2003 (Senior): Named AVCA All-American and Player of the Year...selected WAC Player of the Year...won her second Joe Kearney award as the WAC's top female athlete...played in 114 games...recorded 752 total kills...added 347 digs and 65 total blocks...posted a season-high 36 kills vs. Georgia Tech (12/13)...had 33 kills vs. UCLA (9/1)...twice had a season-high 18 digs.
2002 (Junior): Named to the AVCA All-Americaa first-team and All-District…named the WAC Player of the Year…finished second in the nation in kills per game (6.31)…also finished 11th in the country in aces per game (0.70)…earned AVCA/Sports Imports National Player of the Week honors on Oct. 28 and WAC Player of the Week honors on Sept. 9 and Oct. 28…finished with 20 double-doubles and 17, 20-plus kill matches…had 25 kills and 13 digs vs. Nebraska in the NCAA Regional final (12/14)…hit .500 with 22 kills and 16 digs in the NCAA Regional against North Carolina (12/13)…posted 21 digs and 19 kills vs. Washington in the NCAA second round (12/6)…had 30 kills and 11 digs at Fresno State (11/15)…broke her own school and conference record with 38 kills in 4-game match vs. Washington (9/7)…named to the NCAA Championships all-tournament team…garnered Most Valuable Player honors during the Wahine Classic, Imua Challenge, WAC Tournament and NCAA Regionals.
2001 (Sophomore): Named the WAC Player-of-the-Year while being named to the All-West Region team...named to both the Volleyball Magazine and AVCA All-American first teams...led the nation in kills (850) and kills per game (7.20)...both numbers ranked fourth in NCAA history.
2000 (Freshman): Named the WAC co-freshman of the year with teammate Maja Gustin...averaged 3.14 kills and 3.02 digs per game...started at right-side hitter, but occasionally played in the middle and left-side...missed three starts due to an injured left ankle...had 12 double-doubles with two near triple-doubles (an eight-kill, nine-assist, eight-dig performance at Tulsa (11/10) and an 11-kill, 11-dig, seven-block performance in the NCAA Tournament against UC Santa Barbara (12/8))...debuted with 14 kills, 15 digs and six blocks against Texas A&M (9/1) in the season opener...finished third on the team in blocking (0.88)...also came up big against Long Beach State in the NCAA Tournament (12/7), finishing with 20 kills, 15 digs and six blocks.
Prep: A 2000 graduate of Assumption High School in Napoleonville, La....a member of the U.S. Junior National team last summer, the only high school junior on the team...lettered in three sports, receiving all-state honors in volleyball, basketball and track and field.
Personal: Born in Houma, La....aspires to become a teacher and play professional volleyball or basketball...lists her paralyzed mother as most influential person for being an independent person despite her ailment ...favorite athletes include Kobe Bryant and Sheryl Swoopes...other favorites include the colors red and blue, the movie "Best Man" and musical group Dru Hill...third cousin is U.S. Olympic team member Danielle Scott...also recruited by Long Beach State, Stanford, Texas A&M and Florida...has five brothers and one sister...parents are Lula Mae Willoughby and Vincent Gaines of Napoleonville, La.
