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Highlights: Was a 2007 Honorable Mention AVCA All-American, joining teammates Didem Ege, Danielle Hepburn and Meghan Steiner ...also named to the first-team All-ACC and the All-East Region team ...ranked second in the ACC with a 12.56 assist per game average ...had top-five single season marks for assists per game (12.56) and total assists (1,432) ...moved into fifth-place in Clemson history with 2,548 career assists as just a sophomore ...career 11.80 assists per game mark ranks second all-time ...led the Tiger offense to a .272 team hitting percentage that led the ACC and ranked second for a single season in program history ...the team's 16.57 kills per game average also ranked #2 all-time
2007
• Turned in one of the best seasons in Clemson history for a setter leading the Tigers to an ACC Championship and the second round of the NCAA Tournament
• Started all 33 matches to extend her streak to 59 straight and played in all 114 games in 2007
• Totaled 1,432 set assists, good enough for fifth place in a single season while doing so in fewer games than any of the top four
• Led Clemson to a .272 team hitting percentage and helped Danielle Hepburn to set the school record with a .395 figure. Senior Meghan Steiner's percentage for the year was third-best in program history while nearly every hitter improved her numbers
• Her 12.56 assist per game figure ranked third all-time
• Also had 392 defensive saves in 2007, second on the team, to give further admiration to her assist numbers
• Had double-figure dig totals in 20 matches and four contests with at least 20 defensive saves (Murray State-21; Purdue-21; North Carolina-22; Duke-20)
• The 22 digs against the Tar Heels were a career high
• Also used her six-foot frame to go over the century mark for total blocks for the second straight season with 106 to rank third on the team behind middle hitters Danielle Hepburn and Meghan Steiner
• Season best eight total blocks came against Mississippi State on Aug. 26 to help the Tigers post a top-five mark with a 19.5 total in the match
• Served a personal-best seven aces, which was also tops on the team for the year, against Maryland on Nov. 11
• Named to the Microtel Mississippi State All-Tournament team in leading the Tigers to a trio of victories over the Aug. 25-26 weekend. Had 108 assists in 10 games while guiding the offense to a .306 hitting percentage. Tallied 21 digs against Murray State for a then-career high
• Led the team to a season-best .385 hitting percentage on Oct. 20 against Maryland, who came into the match with one of the top defenses in the league. Had 45 assists in the three-game victory
• Best performances in terms of total assists were against North Carolina on Oct. 26 when she had 64 assists in four games and at Virginia Tech on Nov. 3, tallying 61 assists in a 3-1 win
• Posted seven kills in a pair of matches in 2007 - against Virginia on Sept. 29 and Miami on Oct. 5
• Ended the year with 114 kills and 31 service aces.
2006
• Split setting duties for the first part of the season before earning the full-time position for good in Clemson's ACC home opener against Miami on Sept. 29
• Also a force at the net, ranked third on the team with 104 total blocks for a 1.02 blocks per game average
• Recorded 28 service aces in 2006
• Was one of just two players to post more aces than errors for the season
• Tallied 242 defensive saves on the year as well
• Miami match was one her top performances of the season
• Had 51 assists, one ace, five digs and five total blocks in the match
• Also posted six kills with one error in 10 attempts for a career-high .500 hitting percentage
• Totaled over 50 assists in six matches in 2006 and had 16 with at least 40 assists
• Recorded a career high with 73 assists against Maryland on Nov. 17
• Mark was a freshman record and tied for fifth-most all-time
• Recorded a block in all but the first match of the season
• Had a personal best nine total blocks with one solo and eight assists against in-state rival South Carolina on Aug. 31
• Recorded six service aces, a career high, against Wake Forest on Oct. 27
• Had four aces verse NC State on Oct. 13
• Had at least 10 defensive saves in 13 matches during 2006
• Had a career-high 18 twice
• First time was at Virginia Tech on Oct. 24
• Then had 18 a second time at Georgia Tech on Nov. 14
High School
• Attended the same high school that produced Clemson volleyball alums Megan McEnery and former assistant coach Jodi Steffes
• Aunt, Jenny Yurkanin, was also a member of the Tiger volleyball program as a setter from 1987-1990
• Volleyball letterwinner at Providence Catholic High School
• Played club volleyball for the 1st Alliance Volleyball Club
• Born November 16, 1987
• Majoring in parks, recreation and tourism management
