Dec. 11, 2007
WACO, Texas -
2007 Baylor Volleyball Accomplishments
Team
-Ranked as high as #36 in the nation.
-Improved season dig total (1,945) for the third-straight season (1,906 in 2006).
-Improved stats in three per-game categories for the third-straight season:
-15.07 kills per game (14.93 kpg in 2006)
-14.02 assists per game (13.76 apg in 2006)
-16.48 digs per game (15.62 dpg in 2006)
-Tied for the most Big 12 victories since 2001 (2005, 2006)
-3-0 sweep at Texas Tech
-Second sweep in Big 12 since 2002 (Kansas 2006)
-First road sweep in Big 12 play since 2001 (at Oklahoma)
-Consecutive 3-0 wins at TCU and at Texas Tech
-First time to earn consecutive sweeps involving one Big 12 opponent since 2001 (Texas State and Iowa State)
-First time to sweep consecutive opponents on the road since 1993 (at UT-San Antonio, at Rice)
-School-record 23.0 total blocks at Colorado (rally scoring era)
-Recorded 98 digs vs. Kansas State (second-most in Baylor history in rally scoring era)
-Tallied 93 digs at Oklahoma (sixth-most in Baylor history in rally scoring era)
-Recorded a .667 hitting percentage (19-1-27) in game one against Kansas (ties the Baylor record for single game hitting efficiency)
-Hit .514 (20-2-35) in game four against Kansas (11th-best single-game hitting percentage in Baylor history)
-SMU/Radisson Invitational Champions
-Katie Sanders, MVP
-Anna Breyfogle, All-Tournament Team
-Taylor Barnes, All-Tournament Team
-Univ. at Buffalo Classic
-Katie Sanders, All-Tournament Team
-Taylor Barnes, All-Tournament Team
-Baylor Invitational
-Anna Breyfogle, All-Tournament Team
-Ashlie Christenson, All-Tournament Team
-Four players named to the Academic All-Big 12 Team
-Kristen Schramek named to first-team for fourth time, becoming just the third player in Baylor history to earn four first-team selections (Elisha Polk, Kia Young)
-Amanda Modglin named to the first-team for third time, the secenth player in Baylor history to receive three first-team selections.
-Anna Breyfogle named to the ESPN: The Magazine Academic All-District third-team.
Individual
Taylor Barnes
-Led the Big 12 with 48 service aces; sixth-best single-season total
-Ranks fourth with 2,756 career assists
-Ranks second with 11.63 assist per game
-1.403 assists in 2007, ranks fourth in Baylor history
-Seven service aces vs. Sam Houston State, six aces vs. Texas State (rank as the second- and fourth-most aces in Baylor history for a four-game match)
Anna Breyfogle
-Led the Big 12 and ranked 16th nationally with 1.54 blocks per game; fourth-best single-season total in Baylor history
-Named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week on three occasions (the only time a Baylor player has received multiple player of the week honors in the same
season, only Elisha Polk [three selections from 1997-99] has as many player of the week honors.)
-Career hitting percentage of .318 ranks second all-time at Baylor University
-327 career blocks ranks 10th in Baylor history.
-Career blocks per game total of 1.43 bpg ranks second all-time at Baylor
-175 blocks in 2007 is the third-best single season total
-13 total blocks at Colorado is the second-most in a single match, 12 blocks vs. Mississippi State ranks tied for fourth for a single match in Baylor history.
Ashlie Christenson
-Named to the 2007 Big 12 All-Freshman team
-Recorded a hitting percentage of .625 (16-1-24) against Texas Tech; the highest single-match hitting percentage in Big 12 play by an outside hitter.
Sarah Grace
-Named to the 2007 Big 12 All-Freshman team
-Recorded 33 digs against Kansas State (fourth-most in Baylor history)
-Set a Baylor record with 25 digs against Iowa State
-477 digs in 2007, ranks as fourth-best single-season total in program history.
-Recorded 4.30 digs per game, the second-best total in BU history.
Amanda Modglin
-Recorded a hitting percentage of .565 (13-0-23) against Colorado, the fourth-best percentage in a five-game match in Baylor history.
Katie Sanders
-Tallied 478 kills in 2007, the ninth-best single-season total in Baylor history (fourth-best in rally scoring era).
-Has recorded 3.36 kills per game in her career, the fourth-best average in Baylor history.
-Tallied 25 kills and 21 digs vs. Kansas State, her first 20 kill-20 dig match and the 21st ever in Baylor history. Followed that by recording 22 kills and 28 digs at Oklahoma, her second straight 20 kill-20 dig match and the 22nd ever in Baylor history.
-There have only been six 20 kill-20 dig matches in the rally scoring era (2001-present) and Sanders is responsible for two of them.
-Only one other time in Baylor history has a player recorded 20 kill-20 dig matches in consecutive matches (Elisha Polk vs. Kansas State [11/27/99] and vs. Temple [12/3/99])
Kristen Schramek
-Tallied 1,523 career digs, the second most in Baylor history
-Her average of 3.33 digs per game is the best ever at Baylor University
Haley Thomas
-Recorded nine blocks in a 3-0 sweep at Texas Tech (the third-best total in a three-game match)
-Tallied 1.15 blocks per game in Big 12 play, the highest bpg average by a non-middle blocks
