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2002: Earned All-GLIAC Second Team honors...Played in 35 matches and 110 games...Ranked seventh in the GLIAC with a .307 hitting percentage...Was second on team with 56 aces...Tallied 0.51 aces per game, which ranked sixth in GLIAC...Second in GLIAC averaging 1.22 blocks per game...Tallied a career-high 38 total attacks and seven digs at Gannon (10/12/02)...Recorded a career-high 20 kills at Lake Superior State (9/22/02)...Posted a career-high eight block assists in NCAA DII Semifinal matchup w ith Truman State (12/6/02)...Averaged 2.72 kills per game...Recorded 299 kills and ranked second on team with 637 total attacks for a .311 hitting percentage...Ranks fifth on Grand Valley State?s single-season record list with 122 assisted blocks...Tallied 134 total blocks...Also added 10 assists and 62 digs...Recorded a .667 attack percentage, four blocks, four kills, and four service aces against Hillsdale College (10/19/02)...Posted a service ace in 24 of 35 matches...Tallied a season-high six service aces against Northwood (9/28/02)...Recorded 20 total attacks, five kills, and four assisted blocks in the Great Lakes Regional Championship Game against Northwood (11/24/02)...Tallied 10+ total attacks in 31 matches...Had 11 games with 10+ kills...Recorde d three solo and five assisted blocks against Findlay (10/4/02)...
2001: Named All-GLIAC Honorable Mention...Started in all 34 matches and played in 115 games...Led the Lakers with 102 total blocks...Recorded 20 solo and 82 assisted blocks...Tall ied 205 kills (1.78/game), 24 service aces, and 34 digs...Notched double-digit kills four times...Registered 11 kills, 6 blocks, 5 digs, and 4 aces vs. Abilene Christian (8/25/02)...Posted 11 kills with a .421 attack percentage vs. Mercy College in NCAA C hampionships (11/29/01).
2000: Played in 12 games and eight matches...Recorded 18 kills and 42 total attacks...Added three digs and four blocks.
High School: Prepped at Hopkins High School under head coach Terri Merren...Named All-O.K. S ilver honorable mention as a junior and first-team as a senior...Earned all-county honorable mention plaudits as a junior and senior...Set Hopkins school records for kills and blocks in a season as a senior...Earned second-team Class C all-state, all-area and first-team all-conference honors as a senior.
Personal: Born 7/2/82...Daughter of Steve and Laura Bird...Majoring in criminal justice...Enjoys fishing.
