Missouri State

2010 First-Team All-MVC • 2009 First-Team All-MVC
2009 AVCA Central Region Honorable Mention
MVC Player of the Week 9/8/09 • 10/20/08
2008 First-Team All-MVC • 2008 MVC All-Freshman Team
MVC Freshman of the Week 11/10/08

2010 (Junior)
• First-team all-MVC for the third consecutive season, one of 17 players in league history to earn the distinction three times, while just two players have been four-time first-team picks
• Second on the Bears in both kills (324) and average (2.79/set), while ranking tops on the team and fifth in the MVC with 0.95 blocks per set
• Enters senior season eighth in Missouri State history with a .290 career hitting percentage and 18th with 946 kills
• Played in all 31 matches with 29 starts, accumulating 384.5 points over 116 sets for a 3.31 average
• Led the Bears in kills 10 times with 19 double-figure matches
• Paced the team in blocking on 13 occasions
• Landed a season-high 19 kills on .571 hitting in the season opener against Texas State (8/27)
• Had season bests of seven blocks in consecutive matches against SIUE (9/28) and Wichita State (10/2), and had at least five blocks 10 matches
• Hit at least .300 in 13 matches
• Accounted for at least 10 points in 26 of 31 matches
• Added 27 digs and six assists on the year

2009 (Sophomore)
• First-team all-MVC and AVCA Central Region honorable mention
• Led MVC with .364 hitting percentage that ranked second in school history
• Ranked fifth in The Valley with 3.62 points and sixth with 3.03 kills per set
• Placed 25th nationally in attack efficiency
• League player of the week Sept. 8 after winning co-MVP honors at the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational
• Averaged 3.36 kills and 1.29 blocks while hitting .404 in the tourney
• Hit at least .300 in 22 matches, topping the .400 mark 13 times, .500 on five occasions with a season-best .611 (13-2-18) against Memphis (9/4)
• Led the Bears with 18 double-figure kill matches, topping the 20 mark twice with a high of 25 on .575 hitting versus Drake (10/31)
• Topped the Bears in kills 11 times and blocks in 15 matches, averaging 0.94 per set with a high of eight in three matches
• Finished the season with 349 kills, five assists, five aces, 35 digs and 108 blocks
• Other season highlights included hitting .520 (17-4-25) versus Indiana (9/12), .550 (12-1-20) against No. 20 Wichita State (9/25), .429 (12-3-21) at UNI (10/17), .370 (23-6-46) at IPFW (10/25) and .400 (13-1-30) against Wichita State at the MVC Tournament (11/27) to earn a spot on the all-tourney team

2008 (Freshman)
• First-team all-MVC and all-freshman honoree
• Led Missouri State with a .264 hitting percentage while averaging 2.22 kills and 0.89 blocks per set
• In league matches, averaged 2.40 kills and 1.00 blocks while hitting .283
• Total of 273 kills ranks ninth in Missouri State history among freshmen
• League Freshman of the Week Nov. 10 with averages of 3.15 kills and 1.31 blocks in three matches
• Had 13 double-figure kill matches, including 20 on .405 hitting against Southern Illinois (11/8)
• Hit .536 (18-3-28) at Drake (9/27)
• Had 16 kills and hit .371 against Indiana State (10/3)
• Reached at least 10 kills in the first six matches in November
• Hit .462 (14-2-26) with eight blocks against Bradley (10/17)
• Totaled five or more blocks 10 times
• Hit .371 or better on 11 occasions, topping the .400 mark nine times

Background
• Set Francis Howell Central High[apos]s school record for kills in a season with 354 as a senior
• Totaled 751 kills her final three years and was a first-team all-district and all-conference pick as a junior and senior
• Earned all-metro honorable mention accolades from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Member of the all-academic team all four years of high school

Personal
• Born August 19, 1990, in New Brunswick, N.J.
• Daughter of Shirley Norman
• Art and Design major at Missouri State