Foluke Akinradewo Lar 33-14 Mark in the NCAA Tournament

Coaching Staff

Head Coach John Dunning

The Dunning File Career Records Overall: 645-135 (.827) At Stanford: 208-33 (.863) In The NCAA Tournament: 63-19 (.768) Coaching Awards: 2007 Pac-10 Coach of the Year 2001 AVCA National Coach of the Year 2001 Regional Coach of the Year 2001 Pac-10 Coach of the Year 2000 Regional Coach of the Year 2000 Big West Coach of the Year 1999 Big West Coach of the Year 1996 Big West Coach of the Year 1986 PCAA Coach of the Year 1985 Volleyball Monthly National Coach of the Year

John Dunning is no stranger to success. Few in At Stanford the AVCA National Player of the Year. Outside hitter the history of the sport can compete with the accom- Dunning took the reins of the Cardinal program Ogonna Nnamani was also honored as an Academic plishments of the Cardinal’s decorated head coach. In in July 2001 and, in his very first year, coached Stanford All-American. 2008, Dunning, the reigning Pac-10 Coach of the Year, to an unprecedented fifth NCAA Championship and In 2003, Dunning led the Cardinal to a 25-7 enters his eighth season at the helm of the Cardinal. In ninth Pac-10 Conference title. The Cardinal’s 33-2 overall record and its 23rd consecutive appearance his time on The Farm, he has helped Stanford further overall mark tied the school record for most wins in a in the NCAA tournament. Ogonna Nnamani was strengthen its hold as one of the premier collegiate vol- single season on The Farm. Dunning also became the honored as an AVCA first-team All-American while leyball programs in the United States. first Division I head coach to win a national cham- teammate Jennifer Harvey was a second-team selec- Dunning has been in the spotlight of NCAA vol- pionship in his first season at two different schools tion. Kristin Richards was tabbed Pac-10 Freshman leyball since he began his coaching career 23 years ago (Pacific and Stanford). For his efforts, he was honored of the Year as well as Volleyball Magazine’s National at Pacific. Since then, he has collected four national as the Pac-10 Coach of the Year as well as the AVCA Freshman of the Year. titles, matching former Cardinal coach Don Shaw National Coach of the Year. Dunning had two ath- In 2004, Stanford reached the title match of the for the most in NCAA history. Dunning also ranks letes named AVCA All-Americans, including National NCAA Tournament for the third time in four years, among the top five coaches all-time with an .827 Player of the Year Logan Tom. Three players gar- and once again, captured the NCAA crown with a career winning percentage, and among the top ten nered first-team All-Pac-10 honors while one, Ogonna three-game sweep of Minnesota. Dunning coached the active coaches with 645 career wins. Entering the 2008 Nnamani, was tabbed Conference Freshman of the Cardinal to a 30-6 overall record and the sixth national season, Dunning boasts a 645-135 career record, with Year as well as ASICS/Volleyball Magazine National title in school history. Ogonna Nnamani, Stanford’s a 208-33 (.863) mark at Stanford. In his seven years on Freshman of the Year. top player, gained AVCA All-America honors for a The Farm, Dunning has had nine athletes earn 20 All- In 2002, Stanford finished second nationally, fourth-straight season. In addition, Nnamani was America honors and has coached three AVCA National battling its way to the NCAA title match. That year, named the 2005 Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Players of the Year. His teams have also posted a 63-19 Dunning led the Cardinal to a 32-5 record and another (Honda-Broderick Cup), a 2005 NCAA Today’s Top (.768) record in the NCAA Tournament. NCAA Final Four appearance. The team finished as Eight Award recipient, the Pac-10 Player of the Year the NCAA runner-up, while three players were tabbed and received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. AVCA All-Americans and Logan Tom repeated as Kristin Richards was named a Volleyball Magazine

26 2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball Coaching Staff first-team All-American, and an all-conference first team selection. Franci Girard, Katie Goldhahn, Leahi Hall, Jen Top-10 All-Time Winningest Division I Hucke, Bryn Kehoe, Courtney Schultz and Lizzie Suiter also Women’s Volleyball Coaches gained numerous postseason athletic and academic honors. Two of the top five winningest coaches in NCAA volleyball history hail from Stanford, John Dunning and Don Shaw. In 2005, Dunning led Stanford to a 26-6 record and a 1. Don Shaw Stanford (1984-99) 440-70 .863 25th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. He was 2. Russ Rose Penn St. (1979-07) 925-159 .853 also a recipient of the USA Volleyball All-Time Great Coach 3. Dave Shoji Hawai’i (1975-07) 953-169-1 .849 Award, presented each year by USA Volleyball, the national 4. Mary Wise Iowa St. (1981-84); Florida (1991-07) 632-120 .840 governing body of the sport, to recognize the all-time great 5. John Dunning Pacific (1985-00); Stanford (2001-07) 645-135 .827 coaches of volleyball. 6. Terry Pettit Nebraska (1977-99) 696-148-11 .826 After a one-year absence, Dunning led Stanford back 7. John Cook Wisconsin (1992-98); Nebraska (2000-07) 411-89 .822 to the NCAA title match in 2006. Under Dunning’s guid- 8. Brian Gimmillaro Long Beach St. (1985-07) 630-148 .810 ance, Stanford posted a 30-4 record, claimed its first outright 9. Mick Haley Texas (1980-96); USC (2001-07) 709-169-1 .808 Pac-10 title since 2001 and made an NCAA Tournament run 10. Elaine Michaelis BYU (1969-01) 886-219-5 .802 that culminated in its 16th trip to the NCAA Final Four. On October 20, 2006, Dunning earned his 600th win as a head coach against Oregon. A school-record four players earned In 1985, Dunning stepped onto the Pacific campus AVCA All-America honors. and guided the team to a national title in his first year as a In 2007, Dunning continued to build on the tradition collegiate head coach and was named the Volleyball Monthly of success. Stanford repeated as the Pac-10 Champion for National Coach of the Year. The next year, 1986, he helped the the first time in Dunning’s tenure and, for his efforts, he was squad repeat its landmark. Dunning’s pair of titles with the named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year. Stanford went 32-3 on volleyball program remain the only two national champion- its way to a 17th NCAA Final Four appearance, and reached ships in any sport in Pacific’s history. the NCAA Championship match for the third time in four Over his 16 seasons, Dunning led his teams to a com- years. The Cardinal swept the postseason Pac-10 awards for bined 43-15 record in postseason action, an unmatched 10-1 the first time since 2001, with Alix Klineman earning con- record in Big West Conference Tournament play and a stel- ference freshman of the year honors, Foluke Akinradewo lar 33-14 mark in the NCAA Tournament. Of the 16 squads being named Pac-10 Player of the Year and Dunning earning coached by Dunning, 14 reached NCAA Regionals, advancing the distinction as the conference’s top coach. For the sec- to the regional championship match seven times. Four of ond consecutive year, a school-record four Stanford players Dunning’s squads reached the NCAA Final Four, including earned AVCA All-America honors. Klineman was named the the two national championship teams, the 1990 national Volleyball Magazine National Freshman of the Year, while runner-up team and his 1999 squad that went 32-3. Akinradewo was recognized as the AVCA National Player of the Year. In 2000, his final year with the program, Dunning earned Big West Coach of the Year honors for a second At Pacific straight season, as the Tigers won a second-consecutive Big Prior to coming to Stanford, Dunning spent 16 seasons West title. His squad posted a 28-4 overall record, reached as the head coach at Pacific. In his tenure in Stockton, he the regional semifinal and had two players earn All-American compiled an impressive 437-102 (.811) record, was named Big status. West Coach of the Year four times and led the Tigers to two Other Accomplishments NCAA Championships, an NCAA runner-up finish, five Big West Conference titles and 16 consecutive NCAA postseason Prior to beginning his career at the collegiate level, tournament bids. An outstanding student and teacher of the Dunning has made a name for himself as one of the country’s game of volleyball, 16 of his Tiger athletes were recognized on top prep and junior club coaches. The founder of the Bay the national stage with a total of 29 All-American awards. In Club, a USAV Junior Club, he also spent nine successful years as the head coach at Sunnyvale’s Fremont High School. John Dunning is the only Division I women’s volleyball coach to 2007, Dunning was inducted into the University of the Pacific win an NCAA Championship as a first-year head coach at two Hall of Fame. His teams at Fremont High were among the top five in different schools. In 1985 at Pacific, he became the first first-year the state each of his last six years, also capturing eight league coach in NCAA history to win a national title, and in 2001 he repeated the feat as a first-year head coach at Stanford. John Dunning’s Career Record Year School W L Pct. Conference NCAA Finish Final Rank Year School W L Pct. Conference NCAA Finish Final Rank 1985 Pacific 36 3 .923 15-1/1st 1st 2 1998 Pacific 26 6 .813 13-3/3rd t-9th 10 1986 Pacific 39 3 .929 17-1/1st 1st 2 1999 Pacific 32 3 .914 15-1/1st t-3rd 3 1987 Pacific 30 4 .882 16-2/2nd t-5th 1 2000 Pacific 28 4 .875 15-1/1st t-9th 8 1988 Pacific 22 13 .629 14-4/2nd t-5th 10 2001 Stanford 33 2 .943 17-1/1st 1st 1 1989 Pacific 29 5 .853 14-4/2nd t-9th 3 2002 Stanford 32 5 .865 15-3/2nd 2nd 2 1990 Pacific 30 7 .811 14-4/3rd 2nd 5 2003 Stanford 25 7 .781 14-4/2nd t-9th 10 1991 Pacific 24 6 .800 15-3/2nd t-9th 4 2004 Stanford 30 6 .833 15-3/2nd 1st 1 1992 Pacific 27 6 .818 16-2/2nd t-5th 4 2005 Stanford 26 6 .813 14-4/2nd t-17th 13 1993 Pacific 21 10 .677 12-6/4th t-9th 11 2006 Stanford 30 4 .882 16-2/1st 2nd 2 1994 Pacific 23 7 .767 14-4/3rd t-9th 11 2007 Stanford 32 3 .914 16-2/1st 2nd 2 1995 Pacific 21 9 .700 14-4/3rd t-17th 19 Totals 645 135 .827 8 Conference 4 NCAA 17 Top-10 1996 Pacific 26 7 .788 14-2/1st t-9th 12 Titles Titles Finishes 1997 Pacific 23 9 .719 12-4/3rd t-17th 16

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titles, six sectional crowns and one state championship. After All-Time NCAA Titles being selected as the California Coaches Association Prep Dunning by the Numbers By Head Coach Coach of the Year in 1980, Dunning was a finalist for National NCAA Championships – Dunning is tied High School Coach of the Year in 1984. His impressive 283-32 4 with former Stanford head coach Don Shaw for the most NCAA titles of any Division 4 John Dunning (Pacific/Stanford) (.898) high school record makes him one of the most success- I head coach. He is one of two NCAA 4 Don Shaw (Stanford) ful prep coaches in California history. coaches to have won a title at two different In 1980, he founded the Bay Club and built it into one schools. 3 Andy Banachowski (UCLA) of the country’s most successful and well-managed junior 3 Brian Gimmillaro (Long Beach St.) programs in just four years. His team won the national cham- NCAA Championship Matches – Dunning 3 Mick Haley (Texas/USC) pionship in 1984. 8 and Shaw are the only two coaches in NCAA With his accomplishments at the junior club and high women’s volleyball history to have coached 3 Dave Shoji (Hawai’i) in eight national championship matches. school level, combined with his success in collegiate volleyball, 2 John Cook (Nebraska) Dunning is one of only two coaches to have captured national Dunning 2 Russ Rose (Penn St.) titles on three different levels. He led squads to national cham- NCAA Final Four Appearances – 9 has taken nine of his teams to the Final Four, 1 Chuck Erbe (USC) pionships on the high school, club and collegiate ranks. including five of the seven teams he has Dunning has also been considered one of the top coached at Stanford. 1 Jim McLaughlin (Washington) coaches on a national level, as he was selected to coach the 1 Terry Pettit (Nebraska) north squad at the 1995 U.S. Olympic Festival where he led NCAA Regional Appearances – Dunning’s the team to a gold medal. 20 teams have advanced to an NCAA Regional From 1993 to 1994, he served as president of the nine of the last 10 seasons, and 20 times since 1985. American Volleyball Coaches Association. He served the two previous years as the NCAA Division I representative to the AVCA Board of Directors, and has been a member of the Consecutive NCAA Tournament 23 Appearances – Dunning has taken his AVCA Division I All-America Selection Committee many team to the NCAA Tournament in each times. Dunning also served as interim athletic director at one of his 23 seasons as a head coach. Pacific in 1999-2000. In May 2008, he was named to the USA Volleyball Board of Directors. NCAA Tournament Wins – Dunning boasts 63 a 63-19 record in the NCAA Tournament, Personal having won more than 75 percent of the Dunning earned his bachelor of arts degree in math- postseason matches he has coached. ematics and economics from San Diego State in 1973. He coached volleyball and taught mathematics at a high school Conference Championships – Dunning level in the Bay Area from 1973 to 1984. John and his wife 8 has captured eight conference titles, includ- Julie have two children, Lauren and Lisa (husband Matt ing three in his seven seasons in the Pac-10 Conference. Dunning is the winningest Dobbins), and a granddaughter, McKenzie. active coach in the Pac-10 in terms of not only career winning percentage, but winning percentage in Pac-10 matches.

30-Win Seasons – Dunning’s teams have 10 posted 30 or more wins 10 different times, including each of the last two seasons. In 2001, his Cardinal squad’s 33-win season matched a school record for wins.

Pac-10 Coaches By Winning Percentage Career Wins – Dunning recorded his 600th Career Pac-10 Matches 645 career victory on Oct. 20, 2006. He is one of 15 active Division I coaches to have John Dunning – Stanford .827 John Dunning – Stanford .849 hit the milestone, and stands 10th among Mick Haley – USC .808 Mick Haley – USC .833 active coaches in terms of career victories. Jason Watson – Arizona State .804 Andy Banachowski – UCLA .765 Dunning needs five wins in 2008 to become Andy Banachowski – UCLA .790 Jim McLaughlin – Washington .683 the 17th coach ever to reach 650 wins. Jim McLaughlin – Washington .733 David Rubio – Arizona .556 Taras Liskevych – Oregon State .675 Rich Feller – California .475 All-Americans – Dunning has coached 25 49 All-Americans to 49 total All-America awards Jim Moore – Oregon .672 Jim Moore – Oregon .315 in his 23 seasons as a head coach. David Rubio – Arizona .639 Taras Liskevych – Oregon State .185 Andrew Palileo – Washington St. .629 Jason Watson – Arizona St. .000 AVCA National Players of the Year – Rich Feller – California .628 Andrew Palileo – Washington St. .000 4 Since coming to The Farm in 2001, Dunning has produced four of the last seven AVCA National Players of the Year.

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Associate Head Coach Denise Corlett

at the World also been the business manager for the U.S. Women’s University National Team. Games in From 1990-96, Corlett founded and coached the Buffalo, Griffin Volleyball Club and immediately established it NY, which as one of the nation’s top programs. Her 1994 18-and- included for- under team took third place at the Junior Olympics mer Stanford and featured former Stanford great Lisa Sharpley, as All-American well as several other top collegiate players. In recogni- Cary Wendell. tion, USA Volleyball named Corlett the Outstanding Corlett also spent Female Junior Olympic Coach for 1994. Corlett also time with the 1997 helped start the Vision Volleyball Club and Club World University Yahoo. Games squad, which A former U.S. National Team player and one of Corlett received a bachelor’s degree in math- featured Stanford prod- ematics from UCLA in 1981. At UCLA, Corlett played the nation’s most respected assistants, Denise Corlett ucts Eileen Murfee and Lisa Sharpley. has spent 19 years on The Farm as an interim head three varsity sports and was named the All-University Corlett was tabbed an assistant coach for the coach, an associate head coach and an assistant coach. Athlete of the Year in 1979. She was the national 2003 Pan American Games team, which claimed the In 2008, she begins her 13th year in the associate head badminton champion in 1977 and won the Broderick Bronze medal with help from former Stanford All- coach role. Award for that sport. She was a three-time All- American Ogonna Nnamani. She was also an assis- American in volleyball and played on the Bruins’ “Denise is a remarkable multi-tasker,” said head tant coach for the A2 team that went to Montreux, national championship women’s basketball team. She coach John Dunning. “She does an exceptional job Switzerland in 2005 and served as the head of delega- led her USVBA team to national championships in recruiting, which is one aspect of her job that she tion for the Junior World Championship team in 2007 both 1978 and 1979, played for the USA in the 1979 truly loves. Denise spends a lot of time traveling to see and the Junior NORCECA team in 2008. This past University Games in Mexico City and played for the recruits play, as well as getting to know their coaches June, Corlett was the head of delegation for the U.S. at U.S. National Team in 1982 and 1983. In 1997, she was and families. She knows more about Stanford than just the Pan Am Cup in Mexicali, Mexico, where current selected as one of the top 25 players in UCLA women’s about anyone.” Cardinal players Cynthia Barboza and Alix Klineman, volleyball history. In 1999, Corlett was inducted into The Cardinal is 538-87 (.861) during her asso- as well as former Stanford standout Kristin Richards the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame for volleyball, bas- ciation with the program, having won six NCAA competed. ketball and badminton. Her class included track and championships and 10 Pac-10 titles. The six national Prior to coming to The Farm, Corlett served as field great, Gail Devers, and football quarterback, Troy titles include Stanford’s back-to-back titles in 1996 an assistant at San Jose State from 1987-1988. During Aikman. In 2005, Corlett was named to the Cal-Hi and 1997, as well as six consecutive conference titles that time, the Spartans went 42-24 and reached the Sports Top 100 Female Athletes list. from 1994-1999. NCAA Tournament twice. Prior to her tenure at San Corlett’s grandfather (Bruce Alexander Russell) Following the Cardinal’s national title win in Jose State, Corlett spent five years assisting at UCLA, was the editorial cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times 1996, Corlett was promoted to associate head coach. her alma mater. Corlett served as a graduate assistant for 33 years, and won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial Corlett has also made a name for herself at the for two years and a volunteer assistant for three years, cartoons in 1946. national level. She spent the summer of 1993 serving helping the Bruins to the 1985 Final Four. She has as an assistant coach for the silver medal U.S. team

2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball 29 Coaching Staff Assistant Coach Jason Mansfield Jason Mansfield begins his fifth year as a full-time assistant coach for the Cardinal and his seventh with the Stanford program. Mansfield shares in all of the program’s coaching responsibilities. Mansfield has been instrumental in helping the Cardinal maintain a place among the powerhouses of collegiate volleyball. In his six years with the program, Stanford has advanced to the NCAA Final Four on four occasions, been in the national title match four times and won a national championship. During the 2002 and 2003 seasons, Mansfield served as a volunteer coach, helping Stanford reach the NCAA title match in his first year on The Farm. In 2004, Mansfield took on full-time responsibilities and helped the Cardinal to its sixth NCAA Championship. In his four years as a full-time assistant, Mansfield has aided the team in winning two Pac-10 titles (2006 and 2007), making three appearances in the NCAA Final Four (2004, 2006 and 2007) and reaching the national championship match three times (2004, 2006 and 2007). He has coached 18 All-Americans and three AVCA National Players of the Year. Mansfield brings 13 years of coaching experience to The Farm, most recently having worked with Vision Volleyball Club as the 18-1’s head coach (2000-2008). Mansfield’s club teams have finished fifth or better seven times at the Junior Olympics, winning a gold medal (1997), a silver medal (2004) and a bronze medal (2008). He has coached 15 Junior Olympic All-Americans. Mansfield has also coached at Homestead High School (Boys / 6 yrs.), Los Altos High School (Girls / 5 yrs.), Foothill Junior College (Women / 3 yrs.) and Cupertino Junior High (Boys / 2 yrs.). Mansfield earned his business management degree at Ashworth University in 2007.

Volunteer Assistant Coach Director of Volleyball Operations Chris Muscat Cobey Shoji Chris Muscat returns to the Cardinal for his Cobey Shoji is entering her fifth season as the second season as a volunteer assistant coach this Director of Volleyball Operations. Her responsibilities fall. include marketing and promotions, external relations, Last year, Muscat helped the Stanford on its accounting and travel. run to the NCAA title match. This year, he will be a Shoji came to Stanford from the University of full-time addition to the Stanford staff and looks to North Carolina (Chapel Hill) where she received her help the Cardinal in its quest for another Final Four berth. Master’s degree in athletic administration in 2004. She also taught undergraduate At Stanford, he assists in practice and focuses his efforts on individual physical education classes, worked as a special events coordinator in development skill development and scouting. Muscat will also be in charge of video editing for the Rams Club and in athletic event management while at North Carolina. and analysis this season. Shoji, who hails from Honolulu, Hawai’i, received her bachelor’s degree in A Bay Area native, Muscat played volleyball at UCLA and graduated in sports management and communications from the University of Michigan in 2001. 2001. He has coached junior girls for both Main Beach Volleyball Club and She played volleyball at UNLV and Michigan as a defensive specialist/setter. Vision Volleyball Club. Before making the transition to girls, Chris served Shoji has coached for Rebel Volleyball Club in Las Vegas, Punahou School as the head coach for the 18’s team for a local junior boys club, Bay to Bay in Honolulu, Triangle Volleyball Club in Durham, NC and currently coaches for Volleyball Club. Vision Volleyball Club. She is the daughter of longtime Hawai’i women’s volley- Chris and his wife, Chrissy, are expecting a daughter this season. ball Head Coach Dave Shoji. Her brothers, Kawika and Erik, are members of the Cardinal men’s volleyball team.

Support Staff In loving memory of Kathy Wolff 1954-2008

Kathy Wolff was a beloved member of the Stanford Volleyball family for the past 22 years. Her heart and spirit were a vital part of our program. Kathy’s lov- Volleyball Athletic Media ing presence will be greatly Administrator/SWA Trainer Relations missed by all in the Stanford Athletics family. Beth Eitan Kendall Goode Gelber Johnson

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Player Profiles #1 Cynthia Barboza

6-0 • Senior Outside Hitter Long Beach, CA (Long Beach Wilson)

“Cynthia is one of the most complete players in the collegiate game right now, and, without a doubt, her exceptional all-around abilities will be huge keys to our success this year. Her continued experience with the national team over the spring and summer has pushed her game to a whole new level, and, as a senior leader, we will look to her to raise the bar for our entire team this season.” – Head Coach John Dunning

All-Tournament the NCAA Championship match (12/15) … Named to Team honors the ESPN Academic All-America Second Team and the for her efforts … District VIII First Team … Earned Pac-10 All-Academic Posted a career- Honorable Mention. best five service As a Sophomore in 2006: An AVCA and Volleyball aces against Delaware Magazine first-team All-American … Named to the State (9/14) … Added 2006 All-Pac-10 Team … An AVCA All-Pacific Region another double-double First Team honoree … Selected as the Pac-10 Player of with 21 kills and 10 digs in the team’s win over Penn the Week on September 10 for her performances at the State at the Yale Classic (9/15) … Named the Yale Waikiki Beach Marriott Challenge … Played in 110 of As a Junior in 2007: A first-team AVCA All-American Classic MVP for her weekend’s work … Tallied 35 kills 111 games … Led the team with 463 kills and 4.21 kills … A first-team Volleyball Magazine All-American … An on the trip to Oregon, while hitting above .400 in both per game … Also led the team with 48 service aces (0.44 All-Pacific Region Team selection … Earned a spot on matches … Hit .486 against Oregon State (10/4) … per game) … Third on the team with 329 digs and fourth the All-Pac-10 Team … Appeared in 117 games as a Named Pac-10 and AVCA National Player of the Week with 76 total blocks … Collected double-digit kills in 29 starting outside hitter and accumulated 467 kills (3.99 for her performance (10/8) … Posted 20 kills, including of Stanford’s 34 matches … Tallied a season-high 25 kpg) … Led the team with 32 service aces … Second on the 1,000th of her career against Washington (10/12) … kills at Washington (9/22) as she hit .345 … Also had the team with 3.25 digs per game … Hit .281 on the year Turned in 18 kills at USC (10/27) … Tallied 20 kills and 21 kills at UCLA (10/13) and 20 versus Oregon State and tallied 44 blocks … Led the team with a career-best 11 digs in the team’s win over Cal to clinch the Pac-10 (10/19) in back-to-back wins … Recorded a season-high 20 double-doubles on the year … Recorded double- Championship (11/23) … Recorded a season-high 18 69 attempts at UCLA (10/13) … Hit a career-high .632 figure kills in 29 matches, and double-figure digs in 20 of digs on four occasions, with top defensive performances against Fairfield (9/8) in the Waikiki Beach Marriott those … Hit above .400 on seven occasions … Hit .484 against Cal (9/21), UCLA (10/26), Washington (11/8) Challenge … Hit .400 or above on seven occasions … and led the squad with 18 kills and her first double-dou- and UCLA in the Regional Final (12/8) … Notched a Collected four aces at Hawai’i (9/9) … Put up six blocks ble in the season opener at Long Beach State (8/25) … season-high five blocks at UCLA (10/26) … Recorded against Oregon (10/20) with four block solos … Led the Added 17 kills and 14 digs in a win at Minnesota (9/1) … 16 kills and hit .467 in the team’s NCAA Second Round Cardinal with 18 kills, a career-high seven blocks, 11 Tallied 32 kills at the Diet Coke Classic and was named win over Sacramento State … Slammed 21 kills and digs and a season-high four aces in the Regional Final the tournament’s MVP … Recorded a season-high 22 registered a season-high 18 digs in the team’s four- against Texas (12/9) to advance to the Final Four … In kills against BYU at the Stanford Invitational (9/8) … game win over UCLA in the Regional Final … Added the NCAA Second Round, tallied 18 kills and 20 digs in Recorded double-doubles in all three matches to lead 17 kills and 15 digs in the National Semifinal win over the Cardinal’s five-game win over Missouri (12/3) … the Cardinal to the Stanford Invitational title … Earned USC (12/13) … Hit .342 with 16 kills and 12 digs in Also notched a career-high 20 digs in Stanford’s four-

Cynthia Barboza’s Career Statistics Year G K KPG E TA PCT A APG SA SE SAPG RE DIG DPG BS BA TOT BPG BE 2007 117 467 3.99 131 1196 .281 33 0.28 32 50 0.27 44 380 3.25 10 34 44 0.38 8 2006 110 463 4.21 141 1221 .264 31 0.28 48 57 0.44 29 329 2.99 27 49 76 0.69 5 2005 66 297 4.50 84 695 .306 12 0.18 11 24 0.17 16 174 2.64 11 15 26 0.39 5 Totals 293 1227 4.19 356 3112 .280 76 0.26 91 131 0.31 89 883 3.01 48 98 146 0.50 18

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Republic … Placed fifth at the 2004 Under-18 World Cynthia Barboza Off The Court Barboza in the Beach Championship in Termoli, Italy … Was the only Academics: Majoring in political science at Stanford … Con- record book high school player invited to train with the U.S. National sidering eventually attending business school or law school … Team in preparation for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Hopes to play volleyball professionally after graduation CAREER Athens, and was the first alternate. 7. Total Attacks - 3,112 … Favorite class at Stanford has been History and Geography of Contemporary Global Issues. SINGLE SEASON Personal: Daughter of Jane and Robert Barboza … Brother, David, attended UCLA … Full name is Cynthia Cynthia Barboza on choosing Stanford: “Stanford 5. Service Aces (2006) - 48 is the best combo of athletics and academics in the 5. Service Aces Per Game (2006) - 0.44 Jane Barboza. country.” 7. Attacks Per Game (2006) - 11.10 8. Total Attacks (2006) - 1,221 Barboza’s Career Highs 9. Total Attacks (2007) - 1,196 9. Attacks Per Game (2005) - 10.53 Kills 26, vs. USC (9/23/05) Attempts 69, at UCLA (10/13/06) Digs 20, twice, last vs. Missouri (12/3/06) Assists 3, twice, last vs. Oregon St. (11/2/07) game win over UCLA (11/11) at home … Named the Aces 5, vs. Delaware St. (9/14/07) Blocks 7, at Texas (12/9/06) Stanford Invitational Co-Most Outstanding Player, the Hitting % .632 (12-0-19), vs. Fairfield (9/8/06) Waikiki Beach Marriott Challenge Most Outstanding Player and a member of the BYU Tournament Team … Also selected Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention … Earned Stanford’s Block ‘S’ Outstanding Sophomore Award. As a Freshman in 2005: Tore her ACL and was sidelined for the final 11 matches of the season … Had started all 21 matches (66 games) prior to the injury … At the time of her injury led the Pac-10 in kills (297) and was third in kills per game (4.50) … Second on the team in hitting percentage (.306) … Third on the team with 297 kills and fifth with 174 digs … Produced a hitting percentage of .450 or better in four matches, and produced double-digit kills in 15 of the team’s 21 season matches … Hit a season-high .522 with 13 kills at New Hampshire (9/6) … Tallied a career-high 26 kills in the Pac-10 opener against USC (9/23) … Collected six double-doubles … Named to the All-Tournament team at the AVCA/NACWAA Showcase and the Stanford Invitational. High School: A 2005 graduate of Long Beach Wilson High School … Named the 2004 and 2005 Girls Gatorade National High School Player of the Year … The 2004 High School Player of the Year by Volleyball Magazine, All-CIF (Southern Section) Division I-AA co- MVP, and a four-time First-Team All-CIF honoree … In 2004, averaged 18.3 kills, 1.57 blocks and two aces per match … Hit .537 for the season, compiling 14 matches with an attack efficiency greater than .650 and four matches in which she hit better than .800 … Best effort of the season (.840) came against State Champion Mira Costa … Four-year letterwinner and captain of the team during her junior and senior seasons … Finished high school career with 2,145 kills, 349 blocks and 152 aces … In 2004, was named the Gatorade National Volleyball Player of the Year for a second consecutive season, the first volleyball player to achieve that feat … In 2003, she recorded 550 kills, 46 blocks and 38 service aces … The 2002 National Sophomore of the Year by Student Sports Magazine and the 2001 National Freshman of the Year by the same publication. Club Competition: Played for Club Long Beach. National Team Experience: Spent the spring in Colorado Springs as a member of the U.S. National Training Team … Competed with the team at the 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix … Started for the team at the 2008 Pan Am Cup in Mexico, leading the team to a fifth- place finish … A starter for the U.S. at the 2007 Pan Am Games, leading the team to a bronze medal … Started for the U.S. at the 2007 Pan Am Cup and played at the 2005 Pan Am Cup … Earned a bronze medal as the youngest member of the U.S. Women’s National Training Team at the 2003 Pan American Games in the Dominican In 2007, Cynthia Barboza was named a first-team AVCA All-American for the second consecutive year.

2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball 33 Player Profiles #2 Janet Okogbaa

6-3 • Junior Middle Blocker Tampa, FL (Berkeley Prep)

“Janet made major strides in the middle this past year and is ready to have a big effect on the court for us. She worked hard to improve her skills and her understanding of the game in the spring and, as a result, improved dramatically. Janet is ready to step into a big role and have a big effect on the game.” – Head Coach John Dunning

High School: Personal: Daughter of Geoffrey and Elizabeth Okogbaa A 2006 gradu- … Has one sister, Jennifer, and two brothers, Timothy ate of Berkeley and Jeffrey … Full name is Janet Precious Okogbaa. Preparatory School in Tampa, Fla. … Okogbaa’s Career Highs An AAU Junior Kills 8, at Cincinnati (9/12/07) National Volleyball Attempts 15, vs. Georgetown (9/15/06) Digs 2, vs. Texas A&M-CC (9/2/06) Championship All- Assists 3, vs. Texas A&M-CC (9/2/06) American in 2001, 2003 Aces None As a Sophomore in 2007: Played in 28 games as a and 2004 … Honored as the 2004 Junior Olympic Blocks 6, at Cincinnati (9/12/07) reserve middle blocker … Racked up 42 kills while hit- National Championship MVP … Named to Prep Hitting % .500, twice, last (6-1-10) at Oregon St. (10/4/07) ting .395 … One of the team’s most successful blockers Volleyball’s Senior Top 100 Aces … The 2006 Tampa with 26 blocks in 28 games (0.93 bpg) … Tallied career Tribune Girls Volleyball Player of the Year … 2005 highs with eight kills and six blocks at Cincinnati (9/12) Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Volleyball and Gatorade Janet Okogbaa Off The Court … Hit a career-high .500 twice, going 8-for-14 with one Volleyball Player of the Year … A high school All- error at Cincinnati (9/12) and 6-for-10 with one error Academics: Majoring in human biology at Stanford … In- American in 2004 … Voted Prep Volleyball’s 2003 terested in attending medical school and pursuing a career in at Oregon State (10/4) … Tallied six kills against Yale National Freshman of the Year … Led her squads to cardiology … Favorite class at Stanford has been Pathophysi- (9/15) and in both meetings with Oregon State (10/4, FHSAA State runner-up finishes in 2005 and 2002 … ology of Coronary Heart Disease … Has done research on 11/2) … Led the team with five blocks against Delaware Named the All-Suncoast Player of the Year in 2005 … sex differences in occlusions of the coronary arteries at the State (9/14) … Played one game in the NCAA Second Honored as Berkeley Prep’s Female Athlete of the Year Stanford Medical School … Also did a microarray analysis at Round match against Sacramento State and contributed H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Research Center … Most interesting in 2006 … Also named Berkeley Prep’s Volleyball MVP project involved research on the effects of social isolation and three kills. in 2005 and 2006 … A member of the National Honor depression on the progression of coronary heart disease in As a Freshman in 2006: Played in 32 games in Society, Cum Laude Society and Mu Alpha Theta. women (Stockholm Female Angiography Study). her first season with the Cardinal … Tallied 32 kills, Janet Okogbaa on choosing Stanford: “I chose Club Competition: Played for the Tampa Bay Juniors Stanford for its ability to challenge me in both the including a season-high six kills in a Stanford sweep Volleyball Club, helping her squad win the gold medal at of Oregon State (10/19) … Collected 18 blocks on the classroom and on the volleyball court. I was also the 2003 Junior Olympic National Championships. drawn to Stanford by the numerous opportunities it season with a season-high five blocks versus Texas A&M provides to pursue a variety of interests.” Corpus Christi (9/2) … Notched four blocks against National Team Experience: A member of the 2004 Georgetown (9/15) in the Stanford Invitational, as well and 2005 U.S. Junior National teams … Competed at as two assists … Recorded four kills on three occasions. the 2005 World Junior Championships in Turkey.

Janet Okogbaa’s Career Statistics Year G K KPG E TA PCT A APG SA SE SAPG RE DIG DPG BS BA TOT BPG BE 2007 28 42 1.50 8 86 .395 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 2 0.07 0 26 26 0.93 3 2006 32 32 1.00 21 95 .116 8 0.25 0 0 0.00 0 6 0.19 0 18 18 0.56 3 Totals 60 74 1.23 29 181 .249 8 0.13 0 0 0.00 0 8 0.13 0 44 44 0.73 6

34 2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball Player Profiles #3 Joanna Evans

6-0 • Junior Setter Piedmont, CA (Bishop O’Dowd)

“Joanna is a talented, experienced, skilled setter, and she has worked endless hours preparing for the upcoming season. We are counting on all of her experience; she has set for many teams and has a terrific understanding of the task ahead of her. She steadily improved last spring, showing us that she is ready to step into what certainly is a key role for us this fall.” – Head Coach John Dunning

Athlete for four Personal: Daughter of Michael and Virginia Evans … straight seasons Has two sisters, Angela and Allyn … Hobbies include … Named to Prep beach volleyball and piano … Full name is Joanna Grace Volleyball’s Top Evans. 100 Senior Aces … League MVP from EVANS’ Career Highs 2004-06 … 2006 Cal-Hi Kills 2, vs. Delaware St. (9/14/07) As a Sophomore in 2007: Appeared in 15 games Sports and Sports Focus Attempts 3, twice, last vs. Washington St. (10/11/07) as Stanford’s reserve setter … Tallied 73 assists on the Scholar-Athlete of the Year … 2005 Oakland Tribune Digs 7, vs. Texas A&M-CC (9/2/06) year … Started for the Cardinal against Delaware State Player of the Year … Tallied a career-high 812 assists Assists 33, vs. Delaware St. (9/14/07) (9/14), and put up the best numbers of her career … during her senior season, along with 75 service aces and Aces 1, four times, last vs. Washington St. (10/11/07) 69 kills. Blocks 4, vs. Delaware St. (9/14/07) Turned in career highs with 33 assists, two kills and four Hitting % None blocks against the Hornets … Also registered a season- Club Competition: Played club volleyball for Golden high six digs in the match … Notched 11 assists, an ace Bear (1999, 2003-04), Vision (2005-06) and City and a block in the third game against Washington State Beach (2000-02) … Led her Golden Bear squad to the Joanna Evans Off The Court (10/11). bronze medal at the 2003 Junior Olympic Volleyball Tournament, earning All-American honors … Also Academics: Pursuing a double major in international rela- As a Freshman in 2006: Played in 45 games in her tions and Spanish … Career interests include politics and first season with the Cardinal … Collected a season- a AAA-rated beach volleyball player … Finished fifth international affairs, working at an NGO in a developing high 13 assists in her first collegiate match against Texas with Vision at the 2006 Junior Olympic Volleyball country and working with the Peace Corps … Favorite class A&M Corpus Christi (9/2) … Also posted a career-high Tournament to earn her second All-American honor … at Stanford has been World History of Science … Most seven digs in that match … Had 10 assists in wins A 2004 High Performance Beach Volleyball participant. interesting class project involved laying out in the middle of Lake Lagunita and studying the sky with a over Georgetown (9/15) and Oregon State (10/19) … National Team Experience: A participant in the basic telescope. Recorded three aces and 25 digs on the season … U.S. Junior National Team program for three years Joanna Evans on choosing Stanford: “I chose Stan- Averaged 0.87 assists per game and 0.56 digs per game. (2002-04, 06) … Competed at the 2006 NORCECA ford because it was the best combination of academics High School: A 2005 graduate of Bishop O’Dowd High World Championships with the U.S. Junior National and athletics. Also, it is close to home!” School in Oakland, Calif. … A four-year letterwinner … Team … A member of the 2004 Women’s Youth The Hayward Athletic Association League Player of the National Team and the 2003 A2 High Performance Year in 2004 and 2005 … Four-time all-league player Team … Also a member of the 2002 High Performance as a setter … Named a Northern California Scholar- Team.

Joanna Evans’ Career Statistics Year G K KPG E TA PCT A APG SA SE SAPG RE DIG DPG BS BA TOT BPG BE 2007 15 6 0.40 0 12 .500 73 4.87 1 4 0.07 0 19 1.27 1 4 5 0.33 0 2006 45 1 0.02 0 3 .333 39 0.87 3 17 0.07 0 25 0.56 0 0 0 0.00 0 Totals 60 7 0.12 0 15 .467 112 1.87 4 21 0.07 0 44 0.73 1 4 5 0.08 0

2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball 35 Player Profiles #5 Alex Fisher

6-1 • Senior Outside Hitter Menlo Park, CA (The Menlo School)

“Alex is coming off her best year in our program and is ready to step into a larger role. She steadily improved last fall, despite injuries, and worked very hard to continue to improve in the spring. Her intensity, experience and wide array of skills will allow her to contribute to our team on the left and right side.” – Head Coach John Dunning

High School: Personal: Parents are Nancy Burrus and George Fisher A 2005 gradu- … Sister, Kate, played volleyball at Georgetown … Also ate of The Menlo has a brother, Chris … Hobbies include spending time School in Menlo with friends and family, singing, and going on adven- Park, Calif. … A tures … Full name is Alexandra Irene Fisher. four-year letterwinner … Team captain as a senior … Tabbed Fisher’s Career Highs the Peninsula Athletic League MVP in 2004 and was Kills 7, vs. Delaware St. (9/14/07) Attempts 19, at Washington St. (11/9/07) a four-time first-team all-league selection as well as a Digs 4, twice, last at Yale (9/15/07) four-time all-county pick … Also gained All-Central Assists 1, twice, last at Cincinnati (9/12/07) Coast Section (CCS) honors … Twice named all-state Aces 1, vs. St. Mary’s (9/6/07) … 2004 PrepVolleyball.com and Mizuno Volleyball All- Blocks 4, at Cincinnati (9/12/07) American … Named part of the Fab Fifty by Volleyball Hitting % .467 (7-0-15), vs. Delaware St. (9/15/07) Magazine … Named a Top 50 Recruit in the Class of 2005 by PrepVolleyball.com … Voted the 2004 San As a Junior in 2007: Appeared in 34 games as a Alex Fisher Off The Court reserve outside hitter for the Cardinal … Notched 43 Mateo County Player of the Year … Helped team to a sil- kills this year and ten blocks, while hitting .301 … Tallied ver medal at the California State Championships in 2001 Academics: Majoring in human biology with a minor in a career-high seven kills against Delaware State (9/14) and 2002 … Helped team to NorCal Championship in American Studies … After graduation, plans to help people, explore, get to know the world and maybe attend law school and hit a career-best .467 (7-0-15) against the Hornets 2001 and 2002 and Central Coast Section Championship in 2001 and 2002 … Team won four league champion- … Favorite class at Stanford has been Psych 1 … Has spent … Recorded six kills earlier that week at Cincinnati time working in the juvenile justice system as a mentor. ships … Gained numerous academic honors including (9/12), while putting up a career-high four blocks … Alex Fisher on choosing Stanford: “I chose Stanford Turned in five kills later in the weekend at Yale (9/15) Scholastic All-CIF, AP Scholar and the Faculty Honors because it is absolutely the best combination of athlet- … Contributed four kills on five attempts against USC list. ics and academics. To be honest, up until I was about (9/27) before suffering a wrist injury that caused her to Club Competition: Played for Vision Volleyball 16 years old, I’m not sure if I even knew other colleges miss nine conference matches. existed. Growing up in the area, going to Stanford was … Club team took the silver medal at the 2004 Junior a lifelong dream of mine.” As a Sophomore in 2006: Did not play due to Nationals and was crowned the Las Vegas Classic injury. Champions in 2004 and 2005 … Won the bronze medal at Junior Nationals in 2000 and was named team MVP. As a Freshman in 2005: Sat out the season due to a knee injury. National Team Experience: Participated in the USA High Performance program in 2000.

Alex Fisher’s Career Statistics Year G K KPG E TA PCT A APG SA SE SAPG RE DIG DPG BS BA TOT BPG BE 2007 34 43 1.26 9 113 .301 2 0.06 1 4 0.03 6 23 0.68 2 8 10 0.29 1

36 2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball Player Profiles #8 Cassidy Lichtman

6-1 • Sophomore Outside Hitter/Setter Poway, CA (Francis Parker)

“Cassidy contributed to our team in several roles last season, playing on the left, right and as a defensive specialist. Her role continued to grow last spring; she worked extremely hard and showed amazing growth in the setting position. Her understanding of the game, experience and drive to be great are keys to the effect she will have on our team.” – Head Coach John Dunning

Athlete of the Year and the Lichtman’s Career Highs Francis Parker Kills 6, at Long Beach St. (8/25/07) School Female Attempts 16, at Long Beach St. (8/25/07) Athlete of the Year Digs 13, vs. Sacramento St. (12/1/07) Assists 2, twice, last vs. Cal Poly (12/7/07) for 2006-07 … The Aces 3, vs. Oregon St. (11/2/07) 2006 San Diego County Blocks 2, vs. Washington St. (10/11/07) CIF Player of the Year Hitting % .364 (4-0-11), vs. Delaware St. (9/15/07) As a Freshman in 2007: Appeared in 90 games, … Named to the San playing roles as both a hitter and defensive specialist in Diego County All-Academic Team in 2005 and 2006 … her rookie season … Started as the team’s opposite hit- A three-time Coastal League and two-time San Diego Cassidy Lichtman Off The Court ter in the season-opener at Long Beach State (8/25) and Section Division IV MVP … A first-team PrepVolleyball notched a career-high six kills … Hit a career-high .364 Academic All-American … A two-time PrepVolleyball Academics: An undeclared major … Favorite class at Stan- All-American … Named a PrepVolleyball Finalist and ford has been Peace and War in American Foreign Policy … with four kills against Delaware State (9/14) … Had 11 Most interesting project so far has been a research paper on service aces on the year, with a career-best three coming National High School Junior of the Year in 2005 … Part child soldiers in Africa. against Oregon State (11/2) … Recorded eight digs on of the Volleyball Magazine Fab 25 in 2005 … Named Cassidy Lichtman on choosing Stanford: “I wanted to go to three occasions, turning in solid defensive performances MVP of the Division IV State Championships in 2004 Stanford because it offers a combination of one of the against Washington State (10/11) and in both meet- and 2005 … Elected to the San Diego Athletic Hall of best volleyball programs in the nation, with an incred- ings with Arizona (10/18, 11/17) … Contributed a Fame in 2005 … Named to the All-San Diego County ible academic environment. I also really liked the girls career-high 13 digs in the team’s NCAA Second Round First Team and the First Team San Diego Section Div IV who were already in the program.” win over Sacramento State … Tallied two of her three as a sophomore … Named to the PrepVolleyball Soph double-digit dig performances at the Final Four, notch- 79 list in 2004. ing 11 digs against USC in the NCAA Semifinal match Club Competition: Competed for San Diego (12/13) and ten digs against Penn State in the NCAA Volleyball Club. Championship match (12/15). National Team Experience: Played for the Junior High School: A 2007 graduate of Francis Parker National Team that finished fourth at the 2007 FIVB School in Linda Vista, Calif. … A four-year letterwinner U-20 Junior World Championship in Thailand. in volleyball and a three-year letterwinner in softball … Captained the volleyball squad as a junior and senior … Personal: Daughter of Grant and Julie Lichtman … The San Diego County Scholar Athlete of the Year for Has an older brother named Josh … Mother played vol- 2006-07 … Named the Francis Parker School Scholar leyball at the University of Washington … Full name is Cassidy Singer Lichtman.

Cassidy Lichtman’s Career Statistics Year G K KPG E TA PCT A APG SA SE SAPG RE DIG DPG BS BA TOT BPG BE 2007 90 33 0.37 22 127 .087 11 0.12 11 13 0.12 6 149 1.66 1 7 8 0.09 0

2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball 37 Player Profiles #9 AILES in the Gabi Ailes Record book SINGLE SEASON 5-7 • Sophomore 1. Digs (2007) - 533 Libero/DS 2. Digs Per Game (2007) - 4.26 Bellevue, NE SINGLE MATCH (Bellevue West) 1. Digs (2007) - 31 T-5. Digs (2007) - 29

“Gabi had an amazing freshman season; we’re looking forward to having her anchor our defense again this year. Gabi’s heart, fearless sacrifice on each play and genuine excitement for the game make her a huge asset to our team. We look for her to provide an important leader- ship role for us this year, not only with her defense, but also with her daily commitment to improvement and bringing her best.” – Head Coach John Dunning

ball and volley- Personal: Daughter of Doug and Holly Ailes… Sister, ball and two in Tatum, played volleyball at Missouri … Has three broth- tennis … Three- ers, Jade, Callahan, and late Tyler …Enjoys shopping time captain of and spending time with family and friends … Full name the volleyball team is Gabrielle Ricole Ailes. … Led high school team to four con- Ailes’ Career Highs secutive state champi- Kills 1, vs. Penn St. (12/15/07) onships … Named the Attempts 2, vs. Penn St. (12/15/07) As a Freshman in 2007: Earned Pac-10 All- 2006 Nebraska Gatorade Digs 31, at USC (10/27/07) Freshman Team Honorable Mention accolades … Won State Player of the Year … A National Senior of the Assists 9, at Yale (9/15/07) the starting libero spot as a freshman … The only Year Finalist … A three-time Bellevue Leader Player Aces 3, twice, last vs. Washington St. (10/11/07) player on the roster to appear in all 125 games for the of the Year … The Bellevue Leader Athlete of the Year Blocks None Cardinal … Shattered a program-record with 533 digs as a senior … Earned the Greater Omaha Committee Hitting % None on the year … Contributed 4.26 digs per game, a mark Scholar/Athlete of the Year Award … An Academic which ranked sixth in the Pac-10 and second all-time All-American and a two-time AVCA High School at Stanford … Recorded double-figure digs in 32 of 35 All-American … A four-time All-Metro Conference Gabi Ailes Off The Court matches and 20 or more on seven occasions … Shattered honoree … Earned all-state honorable mention as a Academics: An undeclared major … Interested in entering a single-match Stanford dig record with 31 at USC freshman, second-team honors as a sophomore and nursing school to become an RN after graduation … Favorite (10/27), marking just the third 30+ dig performance first-team honors as a senior … Named to the Class A class at Stanford has been Children, Youth and the Law … in program history … Turned in another one of the State Championship All-Tournament Team … Was In high school, had a job managing properties, learning how top-10 performances in Cardinal history with 29 digs listed among PrepVolleyball’s Fab 50 Freshmen, Top to change garbage disposals, paint walls, tear down walls and remodel houses … While at Stanford, coaches a 13’s club in the team’s win at Washington (11/8) … Tallied 21 79 Sophomores, Top 10 Juniors and 100 Senior Aces volleyball team … Most interesting project so far has involved digs in the NCAA Regional Final against UCLA (12/8) … A two-time Honorary Captain of the Superstate All- research on the different bilingual education systems near … Added 25 digs in the National Semifinal against USC Nebraska Volleyball Team … Also a state champion and Stanford. (12/13) … Also posted 20+ digs against Cincinnati (21, player of the year in tennis. Gabi Ailes on choosing Stanford: “This is an easy 9/12), Washington (24, 10/12) and UCLA (20, 10/26) … question. Who wouldn’t choose Stanford if they had Club Competition: Played for the Nebraska Elite the choice? I chose Stanford because you get it all; the Recorded 18 service aces and 113 assists on the year … Volleyball Club … Named to the all-tournament team Posted a career-best three aces against Ohio (9/2) and amazing community life, great academics, successful at the Junior Olympics in 2006 and 2007. athletic programs and the best of the best professors.” Washington State (10/11) and a career-best nine assists against Yale (9/15). National Team Experience: Played in the “Bring It” Tournament that traveled through Europe with the High School: A 2007 graduate of Bellevue West High USA A2 team in the summer of 2007. School in Bellevue, Neb. … Lettered four years in basket-

Gabi Ailes’ Career Statistics Year G K KPG E TA PCT A APG SA SE SAPG RE DIG DPG BS BA TOT BPG BE 2007 125 1 0.01 0 5 .200 113 0.90 18 42 0.14 38 533 4.26 0 0 0 0.00 0

38 2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball Player Profiles #10 Alix Klineman

6-4 • Sophomore Outside Hitter Manhattan Beach, CA (Mira Costa)

“Alix has been training with some of the best players in the country this spring. This, along with the remarkable freshman season she had, will make it exciting to see how she has matured and continued to build her game at the highest level. I am certain that Alix’s determina- tion and hard work will pay off in big ways for her and for our team.” – Head Coach John Dunning

Pac-10 Player of the performances in program history … Also added 14 Week honors at her kills in that match … Turned in 18 kills and 15 digs in first collegiate opportu- the National Championship match against Penn State nity (9/3) … Recorded (12/15) … Named to the Final Four All-Tournament 22 kills and hit .415 in Team for her efforts. As a Freshman in 2007: A second-team AVCA the team’s Pac-10 opener at Cal (9/21) … Posted her All-American … A first-team Volleyball Magazine High School: A 2007 graduate of Mira Costa High second double-double of the year (12 kills, 10 digs) School in Manhattan Beach, Calif. … A four-year All-American … The Volleyball Magazine National in a sweep of USC (9/27) … Added 19 kills and 19 Freshman of the Year … The AVCA Pacific Region letterwinner and varsity starter … Named the 2005 digs in a sweep of UCLA the following night (9/28) and 2006 California Gatorade State Player of the Year Freshman of the Year … The Pac-10 Freshman of … Notched 18 kills, 10 digs and hit .424 in the win the Year … Earned a spot on the All-Pacific Region … The 2006 Gatorade National Player of the Year at Oregon (10/5) … Hit .458 against Oregon State … A two-time CIF State MVP … Led team to three Team, the only freshman to do so … Also was the (11/2) and turned in her fifth double-double of the only freshman to earn a spot on the All-Pac-10 Team consecutive California State Championships and three year … Added 21 kills and 14 digs in the team’s five- consecutive CIF Championships … Set school records … A member of the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team … game win over Washington in Seattle (11/8) … Added Appeared in 121 games as a starting outside hitter for service aces (52) and hitting percentage (.494) as her second double-double of the weekend (10 kills, a senior while leading her team to a No. 1 national for Stanford … Led the team with 4.12 kpg (499 10 digs) against Washington State (11/9) … Led the total kills) … Hit .276 with 89 blocks on the year … ranking … An all-tournament selection at the pres- team with 19 kills, hit .425, notched a double-double tigious Nike Challenge in 2006 … Tournament MVP Finished third on the team with 2.69 digs per game and recorded a career-high seven blocks in the team’s … Second on the team with 28 service aces … One of of the Durango Fall Classic in 2006 … PrepVolleyball. NCAA First Round win over Santa Clara … Recorded com’s 2006 Senior Player of the Year … The 2004 the top 10 players in the Pac-10 in both kills (t-7th) a combined 38 digs in the NCAA Regional matches, and points (8th) … Recorded double-figure kills in 29 PrepVolleyball.com Sophomore Player of the Year including 23 against UCLA in the Regional Final and a three-time 2004 and 2005 PrepVolleyball.com matches and had 11 double-doubles on the year … Hit (12/8) … Also slammed a career-high 24 kills against above .400 on ten occasions … Tallied 48 kills at the High School All-American … The 2003 CalHiSports the Bruins in the Regional title match … Named to Freshman State Player of the Year. Diet Coke Classic in Minnesota, and her first career the Stanford Regional All-Tournament Team for her double-double against the Golden Gophers (9/1) with efforts … Tallied a career-high 30 digs in the NCAA Club Competition: Played for Club Long Beach … 17 kills and 14 digs … Named to the Diet Coke Classic Semifinal win over USC (12/13), one of four 30+ dig Led her club teams to three bronze and three silver All-Tournament Team for her efforts … Also earned medals at the U.S. Junior National Championships,

Alix Klineman’s Career Statistics Year G K KPG E TA PCT A APG SA SE SAPG RE DIG DPG BS BA TOT BPG BE 2007 121 499 4.12 154 1251 .276 14 0.12 28 49 0.23 18 326 2.69 32 57 89 0.74 13

2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball 39 Player Profiles #10 Alix Klineman (Continued)

earning All-Tournament honors the last three years Alix Klineman Off The Court (’05,’06, and ’07). Academics: An undeclared major … Interested in pursuing a career in art, humanities, philosophy and/or business … National Team Experience: Spent last winter and spring (Jan. ’08- Jun. ’08) as a member of the Klineman In the Favorite class so far at Stanford has been Ancient Athletics. U.S. Women’s National Training Team in Colorado Record book Alix Klineman on choosing Stanford: “I chose Springs, the youngest player on the roster … A SINGLE SEASON Stanford because of its excellence in athletics AND member of the 14-player squad that toured China in T-5. Total Attacks (2007) - 1,251 academics.” March 2008 … Helped the U.S. to a fifth-place finish 10. Attacks Per Game (2007) - 10.34 at the 2008 Pan Am Cup in Mexico … Led the U.S. SINGLE MATCH Junior National Team to a fourth-place finish at the T-2. Digs (2007) - 30 2007 FIVB U-20 Junior World Championship … Led the 2006 U.S. Women’s Junior National Team to a gold medal at the NORCECA Continental Women’s Junior Championship, averaging a team-leading 4.88 points and 3.88 kills per game in the tournament … Named the 2005 Best Scorer at the U-18 World Championships in Macau, China. Personal: Daughter of Mike and Kathie Klineman … Has two siblings, Max and Maddy … Brother, Max, plays volleyball at UCSB … Enjoys going to the beach, hanging out with friends, listening to music and photography … Full name is Alexandra Rose Klineman.

Klineman’s Career Highs Kills 24, vs. UCLA (12/8/07) Attempts 57, at Washington (11/8/07) Digs 30, vs. USC (12/13/07) Assists 2, three times, last at Washington (11/8/07) Aces 2, nine times, last vs. UCLA (12/8/07) Blocks 7, vs. Santa Clara (11/30/07) Hitting % .476 (11-1-21), vs. Sacramento St. (12/1/07)

In 2007, Alix Klineman became the eighth freshman in school history to be recognized as an AVCA All-American, and the fifth to earn Volleyball Magazine’s National Freshman of the Year award.

40 2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball Player Profiles #11 Jessica Fishburn In the Fishburn record book

SINGLE SEASON 6-0 • Senior 3. Digs Per Game (2006) - 3.87 Libero/DS 4. Digs (2006) – 430 Los Angeles, CA (The Brentwood School)

s a senior this year, Jess will be a key leader for us both on and “Aoff the court. She brings energy, an upbeat attitude, personal qualities which add to the foundation of our team and is a very talented and experienced back row player. This season we will look to Jess to help set a tone of effort, intensity and consistency for our defense.” – Head Coach John Dunning

… A 2006 Pac-10 graduated from Colorado … Hobbies include sing- Second Team All- ing, dancing and surfing … Full name is Jessica Emily Academic selec- Fishburn. tion. As a Freshman in Fishburn’s Career Highs 2005: A valuable reserve Kills 2, at Washington St. (9/21/06) Attempts 3, twice, last at Washington St. (11/9/07) As a Junior in 2007: Appeared in 99 games as a as a libero, appearing in 102 games and 31 matches … Fifth on the team with Digs 25, at Washington (9/22/06) defensive specialist for the Cardinal … Tallied 163 digs Assists 4, vs. Washington St. (11/25/06) on the year (1.65 dpg) … Recorded a season-high 15 19 service aces … Collected a career-high three service Aces 3, twice, last vs. Arizona (11/11/05) digs against Washington (10/12) … Added 13 digs in the aces against Utah State (9/16) and Arizona (11/11) … Blocks 1, vs. Boston College (9/1/05) team’s win at Minnesota (9/1) … Turned in nine digs on Recorded 40 digs (11 at UCLA, 13 at USC, 8 against Hitting % None two occasions, against BYU (9/8) and at Oregon (10/5) Nevada, 8 against Santa Clara) in the last four matches … Earned Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention of the year and finished with 110 total digs … Registered honors. a season-high 13 digs at USC (11/16). Jessica Fishburn Off The Court As a Sophomore in 2006: The only Cardinal player High School: A four-year starter at The Brentwood Academics: A human biology major … Interested in possibly to see action in all 111 games … Led the squad with 430 School … Earned All-CIF honors all four years … A going to medical school and becoming a dermatologist … digs (3.87 per game) … In the first round of the NCAA three-time league MVP … Helped her team win the CIF Favorite class at Stanford has been Interpersonal Relations … title (24-3) during her junior season. Spent last summer working with a dermatologist in the Los Tournament, collected 20 digs in Stanford’s sweep of Angeles area. Sacramento State (12/2) … Also tallied 20 digs against Club Competition: Played five years for the Santa Jessica Fishburn on choosing Stanford: “I chose Nebraska in the NCAA title match (12/16) … Collected Monica Beach Club and four years for Sports Shack … Stanford because I knew it would be a great fit for me. a career-high 25 digs at Washington (9/22) … Also tal- Helped lead Sports Shack to the National Championship I wanted an excellent academic and athletic experience lied 21 digs at home versus USC (11/10) … Recorded in 2005. in one place, and I definitely found it.” double-digit digs in 27 of Stanford’s 34 matches and 20 Personal: Parents are Andy Fishburn and Michelle or more on four occasions… Notched a career-high two Hollander … Father, who played volleyball at Stanford, kills at Washington State (9/21) … Had a career-high played professionally on the beach and was a two-time four assists in a 3-0 win over Washington State (11/25) world champion … Has one brother, Michael, who

Jessica Fishburn’s Career Statistics Year G K KPG E TA PCT A APG SA SE SAPG RE DIG DPG BS BA TOT BPG BE 2007 99 1 0.01 2 6 -.167 17 0.17 1 8 0.01 15 163 1.65 0 0 0 0.00 0 2006 111 3 0.03 0 3 1.000 31 0.28 7 14 0.06 52 430 3.87 0 0 0 0.00 0 2005 102 2 0.02 1 7 .143 9 0.09 19 29 0.19 15 110 1.08 1 0 1 0.01 0 Totals 312 6 0.02 3 16 .188 57 0.18 27 51 0.09 82 703 2.25 1 0 1 0.00 0

2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball 41 Player Profiles #12 Erin Waller

6-1 • Senior Outside Hitter Ballwin, MO (Incarnate Word Academy)

“Erin has played a big role for us the past three years, including some amazing performances in key matches. This season we will count heavily on Erin’s experience, energy and growth as a leader as well as her ability to perform on the court. Erin has worked very hard in the offsea- son to expand the ways she can help us.” – Head Coach John Dunning

with a career- National Team Experience: Competed with the high 11 digs A-2 Junior National Training Team in Austin, Texas … Notched 11 in 2003. kills and four Personal: Parents are Donald and Joann Waller … blocks to help Father played football and baseball at Kansas State … the Cardinal Mother played volleyball for Coe College in Iowa … defeat Texas Hobbies include experiencing new things, learning, and (12/9) in the traveling … Full name is Erin Jessica Waller. Regional Final to advance to the Final Four … Hit Waller’s Career Highs over .400 seven times Kills 19, vs. UCLA (12/8/07) As a Junior in 2007: Appeared in 113 games as … Recorded a career- Attempts 46, vs. UCLA (12/8/07) Stanford’s starting opposite … Had the best season of high six blocks against Digs 11, vs. Oregon St. (10/19/06) her career with 268 kills (2.37 kpg) and 67 blocks … UCLA (11/11), including Assists 4, twice, last vs. Missouri (12/3/06) One of the team’s top servers with 22 aces … Tallied 10 Aces 3, at UCLA (10/26/07) three block solos … Earned Blocks 6, vs. UCLA (11/11/06) double-figure kill performances and hit .400 or above Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention. 11 times … Ripped a career-high 19 kills in the NCAA Hitting % .733 (12-1-15), vs. Cal Poly (12/7/07) Regional title win over UCLA (12/8) … Notched 12 As a Freshman in 2005: Started the last four matches kills and hit a career-high .733 in the Regional Semifinal for the Cardinal and appeared in 52 games … Collected against Cal Poly (12/7) … Named to the Stanford a season-high 11 kills in 16 attempts against Nevada Erin Waller Off The Court (12/2) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Regional All-Tournament Team … Added 10 kills in Academics: Majoring in international relations with a Stanford’s NCAA Semifinal win over USC (12/13) … … Tallied 10 kills along with a season-high five digs minor in Spanish … Hopes to pursue a career that involves Tallied 14 kills in the team’s win over Washington (11/8) in Stanford’s five-game victory at USC (11/26) … helping others in one way or another … Favorite class has … Tallied season highs with five blocks against BYU Produced eight kills against UC Santa Barbara (9/17) been History of the United States Since 1945 … Favorite (9/8) and Arizona State (11/16) … Turned in double- … Collected a season-high five blocks against St. Mary’s class project researched the impact that scare tactics utilized figure kills in nine of the team’s last 14 matches, includ- (9/15) and UCLA (11/25). by some Evangelical communities have on children … Also High School: A 2005 graduate of Incarnate Word completed a project for a humanities course which looked at ing three NCAA matches … Tallied 12 kills in the team’s the implications that Gnostic texts offered during the original last two regular-season matches against Arizona (11/17) Academy … Tabbed the 2003 St. Louis Post-Dispatch compilation of what is today known as The Holy Bible. and Cal (11/23), while hitting .474 and .455, respectively Player of the Year and was a 2004 High School All- American … Led Incarnate Word Academy to the 2004 Erin Waller on choosing Stanford: “Stanford offers … Notched one of the top 10 hitting percentages in the the unique combination of superior athletics and Pac-10 during conference play … Earned Pac-10 All- Missouri State Championship … Posted 1,300 kills over academics, a beautiful campus, and a diverse group Academic Honorable Mention. her high school career and was the 2004 Gatorade Player of interesting people. Stanford was the last university I As a Sophomore in 2006: Played in 88 games … of the Year in Missouri … Honored by PrepVolleyball. visited because after only a couple days here, I knew I Finished fifth on the squad with 173 kills (1.97 kpg) … com as the National Junior of the Year in 2003 and didn’t need to search further.“ Tallied 50 blocks … Recorded double-digit kills six times, National Player of the Year in 2004 … Three-time all- including a season-high 18 in the NCAA title match metro and all-state selection. against Nebraska (12/16) … Tallied 13 kills against UCLA Club Competition: Competed for Team St. Louis … (11/11) … Also chalked up 12 kills against Georgetown Played in the Junior Olympic Volleyball Tournament (9/15) … Tallied 11 kills against Oregon State (10/19) seven times and was a five-time All-Tournament pick.

Erin Waller’s Career Statistics Year G K KPG E TA PCT A APG SA SE SAPG RE DIG DPG BS BA TOT BPG BE 2007 113 268 2.37 84 637 .289 8 0.07 22 19 0.19 2 108 0.96 8 59 67 0.59 4 2006 88 173 1.97 61 421 .266 30 0.34 8 11 0.09 4 79 0.90 9 41 50 0.57 9 2005 52 75 1.44 38 198 .187 0 0.00 3 1 0.06 1 12 0.23 10 22 32 0.62 2 Totals 253 516 2.04 183 1256 .265 38 0.15 33 31 0.13 7 199 0.79 27 122 149 0.59 15

42 2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball Player Profiles #15 Stephanie Browne

6-4 • Redshirt Freshman Middle Blocker Danville, CA (Monte Vista)

“Stephanie steadily improved and gained valuable experience during her redshirt year. She has worked very hard and we’re ready for her to make an impact on the court this season. Her net presence, strength and blocking ability make her a strong candidate to step in and immediately be a key player for us.” – Head Coach John Dunning

As a Freshman in 2007: Did not appear in com- Club Competition: Competed in the 2006 and movies, working out, reading, music and traveling … petition for the Cardinal … Redshirted her first season 2007 USA Junior Olympic Volleyball Championships, Full name is Stephanie Lauren Browne. on The Farm. leading her Vision Volleyball Club to a fifth-place open High School: A 2007 graduate of Monte Vista High finish both years… Played for three clubs due to family Stephanie Browne Off The Court School in Danville, Calif. … Spent freshman and sopho- moves: Sports Performance (Illinois), Toledo Volleyball Academics: Considering a major in international relations more years at Springfield High School in Holland, Ohio Club (Ohio) and Vision Volleyball Club (California) … Hopes to one day work in sports broadcasting … Favorite … Lettered three years in volleyball, missing final prep … Helped teams qualify (or double-qualify) for Junior class at Stanford has been Sleep and Dreams. season due to a thumb injury … Captained the squad Olympics Open Division each year, winning various Stephanie Browne on choosing Stanford: “I chose as a junior … Listed as one of the 2006 PrepVolleyball national qualifiers and tournaments. Stanford because I always planned on going to a top academic university. With Stanford’s renowned vol- Top 100 Senior Aces (No. 16) … Named to the 2006 National Team Experience: A USA Youth and leyball program and prestigious reputation, it seemed Volleyball Magazine Top 25 Underclassmen list … Part Junior National Team Member from 2004 to 2006 like the best fit for me.” of Volleyball Magazine’s Underclassmen to Watch list in … Led Team USA in blocking en route to the 2004 2004 and 2005 … Earned Volleyball Magazine Scholar- NORCECA Gold Medal in Puerto Rico … Attended Athlete of the Month award in October 2006 … Named the 2004 USA Holiday Camp and was trained by former to PrepVolleyball’s Class of 2007 Top 50 Recruits list Olympic and National Team Coach Toshi Yoshida and in 2005 … A two-time Tri-Valley Herald Prep Award former Olympian Tara Cross-Battle. recipient … Named to the East Bay Athletic League First Personal: Daughter of William and Barbara Browne Team in 2005 … Named to PrepVolleyball’s Soph 79 … Considering a career in business… Brother, Scott, in 2004 … The Toledo Blade Super Sophomore in 2004 currently plays Army Volleyball at the United States … Earned Northern Lakes League honors as a fresh- Military Academy at West Point … Enjoys shopping, man and sophomore … Was honored on the District 7 (Ohio) First Team in 2003 and 2004.

2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball 43 Player Profiles #16 Foluke Akinradewo

6-3 • Senior Middle Blocker Plantation, FL (St. Thomas Aquinas)

“Foluke is coming off an absolutely incredible year; we have high expectations for what she is capable of this season. After intensive training and competition with some of the best players in the world over the spring and summer, her whole game has continued to grow. We look for Foluke’s powerful attack, increasingly dominant block and growth as a leader to be huge factors for us this season.” – Head Coach John Dunning

Recorded 38 kills Round matches and contributed 27 kills and nine blocks at the Diet Coke between the two sweeps … Recorded 15 kills and hit Classic, and hit .682 in the NCAA Regional Semifinal win over Cal Poly .706 (13-1-17) (12/7) … Followed with an 18-kill performance against against Ohio (9/2) UCLA in the Regional title game (12/8) … Named in the title match … the MVP of the Stanford Regional for her efforts … Named to the Diet Coke Slammed a career-high 26 kills in the NCAA Semifinal Classic All-Tournament win over USC (12/13) … Also posted a season-high nine Team for her efforts … Tallied 21 kills and eight blocks blocks against the Trojans and hit .523 … Posted 18 kills, in a win over BYU (9/8) at the Stanford Invitational … six blocks and a .425 hitting percentage in the NCAA Named the event’s MVP, and followed with her first Championship match (12/15) … Named to the NCAA Pac-10 Player of the Week and CVU.com National Final Four All-Tournament Team for her efforts. Player of the Week honors (9/10) … Recorded 15 kills As a Sophomore in 2006: An AVCA and Volleyball against Penn State (9/15) in the Yale Classic title match As a Junior in 2007: The AVCA National Player of Magazine First Team All-American … Named to the and was named to the All-Tournament Team … Posted the Year … A first-team AVCA All-American … A first- AVCA All-Pacific Region First Team … Named to the 15 kills and eight blocks against Cal in the Pac-10 opener team Volleyball Magazine All-American … The Honda 2006 All-Pac-10 Team … Played in 98 games for the (9/21) … Tallied 18 kills and hit .680 in a sweep of USC Award winner for volleyball … The Pac-10 Player of the Cardinal and 31 matches … Led the squad with 141 (9/27) … Followed with 12 kills, a .500 hitting percent- Year … Also earned a spot on the All-Pac-10 Team and blocks and 1.44 blocks per game … Also led the team age and a career-high seven digs in a sweep of UCLA the All-Pacific Region Team … Appeared in 118 games with a .431 hitting percentage … Finished third on the (9/28) … Earned her second Pac-10 Player of the Week as a starting middle blocker for Stanford … Turned in Cardinal with 382 kills and second with 3.90 kills per honor for her weekend’s work (10/1) … Tallied 15 kills, 4.11 kills per game (485 total kills) … Led the nation game … Fifth on the squad with 19 service aces … Hit including the 1,000th of her career at Oregon State with a .499 hitting percentage, the second best mark in .450 or higher in 15 matches and .400 or higher in 18 (10/4) … Notched 18 kills against Washington while NCAA history … Single-season hitting percentage shat- matches … Notched double-digit kills in 24 matches … hitting .417 (10/12) … Added 20 kills at USC (10/27) … tered the Pac-10 and Stanford records by more than 50 In the NCAA Second Round, tallied a career-high 26 kills Posted 17 kills and a career-high seven digs in the team’s points … Led the team with 143 blocks (1.21 bpg), one to lead the Cardinal to a five-game victory over Missouri win over Washington in Seattle (11/8) … Added 21 kills of the top-10 marks in the Pac-10 … Also one of the top (12/3) with five blocks … Tallied 18 kills in Stanford’s and hit a season-high .769 (21-1-26) against Arizona 10 players in the conference in kills (9th, 4.11 kpg) and five-game win at UCLA (10/13) … Had 17 kills against (11/17) … Helped Stanford clinch the Pac-10 title with points (6th, 4.94 ppg) … Hit above .400 in 27 matches Fairfield (9/8) … Hit a career-high .850 with 17 kills at 20 kills and three service aces in a five-game win over Cal and recorded double-figure kills in 31 matches … Arizona (10/28) in a three-game victory, as well as .800 (11/23) … Hit over .550 in both NCAA First and Second

Foluke Akinradewo’s Career Statistics Year G K KPG E TA PCT A APG SA SE SAPG RE DIG DPG BS BA TOT BPG BE 2007 118 485 4.11 70 831 .499 7 0.06 16 50 0.14 0 101 0.86 22 121 143 1.21 14 2006 98 382 3.90 63 740 .431 6 0.06 19 37 0.19 0 69 0.70 21 120 141 1.44 6 2005 112 439 3.92 99 856 .397 8 0.07 14 27 0.12 0 71 0.63 32 90 122 1.09 11 Totals 328 1306 3.98 232 2427 .443 21 0.06 49 114 0.15 0 241 0.73 75 331 406 1.24 31

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Broward County Player of the Year … An All-America Foluke Akinradewo Off The Court Akinradewo In selection in 2003 and 2004, and an all-state selection the Record book in 2002, 2003 and 2004 … Named the Florida Dairy Academics: Majoring in human biology at Stanford … Farmer’s Volleyball Player of the Year … The Florida Plans to attend medical school and pursue a career as a CAREER medical doctor with a focus in sports medicine … Favorite 8. Total Blocks - 406 Gatorade Player of the Year … Also participated in bas- class project was for Sex and Love in Modern Society … Did 9. Total Attacks - 2,427 ketball and track … Was a Florida State Champion in a fieldwork research assignment on human behavior focusing SINGLE SEASON track in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 … An all-state selec- on college student interaction and social groups formation. 1. Hitting Percentage (2007) - .499 tion in basketball in 2004 and 2005 … Was the Principal Foluke Akinradewo on choosing Stanford: “It may 2. Hitting Percentage (2006) - .431 Honors Award winner all four years of high school. sound cliché, but it was impossible to pass up the 5. Hitting Percentage (2005) - .397 combination of academics and athletics. Plus, it’s a Club Competition: Did not compete in club vol- beautiful campus.” SINGLE MATCH leyball. T-9. Blocks (2005) - 12 National Team Experience: Spent the winter and spring of 2008 as a member of the U.S. National Training Team in Colorado Springs … Competed with the team vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi (9/2) with eight kills at the 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix … Toured China … Set a career-high with four aces against Arizona at with the team in March 2008 … Started for the U.S. at the 2007 Pan Am Games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, help- home (9/29) … Tallied a season-high nine blocks versus Hitting Percentage Records Oregon (10/20) in a three-game sweep … Notched eight ing the team to a bronze medal … The starting middle blocks on three occasions, including in the NCAA title blocker on the USA Junior Team that competed at the Entering her senior season, Foluke Akinradewo has already match against Nebraska (12/16) … Also recorded eight 2005 World Championships in Turkey … Also played rewritten the hitting percentage column in the NCAA, with the USA Senior Team that competed at the 2005 Pac-10 and Stanford record books. Last year, she posted the blocks against Washington State (9/21) and Oregon second highest hitting percentage in NCAA history and shat- (11/16) … Had a season-high three solo blocks against Pan Am Cup in the Dominican Republic … A mem- tered both the Pac-10 and Stanford single-season records by Santa Clara (9/14) … Hit .406 with 16 kills, as well ber of the gold medal-winning USA Junior National more than 50 points. At the start of her final collegiate season, as three blocks, as Stanford defeated Texas (12/9) in Team in 2004 at NORCECA … Helped the U.S. to a Akinradewo is on pace to finish with the best career hitting the regional final to advance to Omaha … Named to fourth-place finish at the 2005 Pan Am Games in the percentage ever recorded by an NCAA Division I player. the All-Region Tournament Team … Selected to the Dominican Republic. NCAA Career Hitting Percentage Stanford Invitational All-Tournament Team, Waikiki Personal: Daughter of Ayoola and Comfort Foluke Akinradewo (Stanford) 2005-present .443 Beach Marriott Challenge All-Tournament Team and Akinradewo … Brother, Foluso, participated in track at 1. Virag Domokos (George Mason) 1993-96 .423 BYU All-Tournament Team … Also earned Pac-10 Oregon … Brother, Folu, participated in track at Fresno 2. Danielle Scott (Long Beach St.) 1990-93 .421 All-Academic Honorable Mention and was a nominee State … Full name is Foluke Atinuke Akinradewo. 3. Mary Eggers (Illinois) 1985-88 .420 for the Honda Award … Earned Stanford’s Block ‘S’ 4. Erica Berggren (South Florida) 1993-96 .415 Outstanding Sophomore Award. Akinradewo’s Career Highs Emily Adams (USC) 2001-04 .415 As a Freshman in 2005: Named the 2005 Pac-10 Kills 26, twice, last vs. USC (12/13/07) 6. Virginia Stahr (Nebraska) 1986-89 .401 Freshman of the Year … Also named to the All-Pac-10 Attempts 44, twice, last vs. USC (12/13/07) 7. Emily Bridson (Central Florida) 1992-93 .398 Digs 7, twice, last at Washington (11/8/07) 8. Aycan Gokberk (Florida) 1992-95 .394 First Team … The AVCA Pacific Region Freshman of Assists 2, twice, last vs. Arizona St. (11/16/07) the Year … Earned Second Team All-America honors … 9. Angela Knopf (Colorado St.) 1998-01 .393 Aces 4, vs. Arizona (9/29/06) 10. Sue Gades (Hofstra) 1983-85 .392 Led the squad in hitting percentage (.397), a mark which Blocks 12, at UCLA (11/25/05) ranked third in the Pac-10, 13th in the nation and third Hitting % .850 (17-0-20), at Arizona (10/28/06) NCAA Single Season Hitting Percentage for a single-season in school history … Was second on 1. Maria Andonova (Florida A&M) 2004 .504 the team in kills (439) … Averaged 3.92 kills per game, 2. Foluke Akinradewo (Stanford) 2007 .499 which ranked tenth in the Pac-10 … Led the Cardinal in 3. Christa Harmotto (Penn St.) 2007 .492 blocks (122, 1.09 bpg), with a team-high 32 solo blocks 4. Tracy Stalls (Nebraska) 2007 .473 … Tallied a career-high 12 blocks (ninth-best for a single Jayli Jackson (Florida A&M) 2003 .473 match in school history) at UCLA (11/25) … Hit .450 or 6. Benavia Jenkins (Florida) 2003 .465 better in 13 matches … Hit a season-high .720 with 19 7. Sherri Williams (Florida) 2003 .462 kills versus Utah State (9/16) and hit .714 with 16 kills at 8. Angela Knopf (Colorado St.) 2001 .456 Boston College (9/1) … Tallied a .650 hitting percentage 9. Anastasia Yartseva (Louisville) 2004 .452 at Oregon State (9/29) … Had double-digit kills in 26 of 10. Nana Meriwether (UCLA) 2006 .448 the 32 matches … During Stanford’s seven match road trip to the East Coast and the Midwest, chalked up 94 kills in 152 attempts for a .618 hitting percentage, along with 24 blocks, 14 digs and three service aces … Hit no lower than .450 during those seven matches, and hit .500 in five of those matches … Named the MVP at the Colorado Invitational in September, collecting 43 kills in 74 attempts for a .486 hitting percentage … Also gained MVP honors at the Stanford Invitational that month … In three matches, collected 47 kills in 93 attempts (.376) along with ten blocks and five digs … For her efforts in leading the third-ranked Cardinal to four victories from Sept. 5-11, was named Pac-10 Player of the Week … In victories at New Hampshire (9/6) and at the Colorado Invitational, collected 52 kills in 90 attempts for a .578 hitting percentage … Over the four-match stretch, hit .450 or better in each contest … Recorded a season-high with six digs against Syracuse (9/3) and Oregon State (10/28). High School: A 2005 graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas High School … A three-year letterwinner and captain of her squad for two seasons … The 2002 and 2003 Foluke Akinradewo returns for her senior season as the reigning AVCA National Player of the Year.

2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball 45 Player Profiles #6 “Katherine is a very smart, experienced outside hitter, very skilled in the Katherine Knox back row and will be a great addition for us defensively. She will work hard to help the team and brings a solid competitive spirit to the court. We are 5-9 • Freshman • DS excited to have her as part of our program.” – Head Coach John Dunning Menlo Park, CA (Archbishop Mitty)

High School: A 2008 graduate of Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif. … Led team to state runner-up finishes in 2006 and 2007 … Also led team to back-to-back West Catholic Athletic League, CCS and NorCal Championships in 2006 and 2007 … Earned 2007 WCAL Honorable Mention … Named Varsity Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senior. Club Competition: Played for Vision Volleyball Club from 2003-08, attending the Junior Olympics each year … Helped team to the American Division bronze medal in 2007 … Named to the American Division All-Tournament Team at the 2007 Junior Olympics. Personal: Daughter of Brad and Susan Knox … Both parents graduated from Stanford … Mother walked onto the Stanford tennis team and captained the squad as a senior … Has three younger brothers, Jeffrey, Kevin and Bradley … Hobbies include photography, art, fashion, reading, swimming and music … Full name is Katherine Cynthia Knox.

#7 “We are very excited to have Jessica join our team this season. She has Jessica Walker proven that she is a very high potential player, a gifted athlete and extremely motivated to be great. I am looking forward to watching her develop her 6-1 • Freshman • Middle Blocker game at the collegiate level.” – Head Coach John Dunning Houston, TX (Booker T. Washington)

High School: A 2008 graduate of Booker T. Washington High School of Engineering Professionals in Houston, Texas …Lettered two years in volleyball, but missed senior year due to a thumb injury … Led team to back-to-back HISD District 4A Championships in 2005 and 2006 … Earned all-district recognition in 2005 and 2006 … Recognized for District 4A in blocks and kills … Ranked among PrepVolleyball’s Top 10 Senior Aces (No. 10). Club Competition: Played for Spike Sport from 2004-07, before joining the Texas Tornados as a senior … Led the Spike Sport 18 National Team to a first-place finish in the silver bracket at the Texas Lone Star … Three-time team MVP with Spike Sport … Led Texas Tornados 18 Mizuno team to a Junior Olympic berth in 2008, helping the team place in the silver bracket. National Team Experience: Played for the USA Junior A2 National Team in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. in 2007 … Also attended the High Performance Camp Tournament in 2007. Personal: Daughter of Barbara and Timothy Walker … Has an older sister, Kimberly, and an older brother, Jeremy … Sister played volleyball at Grambling University … Brother competed in track and field for Texas Southern, winning 2008 indoor and outdoor conference titles in the 400 meter dash and earning a No. 20 national ranking and No. 28 world ranking in the event … Hobbies include coin collecting, listening to music, watching cartoons and reading books by Mitch Albom … Plans to minor in Spanish … Full name is Jessica Layshone Walker.

#14 “Katherine is an accomplished setter and back row player, Katherine Sebastian who is very dedicated to improvement on a daily basis. Her athleti- cism and skill as a setter make her a great addition to our team.” 5-9 • Freshman • Setter/DS – Head Coach John Dunning Pacific Palisades, CA (Harvard-Westlake)

High School: A 2008 graduate of Harvard-Westlake School in North Hollywood, Calif. …Co-captained the volleyball squad as a senior … Led team to back-to-back Mission League titles in 2006 and 2007 … Helped team to the California State Championship in 2007, along with a Division III regional title and a CIF Southern Section title … Carried team to a No. 12 national ranking her senior season … A 2007 PrepVolleyball High School All-American … Named the KBC Player of the Game for the 2007 state title match … A Los Angeles Daily News All-Area First Team pick … A 2007 Encino Sun All-Sun First Team member … Named to the 2007 State Volleyball All-Tournament Team … Named to the CIF Southern Section Division I-A First Team … A three-time All-Mission League selection … A nominee for the Andi Collins Award (most outstanding senior setter) … Also played soccer and graduated Cum Laude. Club Competition: The starting setter for Santa Monica Beach Club from 2006-08 … Named to the 2008 EPIC All-Tournament Team … Listed as the No. 5 setter in Southern California by PrepStarter Coaches’ Poll. Personal: Daughter of Steve and Ann Sebastian … Mother and both grandparents graduated from Stanford … Has two brothers, Jonathan (Stanford ‘11) and Christopher … Hobbies include yoga, running, going to the beach and cooking … Considering a major in human biology … Interested in a career in medicine … Nickname is Seabass … Full name is Katherine Ann Sebastian.

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