BRUIN BIOGRAPHIES #5 ELISE CARSTENSEN SOPHOMORE • MIDDLE BLOCKER • 6-3 • ATLANTA, GA • WESTMINSTER

2005 (Freshman) was AAA State Champions three years in a row … Played club Played in 17 games over eight volleyball for Mizuno Long Beach and Atlanta Juniors… Club team matches … Season highs of six kills, placed third at the 2005 Junior Olympics in the 18 open division. three blocks and 7.5 points came on Personal Sept. 24 at Stanford. Undeclared major … Daughter of Charles and Susan Carstensen Prep … Has one sister, Jessi … Born Elise Saxon Carstensen on August Four-year varsity letter winner in vol- 29, 1987, in Dayton, OH. leyball and three-year letterwinner in track at the prestigious Westminster High School … Player of the Year for Georgia in 2003 and 2004 … Four-year All-State honoree … Two-time team captain … Team

Carstensen’s Career Statistics Yr MP GP K K/GM E TA Pct SA BS BA TB BK/GM Dg DG/GM Points 2005 10 20 26 1.30 11 75 .200 0 2 8 10 0.50 4 0.20 32.0

#2 ALI DALEY SOPHOMORE • OUTSIDE HITTER • 6-0 • GRASS VALLEY, CA • NEVADA UNION HS • LONG BEACH STATE

2005 (Freshman/at Long Beach State) tion title … Garnered fi rst-team honors for the Sacramento Bee … Big West Conference Freshman of In her junior season, broke all scoring records for Nevada Union the Year … Also named fi rst-team with 562 kills, and helped the Miners win both the Metro and Sac All-Big West … Two-time Big West Joaquin Championships along with the Northern California Division Player of the Week (Sept. 26 and 1 Championship … The Miners placed second in the state cham- Nov. 7) … Ninth in the Big West in pionship, where Daley was named to the All-Tournament team … kills with a 3.47 per-game average Prep Volleyball Top-15 list and All-American honoree … Her senior … Also averaged 2.16 digs/game … year she compiled 814 kills, 439 digs, 164 blocks, and 105 aces Was sixth in the league with a .314 – all totals tops in California... She once again was named the Metro attack percentage for the season … League MVP, Nevada Union MVP, Sacramento Bee MVP … Led Career-high 24 kills came in LBSU’s the Miners (for a third time) to the Metro Title, Sac-Joaquin Title, 3-1 win over St. Mary’s on Sept. 24 Northern California Championship title … A-2 Junior National team … Went three consecutive matches member in the summers of 2004 and 2005 (Oct. 14-22) without an attack error, Personal recording 30 kills on 55 attacks for a Daughter of Gary and Janice Daley … Brother, Gary Jr., is a right- .545 attack percentage during that stretch. handed who was the 106th pick in the 2006 Major League Prep Baseball entry draft … Pick was the last of the third round, made Graduated from Nevada Union … Was a standout athlete for the by the St. Louis Cardinals … Also has two older sisters, Kacy and Miners … She was a three-year starter for the basketball team Angela … Uncle, Pete Daley, was a for the and holds the school record for most rebounds in one game (21) from 1955-59 and also played for the Kansas City Athletics (1960) … By her sophomore year, was leading scorer and league MVP … and Washington Senators (1961) … Ali played 10 years of Little Daley was the fi rst freshman to make the varsity volleyball team, League baseball, playing second base, pitching and catching … Ali starting at outside hitter … Nevada Union MVP and helped lead once led her marching band down Main Street at Disneyland … Born her team to the Metro League Title and its fi rst Sac Joaquin Sec- Allison Nichole Daley on Dec. 16, 1986, in Grass Valley, CA.

Daley’s Career Statistics (at Long Beach State) Yr MP GP K K/GM E TA Pct SA BS BA TB BK/GM Dg DG/GM Points 2005 32 107 367 3.43 88 913 .306 20 9 44 53 0.50 236 2.21 418.0

14 2006 UCLA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL BRUIN BIOGRAPHIES #9 KATIE CARTER SENIOR • OUTSIDE HITTER • 6-3 • STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO • STEAMBOAT SPRINGS HS

2005 (Junior) Prep Had a career-high 23 kills on 57 Led the Steamboat Sailors to the Colorado State Championship attacks in UCLA’s fi ve-game upset match … Team fi nished as the state runner-up … First-team All- of then-No. 2 Washington … Added Conference as a senior … Two-time Western Slope MVP … Named six blocks (1-5) in that match for a to the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post All-Colorado teams career-high 26.5 points … Had a … Denver Post Player of the Year as a senior … Rocky Mountain break-out match on Oct. 28 at USC, Region “Best Hitter” … Four-year volleyball player and played two downing 19 kills on 54 attacks and seasons of basketball as a center …Volleyball Magazine/PrepVol- scoring 19.5 points in the match … leyball.com Fab 50 selection … Played club volleyball for Avalanche Those 19 kills led the Bruins against and Colorado Juniors … Lists playing in the State Championship the Women of Troy … Had a second Match as one of her biggest thrills in athletics. 19-kill match at Pepperdine on Nov. 8 Personal … .425 with just two errors on 40 History/Art History major … Parents are Ken and Sherry Carter … attacks in that match … -fi g- Has a brother, Ryan (24) and a sister, Julia (27) … Admires former ure kills in eight matches … Also had 13 matches with double-fi gure Bruin and Pac-10 career kills leader Kristee Porter … Born Katie points, including a then-career-high 23 at Pepperdine. Lynn Carter on October 10, 1985, in Victorville, CA. 2004 (Sophomore) Had a record-setting match on Nov. 19 against Oregon State …Had 16 kills on an error-free 26 attacks for a .615 attack percentage … That attack percentage ranks 14th in UCLA history for attack per- centage in a match (min. 20 attempts) … Her 26 attempts in that effort is the second-highest number of attempts for an error-free match in UCLA women’s volleyball history (Kristee Porter, 9/8/2001, 20-0-27, .741 vs. Pepperdine) … Also had double-fi gure kills against Utah on Sept. 17, playing four games of the fi ve-game match … Played in each of UCLA’s fi nal 12 regular season matches but did not play during the NCAA Tournament. 2003 (Freshman) Played in 42 games over 24 of UCLA’s 33 matches … Had her fi rst double-fi gure kill match on Sept. 6 against Boise State … Posted a career high with 12 kills against Texas A&M Corpus Christi at the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational … Also had a career-high six digs in that match … Has seen time as a situational offensive replacement for the Bruins … Played in 12 of UCLA’s 18 Pac-10 matches … Had a career-high two service aces in the Boise State match … Career-best two block assists were recorded in just two games played against Pepperdine in UCLA’s regular season fi nale.

CAREER MATCH HIGHS Kills: 23 vs. Washington 11/12/05 Digs: 9 vs. Kansas 12/2/05 Blocks: 7 (3-4) at Oregon 11/4/05 Aces: 4 vs Pepperdine 10/26/04 Points: 26.5 vs. Washington 11/12/05

Carter’s Career Statistics Yr MP GP K K/GM E TA Pct SA BS BA TB BK/GM Dg DG/GM Points 2003 24 42 71 1.69 43 189 .148 5 2 8 10 0.24 30 0.71 82.0 2004 22 48 103 2.15 57 306 .150 11 2 13 15 0.31 40 0.83 122.5 2005 30 93 247 2.66 104 699 .205 10 17 55 72 0.77 68 0.73 301.5 Total 76 186 421 2.30 204 1194 .182 26 21 76 97 0.53 138 0.75 506.0

2006 UCLA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 15 BRUIN BIOGRAPHIES #22 STACY DOMINGUEZ JUNIOR • MIDDLE BLOCKER • 6-0 • YORBA LINDA, CA • ESPERANZA HS 2005 (Sophomore) medal at the 2004 Junior Olympics … Previously played club vol- Played in one game of the Sept. 8 leyball for Impact Club and Golden West. match vs. Cal State Northridge, but Personal did not record any stats. Majoring in pre-political science … Daughter of Philip and Lisa 2004 (Freshman) Dominguez … Has an older sister, Erin … Member of the National Played in one game of the Sept. 4 Honor Society, graduating with a 4.3 GPA … Born Stacy Marie match vs. Samford, but did not record Dominguez on Dec. 16, 1985, in Placentia, CA. any stats. Prep Team captain of the Esperanza HS team that won the Sunset League, Capistrano Valley Tournament, Or- ange County Championship and the CIF title in 2003 … Earned Los Angeles Times player of the week notice during that season … Also named the team’s Blocker of the Year … Played club volleyball for Goldenwest … Won a bronze

Dominguez’s Career Statistics Yr MP GP K K/GM E TA Pct SA BS BA TB BK/GM Dg DG/GM Points 2004 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0.0 2005 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0.0 Total 2 2 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0.0

#20 JESSICA FINE SOPHOMORE • DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST/LIBERO • 5-6 • TARZANA, CA • HARVARD WESTLAKE HS

2005 Prep Did not play the 2005 season. Earned varsity letters in both track and volleyball at Harvard West- 2004 (Freshman) lake High School … Named volleyball team MVP and fi rst-team All-League as a senior … Earned “coaches award” and second- Started the season as a role player team All-League honors as a junior … Played club volleyball for in the back row, but became Coach Sports Shack. Banachowski’s go-to defensive player in the back row for serving and Personal passing purposes … Career-high of Majoring in history … Daughter of Mitchell and Alexandra Fine … 12 digs was recorded twice, on Oct. Has two brothers, Douglas and Brad … Born Jessica Anne Fine on 21 at Oregon and on Oct. 26 against Jan. 17, 1986, in Tarzana, CA. Pepperdine … Had fi ve double-fi gure dig matches, most recently at Wash- ington on Nov. 27. CAREER MATCH HIGHS Digs (3-gm): 12 at Oregon 10/21/04 Digs (4-gm): 10 at Washington 11/27/04 Digs (5-gm): 12 vs. Pepperdine 10/26/04 Aces: 2 vs. Southern Miss. 9/3/04

Fine’s Career Statistics Yr MP GP K K/GM E TA Pct SA BS BA TB BK/GM Dg DG/GM Points 2004 29 81 1 0.01 2 9 -.111 3 0 0 0 0.00 132 1.63 4.0 Total 29 81 1 0.01 2 9 -.111 3 0 0 0 0.00 132 1.63 4.0

16 2006 UCLA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL BRUIN BIOGRAPHIES #4 NIKKI JAGD SOPHOMORE • SETTER • 5-11 • PALOS VERDES, CA • PALOS VERDES HS • PACIFIC 2005 (Freshman/at Pacifi c) Was a two-time MVP for Palos Verdes HS … Named to both the Appeared in 38 games for the Tigers All-Area and All-Bay League as both a junior and a senior … At the during her freshman season … A club level, she competed for the Mizuno Long Beach club program serving specialist and backup setter, during her junior year of high school … Her 17 & under Mizuno she fi nished the season with six aces team earned the bronze medal in the 17 Open division at the 2004 … Jagd had one kill, ten assists and Junior Olympics in Houston, Texas, and ended the season ranked her fi rst collegiate block in Pacifi c’s No. 5 in the nation. 3-0 win over UC Davis on Oct. 6 … Personal: Posted career-highs with 13 assists Daughter of Mike and Kim Jagd … Her mother, Kim, is an assistant and four kills in Pacifi c’s 3-0 loss to coach for UCLA women’s volleyball while her father, Mike, has No. 1 Nebraska on Sept. 10. coached high school and juniors volleyball for many years … Has Prep a younger brother, Ryal … Plans to major in education and pursue Graduated from Palos Verdes High a teaching career … Born Nicole Ciera Jagd on April 12, 1987, in School in Palos Verdes, Calif. … Long Beach, CA.

Jagd’s Career Statistics (at Pacifi c) Yr MP GP K K/GM E TA Pct SA BS BA TB BK/GM Dg DG/GM Points 2005 21 38 9 0.24 3 21 .286 31 0 1 1 0.03 6 0.16 15.5

#8 RACHELL JOHNSON JUNIOR • OUTSIDE HITTER/MIDDLE BLOCKER • 5-11 • SAN DIEGO, CA • TORREY PINES HS 2005 (Sophomore) kills on an error-free 10 swings … Added six block assists for eight Had nine matches with double-fi gure points in that match …Also had fi ve kills in UCLA’s second round kills including a career-high 21 to go match against Long Beach State. with a .333 attack percentage on 25 Prep attacks in UCLA’s Nov. 12 upset of Named North County Times Player of the Year as a senior … Also then-No. 2 Washington … Had four earned San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic notice … All-Palo- blocks (0-4) in that match for 23 mar Team as a senior … All-CIF as a junior, when Torrey Pines HS points … Matched that kill total (21) reached the State Finals, fi nishing second … Named to the “Fab on Nov. 25 vs. No. 6 Stanford and 50” list by Volleyball Magazine … Set a school record by touching fi nished the regular season with a 10’3” … Volleyball Magazine/PrepVolleyball.com Fab 50 selection … 20-kill performance on Nov. 26 vs. Sang the National Anthem prior to many of her high school matches Cal … Had 11 matches with double- at Torrey Pines. fi gure points with fi ve during the fi rst two weekends of the season and Personal four in the month of November … Majoring in political science … Sings “The Star Spangled Banner” Played in the fi nal two games of the Pepperdine match on Nov. 8, prior to many home volleyball matches … Has performed the na- recording fi ve kills in UCLA’s comeback win. tional anthem for numerous other UCLA events, including the Team Championship Finals at the 2004 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics 2004 (Freshman) Championship in UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion … Hopes to pursue a Played as a substitute, appearing in 15 matches … Appeared in career in law or advertising each of UCLA’s last six matches entering the NCAA Regional … … Parents are Ronn and Played in multiple games in both matches on the fi nal weekend of Christine Johnson … Has CAREER MATCH HIGHS regular season play as well as both NCAA Tournament matches in a younger brother, Ross … Kills: 21, 2x, last: v. Stanford 11/25/05 Pauley Pavilion … Had a season and career-high total of fi ve kills, Born Rachell Dellia John- Digs: 7 at Hawai’i 9/10/05 recorded on three occasions … First time she reached that total son on October 19, 1984, Blocks: 6, 2x, was against Arizona Sate on Oct. 29, adding an ace for six points in Oklahoma City, OK. last: (2-4) at Washington 11/27/04 in the match …On Nov. 26 at Washington State, hit .500 with fi ve Aces: 4 vs. Cincinnati 9/9/05 Points: 23.0 vs. Washington 11/12/05

Johnson’s Career Statistics Yr MP GP K K/GM E TA Pct SA BS BA TB BK/GM Dg DG/GM Points 2004 16 24 37 1.54 24 102 .127 2 3 14 17 0.71 10 0.42 49.0 2005 28 75 234 3.12 108 537 .235 4 8 39 47 0.63 51 0.68 265.5 Total 44 99 271 2.71 132 639 .218 6 11 53 64 0.65 61 0.62 314.5

2006 UCLA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 17 BRUIN BIOGRAPHIES #24 LAURA KRONEBERGER SENIOR • DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST/LIBERO • 5-8 • LOS ALAMITOS, CA • LOS ALAMITOS HS

2005 (Junior) League and went on to the CIF semifi nals her junior year … Mem- Played as UCLA’s starting libero ber of the Student Sports Magazine “Dirty Dozen” … Named the at the InnTowner Invitational in the Defensive Player of the Year as a junior … Played club volleyball wake of lineup changes necessi- for Golden West … Team won the Las Vegas Invitational, fi nished tated by two injuries suffered at that second at the Far Western Qualifi er and third at the Junior Olympic tournament … Played primarily as a Southern California Qualifi er in 2002 … An ASB Community Service defensive specialist, subbing for an Representative at Los Alamitos High School. outside hitter in the back row … Had Personal fi ve double-fi gure dig performances Majoring in microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics … with a high of 16 against Villanova Graduated from Los Alamitos HS with a 4.3 GPA … Parents are John on Sept. 17. and Yvonne Kroneberger … Has a younger brother, Greg … Older 2004 (Sophomore) sister, Sara, played volleyball at Long Beach State … Born Laura Played in UCLA’s fi rst eight matches Beth Kroneberger on February 21, 1985, in Los Alamitos, CA. of the season … Did not play vs. BYU but returned to the lineup vs. Washington on Sept. 24 in Pauley Pavilion … Had nine digs at Oregon State, playing in all fi ve games of the Bruin win … Followed with seven digs against Pepperdine on Oct. 26 at Pauley Pavilion … Also had four digs against both Arizona on Oct. 30 and Oregon on Nov. 20. 2003 (Freshman) Used as a serving and back-row specialist … Played in 26 of 33 matches and just under half of UCLA’s 122 games … Missed the Hawaiian Airlines Classic due to a strained abdominal muscle … CAREER MATCH HIGHS Career-high of eight digs was recorded on Sept. 25 against Oregon Digs (3-gm): 16 vs. Villanova 9/17/05 State and on Nov. 14 against California … Her three aces on the Digs (4-gm): 15 vs. Arizona State 10/22/05 season are spread over three matches. Digs (5-gm): 13 vs. Washington 11/12/05 Prep Team captain as a senior at Los Alamitos High School … Team won the Sunset League in 2002 … Team fi nished second in the Sunset

Kroneberger’s Career Statistics Yr MP GP K K/GM E TA Pct SA BS BA TB BK/GM Dg DG/GM Points 2003 26 59 0 0.00 2 2 -1.000 4 0 0 0 — 80 1.36 4.0 2004 18 42 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 — 53 1.26 0.0 2005 27 84 1 0.01 1 3 0.00 1 0 0 0 — 145 1.73 2.0 Total 71 185 1 0.01 3 6 -.333 5 0 0 0 — 278 1.50 6.0

18 2006 UCLA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL BRUIN BIOGRAPHIES #11 COLBY LYMAN SENIOR • OUTSIDE HITTER • 6-0 • LOS ALTOS HILLS, CA • ST. FRANCIS HS

2005 (Junior) advance to the Final Four … Had an error-free night against UC Honorable Mention Academic All- Irvine with eight kills on 18 attacks for a .444 attack percentage … Pac-10 selection … Started at libero Served two aces in each of her fi rst two career NCAA Tournament in the Valparaiso match and did not matches … Also had double-fi gure points in both matches with 12 play during the remainder of the (7 kills, 2 aces, 1 BS, 4 BA) against San Diego and 11 on eight InnTowner due to ligament damage kills, two aces and two block assists against UC Irvine … Has had in her left knee … Returned to the eight double-fi gure kill matches during the year to go along with 10 lineup for the Oregon/Oregon State double-fi gure dig matches … Career-high of 18.5 points came on weekend at Pauley Pavilion in early Sept. 25 against Oregon State when she hit .379 with 12 kills, two October after missing fi ve matches … aces and six blocks (three solo, three assists) … Career-high of 15 Had four double-fi gure kill matches, kills was recorded on Nov. 13 against Stanford in Pauley Pavilion three with a season-high of 12 kills … … That was one of six matches where she had double-fi gure kills Also had eight matches with double- and digs in the same match … Notched a career-high four service fi gure digs including a season-high aces in UCLA’s Nov. 21 match at top-ranked USC … Has recorded 20 at USC on Oct. 28 … Led the Bruins in digs on three occasions, her season-best of 16 digs on two occasions, against Oregon State all in the fi rst half of the season … Suffered a second-degree dis- on Sept.. 25 and at Cal on Oct. 17 … Had an impressive collegiate loacation of the ulnar collateral ligament in her right elbow on Nov. debut, recording 14 kills, 14 digs and four block assists against 3 at Oregon State, ending her season. then-No. 22 Louisville … Was UCLA’s top performer at USC on Nov. 21 with nine kills for a .389 attack percentage with four aces, 2004 Honors/Awards fi ve digs and two block assists. Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic Team. Prep 2004 (Sophomore) Four-time All-League selection … Two-time All-American … Two- Played a primarily defensive role for the Bruins after shoulder pain time All-Tournament selection at Santa Barbara and Mitty … All- kept her off the court for the majority of the Arizona match on Oct. State selection as a senior … Team captain as a junior and senior … 30 … Took a cortisone shot in her left (hitting) shoulder following that Played club with Vision as a senior after playing with City Beach from match … Only matches with double-fi gure attacks after the cortisone eighth through 11th grade … Two-time All-American … Volleyball shot were Nov. 12 vs. USC (27 attacks in fi ve games) and in UCLA’s Magazine/PrepVolleyball.com Fab 50 selection … Played volleyball, fi rst-round match of the NCAA Tournament vs. Loyola Marymount basketball and track at St. Francis HS … Leading rebounder in the (15 in four games) … Five of her six double-fi gure kill matches on WCAL basketball tournament. the season were also prior to the injury … Only player other than Chrissie Zartman to lead the Bruins in digs more than once during Personal the 2004 season … Did so with 11 digs vs. Southern Miss. on Sept. Majoring in sociology … Parents are Brad and Linley Lyman …Older 3, with 18 at Arizona State on Oct. 2 and with 12 vs. Cal on Oct. 8 brother, Chase, played football at Cal and was a fourth-round se- … Had 13 double-fi gure dig matches … Only missed match was vs. lection as a wide receiver by the Saints in the 2005 Samford on Sept. 4 at the McDonald’s/Texas A&M Invitational (DNP, NFL Draft … Was on the Saints training camp roster as of August Coaches Decision) … Had double-fi gure digs in both of UCLA’s 1, 2006 … Also has a younger brother, Carter … Both parents at- matches at NCAA Regionals, recording 12 digs against Penn State tended UCLA … Born Colby Brooke Lyman on Sept. 27, 1984, in and 18 in the Bruins fi ve-game loss at Washington. Mountain View, CA. 2003 Honors/Awards Named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman fi rst team. 2003 (Freshman) Started 24 of UCLA’s 33 matches, including 15 of 18 in the Pac-10 and all four NCAA Tournament matches … Injured her ankle in game CAREER MATCH HIGHS Kills: 18 vs. Pepperdine 10/26/04 two of the NCAA Regional Final against USC … That injury was the Digs: 20 at USC 10/28/05 turning point in the match as USC went on to win in four games and Blocks: 6, 3x last: (1-5) v. Arizona State 10/29/04 Aces: 5, 2x last: v. Oregon State 10/8/05 Points: 20.0 vs. Pepperdine 10/26/04

Lyman’s Career Statistics Yr MP GP K K/GM E TA Pct SA BS BA TB BK/GM Dg DG/GM Points 2003 27 88 194 2.20 65 532 .242 21 6 44 50 0.57 223 2.26 243.0 2004 31 112 193 1.72 85 535 .202 12 3 58 61 0.54 284 2.54 237.0 2005 15 55 99 1.80 53 273 .168 19 1 26 27 0.49 156 2.84 132.0 Total 71 185 486 1.91 203 1340 .211 52 10 128 138 0.54 663 2.60 612.0

2006 UCLA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 19 BRUIN BIOGRAPHIES #15 JADE MACHADO SOPHOMORE • SETTER • 5-6 • ENCINITAS, CA • LACOSTA CANYON HS 2005 (Freshman) Athlete of the Month … Prep Volleyball.com All-American (’04) … Listed as a setter, but primarily saw Received the U.S. Army National Scholar/Athlete Award (’04) … game action as a defensive special- Recorded 1,094 assists her senior year … First-team All-CIF San ist … Career-high eight digs came Diego (’03) … First-team All-Avocado League in 2003 … Third-team against USC on Sept. 30 at Pauley All-Avocado League in 2002 … Four-year participant on the U.S. Pavilion … Strained the ulnar col- Junior Olympic Team … In 2003, won the Junior Olympics Beach lateral ligament in her left elbow on Volleyball Championhips … Played club volleyball for the Encinitas Nov. 7, ending her season. Volleyball Club. Prep Personal Three-year varsity letter winner at Majoring in spanish … Daughter of Ed and Zee Machado … Fa- LaCosta Canyon HS … CIF San ther, Ed, was a member of the UCLA men’s volleyball team from Diego Section Player of the Year 1968-1971, winning two NCAA Championships (1970 and ‘71) … in 2004 … High school team was Has one sister, Jazmin … Born Jade Ann Machado CIF San Diego Section Champion AREER ATCH IGHS on February 17, 1987, in C M H in (’04) … Palomar League Co-Player of the Year (’04) … Team Digs: 8 vs. USC 9/30/05 La Jolla, CA. Captain (’04) … San Diego-Union Tribune All-CIF fi rst-team and Aces: 2 at USC 10/28/05 All-Academic Team Captain (’04) … San Diego Hall of Champions Machado’s Career Statistics Yr MP GP K K/GM E TA Pct SA BS BA TB BK/GM Dg DG/GM Points 2005 14 36 0 0.00 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0.00 40 1.11 4.0 #13 BECKY (GREEN) MEHRING JUNIOR • OUTSIDE HITTER • 6-1 • HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA • MARINA HS 2005 of the NCAA Tournament without recording any stats … At UCLA’s Redshirted the 2005 season NCAA Regional, played in one game against Nebraska and in three games against USC with two kills, six digs and a solo block 2004 Honors/Awards … UCLA’s top server with 25 aces for a 0.29 per-game average … Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 se- Had six double-fi gure kill matches with a career-high 13 kills coming lection against Texas-Arlington (Sept. 11) and at Oregon (Oct. 23) … Had 2004 (Sophomore) three 10-dig matches. Started the season strong, with a Prep 15-kill effort at Cal State Northridge Most Valuable Player of the 2002 CIF Division I playoffs, as Marina on Sept. 1 …Had a solid 13-kill, High School took the CIF title … Orange County Player of the Year 14-dig effort at Hawaii …Suffered … Los Angeles Times fi rst-team selection … All-American and back spasms during warm-ups for second-team All-State as a senior … Four-time fi rst-team All-Sunset the Sept. 17 match at Utah …Was League selection … Played club volleyball with Golden West and out of the lineup until the Sept. 24 Cal Juniors … Golden West won the 2003 Southern California Junior match against Washington … Started just 19 matches but closed National Qualifi er … Volleyball Magazine/PrepVolleyball.com Fab the season as a critical part of the UCLA offense … Had double- 50 selection … Also plays beach volleyball. fi gure kills in three of UCLA’s last four matches … Team’s points Personal leader on eight occasions including fi ve straight matches from Oct. 29-Nov. 12 … Led the Bruins in kills eight times … Second on the Majoring in history… Daughter of Suzanne Galindo … Has a team in kills per game with 3.05. younger brother, Johnny … Favorite class is history AREER ATCH IGHS 2003 Honors/Awards C M H … Married to former UCLA Kills: 20 vs. USC 11/12/04 Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Freshman Team. soccer player Luke Meh- Digs: 15 vs. Arizona 10/30/04 2003 (Freshman) ring … Couple has a son, Blocks: 4 (1-3) at Oregon State 10/24/03 Mason … Born Becky Lynn Played a big role off the bench for the Bruins … Saw situational Aces: 5 vs. Washington State 9/25/04 Green on Sept. 13, 1985, action against both San Diego and UC Irvine in the fi rst two rounds Points: 21.0 vs. USC 11/12/04 in Harbor City, CA.

Mehring’s Career Statistics Yr MP GP K K/GM E TA Pct SA BS BA TB BK/GM Dg DG/GM Points 2003 31 90 181 2.01 76 515 .204 25 6 27 33 0.37 126 1.40 225.5 2004 28 90 270 3.00 122 808 .183 29 7 29 36 0.40 189 2.10 320.5 Total 59 180 451 2.51 198 1323 .191 54 13 56 39 0.38 315 1.75 546.0

20 2006 UCLA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL BRUIN BIOGRAPHIES #7 NANA MERIWETHER SENIOR • MIDDLE BLOCKER • 6-1 • POTOMAC, MD • SIDWELL FRIENDS HS • DUKE

2005 Honors/Awards 2003 (Freshman/at Duke) First-Team All-Pac-10 Selection … Named to the ACC All-Freshman Team … Third on the team in kills All-Tournament at the Sands/SBC per game, kills and points … Second on the team in blocks per game Tournament, Waikiki Beach Marriott … Had six matches with double-fi gure kills … Season-high 18 kills Challenge and InnTowner Invitational came in a fi ve-game loss at Virginia on Sept. 27 … Had a career- … Pac-10 Player of the Week for Oct. high four service aces against George Washington on Sept. 20 at 31-Nov. 6 … Honorable Mention Pac- the Gamecock Invitational in Columbia, S.C. … Had three matches 10 All-Academic. with double-fi gure digs including a career-high 18 at Wisconsin on 2005 (Junior) Sept. 13 … Season-best eight blocks (1 BS, 7 BA) came on Oct. 26 against Maryland in a four-game loss … Hit .400 or better in four Named to the All-Tournament Team matches including a high of .550 (12-1-20) at Wake Forest on Nov. at all three of UCLA’s pre-confer- 1, a three-game win for the Blue Devils … Scored a high of 18.5 ence tournaments in 2005 … Team’s points on Aug. 30 vs. Marquette and on Sept. 27 at Virginia. blocking leader on 19 occasions including a stretch of seven straight Prep matches from Sept. 16-Oct. 7 … Had six matches with double-fi g- Four-year letterwinner in volleyball, basketball and track and fi eld ure blocks, including a school record-tying 17 in UCLA’s fi ve-game at Sidwell Friends High School … Gatorade Player of the Year and upset of then-undefeated Washington and a then-career-high 16 Washington Post Player of the Year in 2002 … Named to the 18 and at Oregon on Nov. 4 … The Oregon match featured a school re- Under Club All-Tournament team at the 2003 USA Junior Olympic cord-tying eight solo blocks and helped result in Meriwether being Girls Volleyball Invitational … First team All-Met selection by the named Pac-10 Player of the Week for Oct. 31-Nov. 6 … Was also Washington Post … Four-year All- League (ISL) UCLA’s kill leader 11 times and led the team in points 13 times, honoree and team Most Valuable Player … Two-time All-Met and including both NCAA tournament matches for both categories … All-ISL honoree in track and fi eld … ISL champion in the 200 and 400 Had 19 matches with double-fi gure kills … Also had 13 matches meters … Set the school record for high jump with a mark of 5-9 as with an attack percentage of .400 or higher. a junior … Honorable mention 2004 Honors/Awards All-Met track and fi eld selection her freshman and sophomore All-Tournament at the Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Volleyball Chal- years … Broke the school re- lenge … All-Tournament at UCLA’s NCAA Regional … Honorable cord for 400 meters with a time Mention All-Pac-10 selection of 55.3 seconds as a freshman 2004 (Sophomore) … Second team All-Met selec- Recorded double-fi gure kills in 16 of her 32 matches played … Had tion by the Washington Post in fi ve or more blocks in a match on 22 occasions, including double- basketball. fi gure blocking matches against Santa Clara (3 BS/11 BA) on Sept. Personal 9; UCLA’s fi rst-round match against Loyola Marymount (1 BS/10 Majoring in pre-political sci- BA) and … Her blocking numbers against Santa Clara on Sept. 9 ence … Parents are Delano were a UCLA record for blocks in a three-game match … Led the and Nomvimbi Meriwether … Pac-10 in blocks per game and fi nished ranked 13th in the NCAA Sister, Fortune, ran track at Division I standings in blocks. Stanford … Has a younger 2004 Track and Field (at UCLA) brother, Delano … Born May Cleared a season-best height of 5-8 in the high jump at the Rafer 24, 1985. Johnson/Jackie Joyner Kersee meet on April 9 at UCLA.

CAREER MATCH HIGHS Kills: 19 at Hawai’i 9/11/04 Digs*: 18 at Wisconsin 9/13/03 Blocks: 17 (5-12) vs. Washington 11/12/05 Aces*: 4 vs. George Washington 9/28/03 Points: 27.0 at Oregon 11/4/05 *match-highs set as a freshman at Duke

Meriwether’s Career Statistics (*at Duke) Yr MP GP K K/GM E TA Pct SA BS BA TB BK/GM Dg DG/GM Points 2003* 28 92 210 2.28 88 537 .227 8 9 87 96 1.04 119 1.29 270.5 2004 32 116 305 2.63 103 661 .306 23 32 157 189 1.63 90 0.78 438.5 2005 31 113 345 3.05 87 379 .380 3 43 153 196 1.73 60 0.53 467.5 Total 91 321 860 2.68 278 1577 .369 34 84 397 481 1.50 269 0.84 1176.5

2006 UCLA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 21 BRUIN BIOGRAPHIES #3 KAITLIN SATHER SOPHOMORE • OUTSIDE HITTER • 6-1 • SANTA ROSA, CA • MARIA CARRILLO HS 2005 Honors/Awards Prep Pac-10 All-Freshman Team Selec- Four-year varsity letter winner in volleyball, three-year letterwinner in tion … All-Tournament at the Waikiki track and two-year letterwinner in badminton at Maria Carrillo High Beach Marriott Challenge. School … Mizuno fi rst-team High School All-American (one of 12 2005 (Freshman) girls listed in Volleyball Magazine) … High School’s Female Athlete of the Year in 2005 … Two-time All-Empire, NBL and two-time Maria Named to the All-Tournament Team Carrillo MVP … Listed as a “Top 20” player in Prepvolleyball.com at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Chal- … Set school record in the high jump (5-5) … High school Female lenge in her second career tourna- Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2004 … Had over 1,000 kills during ment … Had fi ve 20-kill matches and high school career … Summa Cum Laude recognition … NCS 13 double-doubles (kills-digs) during Scholar Athlete … Freshman Class President and Student Athletic the season … Posted double-fi gure Director ... Played club volleyball for Empire. kills in 23 of a possible 30 matches played … One of the single-fi gure kill Personal matches was at California on Sept. Majoring in physiological science … Born Kaitlin A. Sather on April 23, when Sather played sparingly due to a knee injury … Missed 1, 1987, in Tucson, AZ … the Stanford match on Sept. 24 due to a knee injury suffered at the Daughter of Tom and Amy CAREER MATCH HIGHS InnTowner Invitational, but returned to the lineup for UCLA’s home Sather … Has two sisters, Kills: 22 vs. Valparaiso 9/16/05 opener against USC on Sept. 30 … Had fi ve aces against Oregon on Kristy and Ally … Very Digs: 18 vs. USC 9/30/05 Oct. 7 … Team leader in kills on 13 occasions, including four straight involved in community ser- Blocks: 4, 5x, last: (0-4) from Nov. 3-11 … Team leader in aces nine times with a season-high vice, working as a mentor vs. Oregon State 10/18/05 fi ve aces coming on Sept. 8 vs. Cal State Northridge and on Oct. 7 and tutor for middle school Aces: 5, 2x, last: Oregon 10/7/05 vs. Oregon … Led the Bruins in points on 13 occasions. students, volunteer vol- Points: 24.0 vs. Arizona State 10/22/05 leyball coach and Kamp Kennedy counselor.

Sather’s Career Statistics Yr MP GP K K/GM E TA Pct SA BS BA TB BK/GM Dg DG/GM Points 2005 30 108 412 3.81 180 1214 .191 38 10 37 47 0.44 275 2.55 478.5

#10 MEGHAN SCHOEN JUNIOR • MIDDLE BLOCKER • 6-1 • AURORA, COLO. • CHERRY CREEK HS • MICHIGAN STATE 2005 (Sophomore) of the Week (9/7/03) … Played club volleyball for Front Range Played in all of UCLA’s fi rst eight (2000-02) and Colorado Performance (2003). matches before suffering a torn ACL Personal in her right knee early in the Villa- Majoring in pre-comm studies with a minor in spanish … Holds a nova match on Sept. 17, an injury black belt in taekwondo … Was also a two-time national champion that ended her season … Had nine (2000 and 2001) and member of the U.S. Junior Olympic team kills and four blocks against Nevada (2001) in Taekwondo … Plans on majoring in business econom- … Had at least one block in her fi rst ics and Spanish … Daughter of Gary and Dawn Schoen … Born seven matches as a Bruin … Had Meghan Briana Schoen on August 31, 1986, in Denver, CO. six blocks in UCLA’s four-game loss at Hawaii. 2004 (Freshman/at Michigan State) UCLA MATCH HIGHS Was given the Highest Hitting Per- Kills: 9 at Nevada 9/3/05 centage (.285) award during her Digs: 4 vs. Valparaiso 9/16/05 freshman year at MSU … Averaged .94 blocks per game. Blocks: 6 (0-6) at Hawai’i 9/10/05 Prep Aces: 2 at Nevada 9/3/05 Three-year letterwinner in volleyball at Cherry Creek HS … First- Points: 13.0 at Nevada 9/3/05 team All-State in 2004 … Named the Denver Post’s Student Athlete Meriwether’s Career Statistics (*at Michigan State) Yr GP K K/GM E TA Pct SA BS BA TB BK/GM Dg DG/GM Points 2004* 89 201 2.26 80 425 .285 14 8 76 84 0.94 55 0.63 261.0 2005 21 36 1.71 13 92 .250 3 1 19 20 0.95 17 0.81 49.5 Total 110 237 2.15 93 517 .279 17 9 95 104 0.95 72 0.65 310.5

22 2006 UCLA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL BRUIN BIOGRAPHIES #14 JORDAN SMITH SOPHOMORE • DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST/LIBERO • 6-0 • CORONA DEL MAR, CA • CORONA DEL MAR HS 2005 Honors/Awards Prep Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Fresh- Earned four varsity letters at Corona Del Mar High School … Team man Team Captain … Co-MVP for Pacifi c Coast League and high school team 2005 (Freshman) in 2004 … Team was CIF Division III champions in 2004 … Daily Pilot Athlete of the Year in 2004 … Three-time Daily Pilot Dream Locked down the libero jersey at Team … Named to the Prepvolleyball.com 2004 All-American Team the start of Pac-10 play and was the … Named one of Corona Del Mar High School’s top-10 seniors … only Bruin to wear that jersey after All-Orange County second team in 2004 … Led the Pacifi c Coast the conference opener on Sept. 23 League in serves/receive (225), digs (436), blocking (25) and kills at California … Moved from libero (345) … Played club volleyball for the Orange County Volleyball to outside hitter for one match in Club. the wake of UCLA’s injuries at the InnTowner Invitational, recording a Personal career-high 11 kills against Villanova Undecided major … Daughter of Scott and Terry Smith … Has before returning to the back row … brother, Adam and two sisters, Morgan and Madison … Born Jordan Career-high 32 digs vs. ASU on Oct. 22 ties the school record for Alexa Smith on October 17, 1986, in Orange, CA. digs in a four-game match, set by Chrissie Zartman (11/27/04 at Washington) … Had 21 matches with double-fi gure digs including CAREER MATCH HIGHS fi ve with 20 or more digs. Kills: 11 vs. Villanova 9/17/05 Digs (3-gm): 18 vs. Oregon State 10/8/05 Digs (4-gm): 32 vs. Arizona St. 10/22/05 Digs (5-gm): 24 at Oregon 11/4/05 Aces: 3, 3x last vs. California 11/26/05

Smith’s Career Statistics Yr MP GP K K/GM E TA Pct SA BS BA TB BK/GM Dg DG/GM Points 2005 31 110 15 0.14 6 37 .243 19 0 1 1 0.01 425 3.86 34.5

#6 BLAIR SOCCI SOPHOMORE • DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST/LIBERO • 5-6 • SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA • RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA HS 2005 (Freshman) of 2005 ... HS team won CIF in 2004 … In 2004, named fi rst-team All of Socci’s service aces were re- All-Serra League, CIF Tournament Co-MVP and second-team Los corded after the start of the Pac-10 Angeles Times All-County … Named fi rst-team All-Serra League, season on Sept. 23, including both CIF Tournament co-MVP, All-State Tournament Team and Los An- of the team’s aces in UCLA’s Nov. geles Times All-County Team in 2003 … High School team was CIF 12 upset of then-No. 2 Washington Champion and State Finalists in 2003 … In 2002, named fi rst-team … Had two four-ace matches, at All-Serra League, fi rst-team All-CIF and second-team All-County … Arizona on Oct. 21 and on Nov. 3 at Plyocity Allstar game MVP (2002) … Named high school team’s Oregon State … Also had a three- Most Improved Player in 2001. aces match at Pepperdine on Nov. Personal 8 and seven matches with multiple Undeclared major … Daughter of Robert and Holly Socci … Has aces … Majority of game action came two brothers, RJ and Hayden … Born Blair Alexandra Socci on as a serving specialist for middle October 12, 1986, in Mission Viejo, CA. blocker Nancy Barba. Prep Four-year varsity letter winner at Santa Margarita High School … CAREER MATCH HIGHS Digs (3-gm): 7 at Stanford 9/24/05 Trained at the A2 Junior Camp in Colorado Springs in the summer Digs (4-gm): 10 vs. Stanford 11/25/05 Digs (5-gm): 12 vs. Washington 11/12/05 Aces: 4, 2x last at Oregon St. 11/3/05

Socci’s Career Statistics Yr MP GP K K/GM E TA Pct SA BS BA TB BK/GM Dg DG/GM Points 2005 27 79 4 0.05 1 12 .250 27 0 0 0 0.00 95 1.20 31.0

2006 UCLA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 23 BRUIN BIOGRAPHIES #1 NELLIE SPICER SOPHOMORE • SETTER • 5-10 • BARRINGTON, IL • BARRINGTON HS

2005 Honors/Awards Prep All-Pac-10 Selection … Pac-10 All- Named MVP of the 2005 Junior Olympic 18-and-under Open volley- Freshman Team Selection … Pac- ball tournament, which her team won … Played for the USA Junior 10 and AVCA National Player of the National Team in 2004 and ‘05 … Four-year varsity letterwinner in Week on Nov. 14. volleyball at Barrington High School … Named MVP for the 2005 2005 (Freshman) Junior Olympic 18-and under open volleyball tournament, in which her club team won … Named to the “Fab 50” in Volleyball Magazine Became the team’s starting setter … One of the top-10 seniors according to PrepVolleyball.com … in the second match of the season Recipient of the Andi Collins Award (Best Senior Setter in the Nation) … Had three matches with over 60 … Junior Olympic All-Tournament Team (’04, ’03, ’02) … Three- assists, with 63 against Cincinnati on time fi rst-team All-Conference and All-Area … Two-time fi rst-team Sept. 9 and at USC on Oct. 28 along All-State … Conference MVP in 2004 and 2005 … Holds the state with a 71-assist performance on Nov. record for most aces in a season (106) … Played club volleyball 12 vs. Washington … Also had eight for Sports Performance … Four-time AAU All-American … Played matches in the 50s … Posted a ca- for the USA Junior National Team in 2004 and 2005. reer-high six aces on Dec. 3 vs. San Diego in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, one shy of the school record for a three-game Personal match … Team hit over .300 as a team under Spicer’s direction on Undecided major … Daughter of Thomas and Barbara Spicer … six occasions with a high of .412 against San Diego in the second Has three brothers: Tommy, Matt and a twin brother, Charlie; as round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 3) … UCLA’s second leading well as three sisters: Megan, Betsy and Annie … Born Mary Nelson blocker on the season … Topped double-fi gures in points on three Spicer on July 3, 1987, in Barrington, IL. occasions, the fi ve-game win at Oregon on Nov. 4 (5 kills, 2 aces, 1 BS/5 BA for 10.5 points), at Pepperdine on Nov. 8 at Pepperdine (7 K, 1 SA, 1 BS, 6 BA) and vs. San Diego on Dec. 3 (3 K, 6 SA, 3 BA, for 10.5 points) … Had double-fi gure digs on 14 occasions with a career-high 22 at Oregon on Nov. 4 … Named Pac-10 and Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week for Nov. 7-13 after piloting UCLA to three wins over Pepperdine, Washington State and then-undefeated and No. 2 Washington … Spicer had a career-high 71 assists in the upset of UW, just the second time since the start of rally scoring in 2001 that a Bruin setter has topped 70 assists in a match … Had career-highs with seven kills and seven blocks (1 BS/6 BA) at Pepperdine on Nov. 8 … Spicer is just the third UCLA player to be named National Player of the Week by the AVCA, joining Annett Buckner on 10/17/94 and Kristee Porter on 10/19/98.

CAREER MATCH HIGHS Assists: 71 vs. Washington 11/12/05 Kills: 7, 2x, last at Pepperdine 11/8/05 Digs: 22 at Oregon 11/4/05 Blocks: 7 (1-6) at Pepperdine 11/8/05 Aces: 6 vs. San Diego 12/3/05 Points: 12.0 vs. Pepperdine 11/8/05

Spicer’s Career Statistics Yr MP GP K K/GM E TA Pct Ast A/GM SA BS BA TB BK/GM Dg DG/GM Points 2005 31 113 109 0.96 47 297 .209 1426 12.62 32 7 69 76 0.67 316 2.80 182.5

24 2006 UCLA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL BRUIN BIOGRAPHIES • FRESHMEN #12 EMILY CLEMENTS FRESHMAN • OPPOSITE • 6-0 • METAIRE, LA • ISIDORE NEWMAN HS Prep at Newman, but the team was unable to play the season due to the Attended Isidore Newman School in hurricane … Named All-SPC team as Episcopal fi nished runner-up New Orleans and lettered three years for the league title … Named Best Female Athlete at Newman for in volleyball … Played her senior 2005-06 … Played club volleyball for Cajunland from 2002-05 and season at Episcopal High School in the Texas Tornados in 2006 … Coached by four-time U.S. Olympian Houston, Texas, due to Hurricane Tara Cross-Battle while playing for the Tornados. Katrina … Attended Episcopal for Personal fall semester of senior year before Undecided major … Daughter of Miles and Mary Clements … returning to New Orleans … New- Has two older brothers, Miles (22) and Jack (20) … Father played man won the Division III football at Tulane, while her brother Miles was on the football team state title her sophomore year with at Virginia … Uncle, Mike Dunleavy, Sr., is the head coach of the Clements earning All-District, All- Los Angeles Clippers … Cousin, Mike Dunleavy, Jr., plays for the Metro and All-State honors … Team Golden State Warriors … Born Emily Elizabeth Clements on April won the Louisiana Division II state 2, 1988, in New Orleans, LA. title as a junior with Clements earning All-District, All-Metro and All-State honors …Was voted a team captain for her senior season #17 DIANA DOUGLAS FRESHMAN • OUTSIDE HITTER • 5-10 • WOODSIDE, CA • WOODSIDE HS Prep Personal Four-year letterwinner in volleyball at Undecided major … Daughter of Thomas and Pamela Douglas … Woodside High School … Four-time Has a younger sister, Katherine … Father played football at San varsity MVP … League MVP in 2003 Diego State and mother swam at Santa Clara … Sister is a member and ’04 … Three-year team captain of USA Volleyball’s Youth National Team … Enjoys surfi ng, beach … CCS State Honorable Mention volleyball and swimming … Hopes to pursue a career in law … Born selection as a junior and senior … Diana Elise Douglas on Jan. 31, 1988, in Redwood City, CA. Played club for City Beach, Vision and Golden Bear … Team qualifi ed for Junior Olympics in four of the last fi ve years … Played with the USA A-3 National Team … Won a bronze medal at the World Equestrian Games in vaulting … Placed fi fth at the World Vaulting Games and was a four-time member of the A-Team National Champions.

#16 ASHLEY FERRELL FRESHMAN • DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST/LIBERO • 5-8 • LOS ANGELES, CA • BISHOP MONTGOMERY HS Prep sion Championship … Switched from outside hitter to libero over A four-year letterwinner in volleyball her fi nal season of club volleyball. for Bishop Montgomery High School Personal … Team captain as a senior … Two- Undecided major … Daughter of Eudon and Toni Ferrell … Youngest time All-League selection … Athlete of three children with an older sister and an older brother … Born of the Week for city of Torrance … Ashley Elizabeth Ferrell on Feb. 21, 1988, in Pasadena, CA. Team won CIF and State Champion- ship in 2002 … Team won CIF and South Section championship in 2003 … Two-time fi rst-team All-CIF selec- tion with one second-team honor … Two-time team MVP … Played club for TCA … Team won the 2006 18 and under Junior Olympic Open Divi-

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