which ranks third in Mizzou history ... recorded 2.11 kills per game, 234 total, and 2.28 kills per game during Big 12 play ... had 11 matches with 10-or-more kills and 11 matches with 10-or-more blocks ... recorded two matches with 15-or-more kills, going back-to-back with 15 kills at home verus Baylor (Nov. 2) and career-best 16 at Texas Tech on Nov. 10 ... had two matches with seven or more blocks including a seven-block effort versus Florida International (Sept. 2) and a career-high eight-block bonanza at Kansas (Oct. 27) ... in Mizzou win over No. 25 Oklahoma (Sept. 29) notched 12 kills and six blocks ... at Colorado on October 3 recorded 13 kills and five blocks ... at Texas Tech (Nov. 10) notched 16 kills on an errorless 24 attempts (.667 avg.) ... at home versus Iowa State (Nov. 14) had 14 kills, with only one error, on 26 attempts (.500 avg.) ... in NCAA Tournament - at WASHINGTON, tallied 14 kills on a .444 average (14-2-27) and four blocks.

2006 Started in 25 Tiger contests as a middle blocker, accumulating 0.81 blocks per game and 1.49 kpg on a .221 hitting percentage ... scored six matches with five-or-more blocks and four matches with 10-or-more kills ... at Texas Tech on September 30, scored an errorless 7 kills on 14 attempts (.500) ... at home versus Iowa State on November 1 scored season-high 13 kills on .435 hitting, adding six blocks ... at home versus No. 14 Oklahoma, scored 8 kills, adding 6 blocks, three of the solo variety ... in NCAA Tournament - vs SANTA CLARA, scored one kill; at STANFORD - rallied 10 kills on 15 attempts for season-high .533 hitting percentage, adding three blocks.

2005 Redshirt season.

High School
Earned all-state honors in 2003, leading the state of Nebraska in blocking average, gaining 1.6 blocks per game ... third-team Super State honoree in 2003 also having 216 kills and 46 service aces on the season ... had senior season cut short due to knee injury ... named Lincoln Journal Star's "Sensational Swatter" award in 2003 ... also played club volleyball with the Nebraska Juniors ... also was a three-year letterwinner with school's basketball team ... three-year academic letterwinner, four-year honor roll student, graduated with "Outstanding Academic Excellence" award ... high school coach - Mike Godeke ... club coach - Owen Egbert.

Personal
A biology major ... lists shopping as a hobby ... favorite food is steak and mashed potatoes ... likes any type of music except the country genre ... thinks blocking is the best aspect of volleyball ... born September 4, 1987

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