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Highlights: Named AVCA Honorable Mention All-America in 2007 following announcements of First-Team All-ACC and All-East Region selections ...set Clemson record for digs per game in a single season with a 5.39 average ...615 defensive saves were just five off of the school record ...ranks eighth on the career chart for defensive saves with 1,159 after just her sophomore season ...also currently holds the Tiger record for digs per game over a career with a 5.13 average ...received the team's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award for the second straight season.
2007
• Started all 33 matches and played in all 114 games as the team's libero
• Led team with 615 defensive saves in 2007 and had a team-best 5.39 digs per game average
• Recorded at least 20 digs in 14 matches and had just two matches with fewer than 10 defensive saves; both were 3-0 wins for the Tigers
• Finished season with three straight 20-plus dig matches; had 20 in 3-0 win over Boston College on Nov. 23, 24 against Alabama in the NCAA first round and 23 in season-ending loss to UCLA
• Tied her career high for defensive saves in a pair of matches in 2007
• Had 32 against Furman on Sept. 8 and then recorded 32 in a 3-1 win over then-ranked #14 Duke on Nov. 9
• Tallied 30 service aces on the year to rank second on the team behind Sue Eckman's 31
• Had three aces in four matches (at Mississippi State, vs. Purdue, vs. Virginia Tech, and at Georgia Tech)
• Had just 31 reception errors in 708 attempts for a .956 percentage that was second on the team
• Also had 40 set assists and six kills during the year.
2006
• Tallied 544 defensive saves as the team's libero
• Ranked fourth in the ACC with a 4.86 digs per game average
• Earned the starting position just two matches into the season
• Ranked second on the team with 31 service aces
• Was one of only two Clemson players to have more aces than service errors on the year
• Had over 20 digs in 11 matches in 2006
• Set Clemson single match record for a freshman with 32 against Miami on Nov. 5
• Had 21 digs and three service aces against NCAA Tournament team Northern Iowa on Aug. 26
• Followed with 22 digs against 16th-ranked Purdue later that day
• Then had 23 digs in three-game victory over Tennessee State on Sept. 1
• Also had 23 digs in 3-0 win against Florida State on Sept. 30
• Tallied 24 digs with a season-high five assists at Virginia Tech on Oct. 22
• Had 23 digs verse 25th-ranked Duke on Oct. 28
• Finished season with 20+ digs in four of the final three matches
• Had 21 at Georgia Tech, 28 against Maryland, 25 verse Boston College and 25 against Virginia Tech
• Recorded three service aces against Georgia Tech at home on Oct. 17
• Had eight total matches with more than one service ace
• Charged with just 23 reception errors in 717 attempts for a .968 percentage
• Also had four kills and 35 assists on the year
High School
• Led the Turkish Youth (under 18) National Team to a first-place finish in the 2004-05 in the European Qualifying Group
• Played in the 2006 European Championships with the Turkish Junior (under 20) National Training Team
• Club team, the Eczacibasi Sports Club, was ranked first in the Istanbul Region from 2001-06 and earned a third-place finish at the Turkish Championships in 2005
• Club team claimed the Turkish Championships twice, earned two second-place finishs and placed third three times
