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2008 CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Volleyball Team
Three-time All-ACC Academic Team Honoree (2006-08)
2006 ACC All-Freshman Team
Junior Year (2008):
- Named to 2008 Preseason All-ACC Team and earned ACC Co-Player of the Week honors on Sept. 15
- Set new career records with 22 points, 20 kills and 42 attacks against No. 23 Long Beach State (9/4)
- Recorded first career service ace against Morehead State (9/13) at the Raider Challenge
- Ranked 51st in the NCAA at the end of the season with .349 hitting percentage
- Finished the year ranked seventh in the ACC for overall hitting percentage
- Had a team-high .594 attack percentage against Wright State (9/13)
- Named the MVP of the Raider Challenge and earned All-Tournament honors at the FSU Invitational and
Seminole Tri-Tournament
- Missed the road series against Clemson and Georgia Tech on Oct. 3 and 4 due to an eye injury
- Averaged 2.83 kills, 0.91 blocks and 3.51 points per set
Sophomore Year (2007):
- Named to the All-ACC Academic team for second consecutive year
- Played in all 30 matches with 17 starts
- Finished the season in third on the squad with 325 kills
- Topped the team with 97 total blocks (22 solo, 75 assisted)
- Put down 384.5 points for FSU in 111 games played
- Set new career match-highs in four categories - kills (18), points (21), total attacks (35) and assists (3)
- Seven blocks in the win against Kansas and six against Miami topped the team for both matches
- Led the team in hitting percentage in first three matches of the season
- Averaged 9.25 kills against ranked opponents - No. 6 Florida (10), No. 8 Washington (10) and
No. 14 Duke (7 & 10)
- Maintained an attack percentage of .300 or higher in 18 matches played, with two matches notching
.500 or higher
- For second consecutive year, was the only Seminole to record three solo blocks on three separate occasions
- Won the beach doubles match at the College of Charleston Beach Tournament in the spring with fellow
junior Nikki Baker
- Led the team to the indoor title at the Charleston spring tournament with 44 kills after four rounds
Freshman Year (2006):
- Made it to the final cut of the USA Women's Junior National team
- Had a breakout freshman campaign, culminating with ACC All-Freshman Team honors, the first by a
Seminoles since 2004
- Finished fourth in the conference, 98th nationally, with a .325 hitting percentage - the highest rate for
an FSU rookie since Norisha Campbell hit .360 in 1998. Hit .334 during conference matches to rate sixth
- FSU's top blocker with 109 stuffs and an average of 0.98 per game
- Rated third on the team with 2.52 kills per game, 340 points and 3.06 points per game
- Both her blocks and kills were fifth-best amongst league freshmen
- Had 14 matches with 10 or more kills, including a career-high 16 against Georgia Tech (11/05)
- Team leader for kills in four matches, top blocker on 12 occasions, including eight of the last ten matches
- Produced an FSU season-best eight blocks in victories at South Carolina (9/9) and Wake Forest (11/21)
- Only player to record three solo blocks with a trio against Virginia Tech (9/12)
- Hit .300 or higher in 18 of FSU's 31 matches with six contests of .500 or better, including an FSU-best .714
vs. Maryland (9/22)
- Made her mark against No. 10 USC as she produced a team-high 11 kills
- Averaged 10 kills in FSU's three matches against ranked opponents: No. 10 USC (11), No. 6 Florida (10) and
No. 25 Duke (9).
High School/Club:
- Member of the USA Youth National Team Training squad in 2005
- Attended the Girls Youth National A-2 training camp with USA Volleyball during the summer of 2004
- Played for Seminole County in the Orange County-Seminole County All-Star Game
- Capped prep career by earning Team MVP honors as well as Best Offensive Player award at Winter Springs
- Earned two all-tournament honors as a senior at the Winter Springs Invitational and the Lake Brantley
Tournament where she was also Most Offensive Player
- Took home First-Team All-Seminole County accolades from the Orlando Sentinel as a junior
- Named Best Hitter for the Bears squad that won the district title in 2004
- Won her first Best Hitter award as Winter Springs advanced to the FHSAA state championship game
- Third-Team All-State selection as a sophomore ... Set the single-game school record with 24 kills
- Served as vice president of her senior class and was a member of the National Honor Society
- Isaac Raphael served as her prep volleyball coach
- Played for OVA club team under the direction of Charles Wolsonovich.
Personal:Born January 26, 1988 ... Majoring in business ... Daughter of Thomas
and Elizabeth Ann Barry ... Aunt Virginia Keating played volleyball at Rutgers.
Florida State Career Highs
Kills: 20 vs. Long Beach State (Sept. 4, 2008)
Total Attacks: 42 vs. Long Beach State (Sept. 4, 2008)
Hitting Percentage (min. 20 attacks): .594 at Wright State (Sept. 13, 2008)
Assists: 3 vs. Missouri State (Aug. 31, 2007)
Service Aces: 3 at North Carolina (Nov. 21, 2008)
Digs: 8 vs. Duke (Nov. 2, 2008)
Solo Blocks: 3 (five times) - vs. Virginia Tech (Nov. 12, 2006), vs. Georgia Tech (Oct. 5, 2007),
vs. Maryland (Oct. 12, 2007), vs. Miami (Oct. 23, 2007), vs. North Carolina (Nov. 21, 2008)
Block Assists: 8 (twice) - vs. South Carolina (Sept. 6, 2006), vs. Wake Forest (Nov. 21, 2006)
Blocks: 8 (twice) - vs. South Carolina (Sept. 6, 2006), vs. Wake Forest (Nov. 21, 2006)
Points: 22 vs. Long Beach State (Sept. 4, 2008)
