Makini Thompson Class: Senior Hometown: Quincy, Mass. High School: North Quincy Last College: Long Beach State Height: 6-0 Position: OH Club Team: Synergy VBC

Junior Year (2006): Became just the third player in school history to earn AVCA All-America accolades with an Honorable Mention selection ... Named to AVCA All-Region, the first by an FSU junior since 2000 ... First-Team All-ACC selection ... Earned the Team's MVP Award ... Led the team with a average of 3.95 kills per game - the eighth-best single-season rate in school history - that ranked third in the ACC ... Upped her rate to 4.12 kpg during conference matches to move her up to number two ... Also rated fifth in the conference at 4.43 points per game during ACC contests and eighth overall at 4.30 ppg. ... Recorded 22 double-digit kill performances, including five matches of 20 or more ... Set a career-high 26 kills and 26.5 points against Virginia (11/10) .... Needs 97 kills to reach 1,000 career kills and 282 to become the 21st player in FSU history to record 1,000 kills ... Set career-high with a .692 hitting percentage in the season opener against Mississippi Valley State (8/25) ... Named to the Gamecock Invitational All-Tournament Team after notching 21 kills against host South Carolina (9/6) ... Notched a career-high with five aces - after game with three for her career - in the victory at Virginia (10/14) ... Team leader with 15 solo blocks ... Top the team in kills during 20 matches.

Sophomore Year (2005): Transferred to Florida State from Long Beach State and made an immediate impact ... Played in all 30 matches with 27 starts, while seeing action in 115 games ... Finished in the top three on the team for kills (295), blocks (75) and points (345.0) ... Increased her kills per game average to 2.95 during conference matches ... 20 kills against Wake Forest (11/25) and at Clemson (11/4) were tops on the team for three-game and four-game matches, respectively ... Had FSU's top blocking match against Houston (9/10) with nine stuffs ... Recorded 16 matches with double digit kills, including the last 11 matches of the season ... Scored 10 or more points in 17 matches with a personalbest 23.0 against the Demon Deacons ... Second on the team with a .238 hitting percentage with nine matches where she hit .300 or better, including a personal-best .588 at Virginia Tech (11/12).

Freshman Year (2004): Guided Long Beach to a 24-7 record and a trip to the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... Second on the team with a 3.25 kills per game average and added 18 total blocks in 57 games ... Hit .288 with 185 kills on 475 attempts while logging 29 digs ... Against Utah in the opening round of the NCAA Volleyball Championship, she recorded a team-best 16 kills and .448 hitting percentage to lead the 49ers to a 3- 0 victory ... During the second round versus UCLA, she pitched in with a team-high 10 kills and four digs.

High School: Led North Quincy High School to consecutive Division I state titles as a senior ... Named Boston Globe Massachusetts Division I Player of the Year ... Played on the Newton Smash Junior squad that won the New England Junior Championships (sophomore year) ... Spent two seasons with the Mass Patriots squad that won the NE Junior Championships her junior campaign ... The summer following her senior year she played on the Synergy Volleyball Club out of Philadelphia, under head coach Gilad Doron ... Also a three-year letterwinner in track, she set the school record in the 100-m high-hurdles ... Earned Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic team her last two seasons.

Personal: Born January 30, 1986 ... Majoring in social science ... Daughter of Ken and Nerrissa Shurtluff.

Career Highs
Digs: 8 vs. Maryland (10/30/05)
Kills: 26 vs. Virginia (11/10/06)
Points: 26.5 vs. Virginia (11/10/06)
Total Attacks: 54 vs. Virginia (11/10/06)
Hitting Percentage: .692 vs. Mississippi Valley State (8/25/06)
Assists: 2 (Twice)
Service Aces: 5 at Virginia (10/14/06)
Solo Blocks: 3 at Virginia Tech (11/12/05)
Blocks Assists: 7 vs. Houston (9/10/05)
Total Blocks: 9 vs. Houston (9/10/05)

Career Stats
Year 	MP-MS 	GP 	K 	K/G	 E 	TA 	PCT 	A 	A/G 	ACE 	SE 	DIG 	D/G 	RE	BS 	BA 	TOT 	B/G 	BE 	BHE 	PTS
2004* 	32-13 	57 	185 	3.25 	48 	475 	.288 	5 	0.09 	1 	2 	29 	0.51 	1	4 	14 	18 	0.32 	4 	1 	197.0
2005 	30-27 	115 	295 	2.57 	98 	828 	.238 	10 	0.09 	0 	0 	66 	0.57 	1	25 	50 	75 	0.65 	9 	3 	345.0
2006	30-29	107	423	3.95	132	1005	.290	5	0.05	9	14	70	0.65	14	15	26	41	0.38	6	1	460.0
Totals 	92-69 	279 	903 	3.23 	278 	2308 	.271 	20 	0.07 	10 	16 	165 	0.59 	16	44	90	133 	0.47 	19	5	1002.0
*At Long Beach State